Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 31 (PIA) -- The Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Council (PDRRMC), considering the critical role of an accessible and operational decompression chamber in Bohol in the upcoming Bohol Dive Loop Festival 2023 (Bholdex 2023), is helping fund its immediate operationalization. During its first quarter full council meeting on March 31, the PDRRMC approved a resolution funding for the immediate repair, operation, and operationalization of the facility which is now resting unused in Panglao, as critical emergency support for divers and patients who need immediate relief from decompression sickness. A facility established through a tripartite agreement among Panglao Municipal Government, the Department of Tourism’s Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zones Authority (TIEZA) and the Philippine Council for Sustainable SCUBA Diving (PCSSD), the hyperbaric chamber was placed in Panglao as an immediate facility to relieve sick divers who, during emergencies, sur

CEBU CITY, Cebu March 30 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has heightened its security measures for the CNN or Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) Anniversary and Holy Week. CNN marks their 54th anniversary on March 29. PRO7 Regional Community Affairs Development Division (RCADD) Assistant Division Chief PLt.Col. Carlos Lacuesta Jr. admitted during the Kapihan sa PIA that there is still an insurgency problem in Region 7, but due to their enhanced counter measures, atrocities have become limited. Lacuesta added that the PNP is on alert status for possible CNN sightings and street rallies. For Holy Week, PNP will deploy 4,000 policemen in Region 7.  Police assistance will be present in highly congested areas like malls, ports, terminals, resorts, and churches, the police official said. Police assistance desks in church entrances will also be deployed. He advised the public to refrain from wearing expen

  DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, March 30 (PIA) -- PhilHealth Negros Oriental has encouraged more local health offices and animal bite treatment center (ABTC) facilities in the province to apply for accreditation with the agency so they can become eligible providers of PhilHealth’s animal bite treatment package.  PhilHealth Provincial Head Maritess Que said in a Kapihan sa PIA forum that the agency offers P3,000 worth of treatment package to defray the cost of post-animal bite treatment of patients bitten by rabid dogs and other animals. The package includes administration of vaccines, immunoglobulins, antibiotics, and other supplies.  This service can be availed in PhilHealth-accredited ABTCs.  However, there are only four PhilHealth-accredited ABTCs in Negros Oriental, namely the Sibulan Rural Health Unit (RHU), La Libertad RHU, Pamplona RHU, and Valencia RHU.  Que said the Dumaguete City Health Center was once accredited to extend this PhilHealth package but it did not renew its a

CEBU CITY, Cebu, March 29 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 7 (DILG7) announced that they will be extending assistance to 10 former members of the New People’s Army from Negros Oriental under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP). The ECLIP is a package of financial inducements designed to encourage members of a communist terrorist group (CTG) to return to the folds of the law and begin a peaceful life anew, together with their respective families. During the  Kapihan sa PIA  conducted by the Philippine Information Agency 7 on March 29, the DILG-7 said that for the first quarter of 2023, 10 former rebels in Central Visayas are set to receive various benefits and assistance under the said flagship program of the department. Among the assistance that will be given to the beneficiaries are immediate assistance worth P15,000 that is intended for mobilization expenses while former rebels are waiting for the processing of their program

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 24 (PIA) -- Sukwahi sa naandan nga petsa kaniadto, ipahigayon na ang kompetisyon ug parada sa  Saulog Street Dancing  sa Abril 30 karong tuig. Sa gipahigayong tigom ug  “Bisita Opisina”  sa  Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO)-Bohol  niadtong Marso 23 nga gi-host sa  City Government of Tagbilara n, gibutyag sa  Public Relations Officer  sa syudad nga si Fiel Angeli Araoarao-Gabin nga ang  Saulog Tagbilaran 2023  karong tuiga puno sa mga mahinungdanong mga kalihokan. Sa dili pa ang  Saulog Street Dancing  sa Abril 30, ipahigayon usab ang  Mutya sa Tagbilaran sa Abril 22, Saulog Festival King and Queen sa Abril 26 ug ang Maoy sa Mayo Saulog Concert sa Mayo 1, 2023. Gawas niini, ang selebrasyon magpasiugda usab sa mosunod nga mga kalihokan:  Saulog Tennis Tourname nt gikan Marso 11 – Abril 16, 2023 sa  CPG Sports Complex Tennis Court; Saulog Football Festival  gikan Marso 25 – 26, 2023 sa  CPG Sports Complex ; ug  Saulog Table Ten

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 27 (PIA) -- Gi- upgrade  sa  Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)  ang pagmonitor sa temperatura sa kadagatan ngadto sa  El Niño Watch , nga nagpasabot nga dako ang posibilidad nga mahitabo ang El Niño phenomenon sa mosunod nga unom ka bulan. Sa giluwatang pamahayag niadtong Marso 24, ang PAGASA nagkanayon nga ang  watch category  sa  El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Alert and Warning System  nagpasabot nga 55 porsiyento ang posibilidad nga madeklarar ang El Niño. Usa ka El Niño Watch ang ipagawas kung ang mga kahimtang sa panahon nagpakita og pag-uswag sa mga pagbag-o sa klima sulod sa sunod nga unom ka bulan. Sumala pa sa PAGASA, ang El Niño gihulagway pinaagi sa talagsaon nga kainit kay sa kasagaran nga  sea surface temperatures (SSTs)  sa sentro ug silangang ekwador sa Pasipiko. Isip usa ka epekto, gipaabot ang ubos sa normal nga pag-ulan, nga mahimong hinungdan sa pag-uga ug huwaw sa daghang mga lu

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 27 (PIA) -- Ang  Commission on Elections (Comelec)  nipagawas niadtong adlaw’ng Lunes, Marso 27, sa  updated n ga kalendaryo sa mga kalihokan alang sa  2023 Barangay ug Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE)  nga gikatakda karong Oktubre 30. Base sa  Comelec en banc Resolution 10902,  ang  election period  ug pagpatuman sa gun ban gitakda gikan sa Agosto 28 hangtod Nobyembre 29. Ang pag-file sa  Certificates of Candidacy (COCs)  gitakda gikan sa Agosto 28 hangtod Setyembre 2. Sugod sa Setyembre 3 hangtod Oktubre 18, gidili ang pagpangampanya. Kini maghatag og dalan sa  campaign period  nga gitakda sa Oktubre 19 hangtod Oktubre 28. Gidili na usab ang pagpangampanya gikan sa Oktubre 29 hangtod Oktubre 30, kauban ang pagbaligya, pagpalit, o pag-inom og ilimnong makahubog. Sa adlaw sa eleksyon sa Oktubre 30, ang pagbotar ipahigayon gikan sa alas 7 sa buntag hangtod sa alas 3 sa hapon. Ang pag-ihap ug  canvassing  sa mga boto ug proklamasyon sa mga mananaog ng

  SIQUIJOR, Siquijor, Marso 25 (PIA) -- Naglisud ba kamo sa pag rehistro sa inyong SIM card? Ang  National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ug ang Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)   mopasayon niini pinaagi sa pagpaabot sa  mga  SIM registration drive   sa kalungsoran kauban sa mga  public Telecommunication Entities s ama sa  SMART Communications Inc. ug Globe Telecom Inc .,  DICT ug  Philippine Informatiom Agency (PIA)-Siquijor. Kaniadtong March 16, gihimo ang unang  "facilitated SIM registration dr ive" didto sa  Siquijor Capital Squar e, sa lungsod sa Siquijor ug niadtong March 17 sa  Maria Evacuation Center,, Maria, Siquijor, Siquijo r,  inubanan sa suporta ug pagtugot sa Probinsya sa Siquijor ug sa nasangpit nnga mga munisipalidad. Gipahigayon ang libreng rehistro aron mahatagan ug saktong pagtagad ug tabang ang mga lumolupyo sa Siquijor ilabina kadtong mga  senior citizens,  PWDs ug uban pang nag lisud sa pagpa rehistro sa ilang SIM ingon

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 25 (PIA) -- The pandemic may have pushed teenagers out of school, but there is hope for them now as the City of Tagbilaran partnered with an international donor to give out-of-school youth (OSY) another chance to be back in school, get a job and be bosses themselves. Through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Tagbilaran City has opened a program for OSY to continue learning, earn new employable skills, and start their own business by becoming entrepreneurs themselves, shared USAID Project 2.0 Cebu hub team leader Loucille Alcala-Dabhi. Speaking at the recent Kapihan sa PIA, Dabhi said OSYs in Tagbilaran City aged 15-24 are their program’s target with the aim of providing them employment, entrepreneurship, and continuing education. Opportunity 2.0 partnered with the Department of Education (DepEd) in its Alternative Learning System (ALS) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for the OSY’s tec

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 24 (PIA) -- Ang  Land Transportation Office (LTO)  nagtakda og  maximum prescribed fe es sa mga  driving schools  isip tubag sa mga reklamo batok sa mahal nga mga bayranan. Alang sa pagmaneho sa motorsiklo, ang labing taas nga kinatibuk-ang gitakda nga rate kay P3,500 - P1,000 alang sa  theoretical driving course (TDC)  ug P2,500 alang sa  practical driving course (PDC). Alang sa  light vehicle drivin g, ang kinatas-ang kinatibuk-ang gitakdang rate P5,000 – P1,000 sa TDC ug P4,000 sa PDC. Sa usa  ka pahayag, si  LTO chief Jay Art Tugad e niingon nga ang cap sa mga bayronon sa mga  driving school  epektibo sa Abril 15. Matud pa ni Tugade nga ang mga silot ipahamtang sa mga driving schools nga makalapas sa palisiya: 1st offense – P50,000 nga multa ug suspensiyon sa unom ka buwan; 2nd offense – P100,000 nga multa ug usa ka tuig nga pagkasuspenso; ug 3rd offense – pagbawi sa akreditasyon nga gihatag sa driving school. Kaniadto, walay  maximum rate n ga gitak

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 24 (PIA) -- Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado sustained his steam in his personal crusade to create jobs and expand the industries here leading to sealing a deal in investment promotion collaboration with the Board of Investments (BOI) on Feb. 22. This as the BOI and Bohol, represented by the governor, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing the coordination and facilitation of investment promotions in Bohol and create an environment conducive to the expansion of existing investments and attracting more capital to Bohol. “Since day one to the present, the administration has been keen in creating jobs, expanding industries and enticing investors to open up the economy after the pandemic onslaught,” said Aumentado.  With the MOU, Bohol and the BOI, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), commit to conduct joint investment promotion activities, trainings, information drive, roadshows, investment briefings with mun

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 24 (PIA) -- The town of Guindulman tops the towns with the largest coverage of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Support to the Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project with 96.7943 hectares now titled to 55 beneficiaries of the breaking into parcels of titled landholdings formerly owned by the landed families.  DAR Sec. Conrado Estrella III turned over 69 titles, some of them in the form of a Certificate of Land Ownership Agreement (CLOA) and some in electronic certificates. According to DAR Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) Dr. Ronald Pumatong, the distribution of titles, some of them accomplishments of the DAR SPLIT Project, should allow individual farmers to break off parcels of lands they used to have communal ownership. With this, farmers who are now in possession of individual tiles tend to be motivated better to work on their lands, to which they would also pay taxes and use the titles as collaterals to loans th

  CORTES, Bohol, March 24 (PIA) -- Gihimoan karon og paagi nga mas mailhan ang Bohol gawas sa iyang gibantug nga dive spots sa  Panglao, Balicasag, Pamilacan, Cabilao, Anda, Guindulman ug Danahon,  pinaagi sa ipahigayon nga  Bohol Loop Dive Expo (BholDEX)  sa sunod buwan. Pinaagi sa  Bholdex,  naglaum ang mga tigpasiugda nga mapahibalik pagpakita ang mga buhilaman sa dagat nga maoy unang nakapaaghat sa mga E uropean divers  nga mosawom sa kadagatan dinhi. Pinaagi usab sa Bholdex, kauban sa kagamhanang probinsyal sa Bohol ug sa P anglao Association of Dive Operators,  mapakita nga dili lamang ang nahaunang mga inila ug bantugang  dive sites n ga mahimong nasawaom na sa mga  divers , kon dili, lakip na usab sa bag-ong natumbok nga mga  dive sites  sa 12 ka mga kalungsuran nga nahilakip niining  loop  karon. Niini, ikaduso na usab pagbalik ang Bohol nga nag-unang  dive destination  sa nasud, samtang ang expo magtanyag usab sa mga labing maayong tanyag sa mga kalungsuran diin himoon ang mg