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  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 4 (PIA)-- A total of 168 riders comprising 56 teams of three endurance mountain bikers (MTB) from Bohol and the region participated in the the 80-kilometer course in the Bike Ta Bai’s Sandugo 3x80 MTB Adventure Race Season II, which sped off early morning from the new provincial Capitol on July 2. Bike ta Bai (BtB), a Boholano non-profit sports group of avid mountain bikers and trail seekers with a portfolio of properly organized races, offered a new format for the uninitiated in the new BtB types of races. In the 3x80 MTB adventure race, each team had the opportunity to showcase their navigation skills. At least one member of the team should be proficient in global positioning system as this uses a global positioning exchange (GPX) route navigation, where the race needs no marshals and markers as everything in on a detailed GPX file containing the race route, which can be loaded onto a compatible GPS device or smartphone app a day before race da...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 17 (PIA) – Now is the perfect time for former rebels and their families as well as identified mass base supporters to finally clear their names. This was the statement of Task Group Bohol Commander Captain Jayrod Cabahug amid reports of seven armed men of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed group, the New People’s Army (NPA), who figured again in a short exchange of gunfire with government troops in the afternoon of July 8, 2023, in a temporary encampment in a forested area of Brgy. Dagohoy, Bilar, near their known mass base supporters.        In the last recorded encounters between the government troops and the crew of armed fighters, all are located in the proximity of the houses of their former members. Speaking during the recent Kapihan sa PIA, Cabahug said that with then President Rodrigo Duterte signing Administrative Order No. 10 last April 3, 2018 and its implementing Rules and Regulations, ...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 17 (PIA) -- Keeping an optimal buffer stock to be able to respond to relief operations in calamities and emergencies, the National Food Authority (NFA) in Bohol has 25,000 bags of locally procured rice in its bodega. Tasked by law to distribute rice for local government relief operations in crisis situations, the NFA, however, believes they still need to get 15-30 days of buffer stocks to comply with their new mandate. Speaking during the recent  Kapihan sa PIA  to share updates on the province’s preparations for the forecasted El Niño to hit anytime soon, NFA Bohol Branch Manager Pilita Barajan said they now keep 25,000 bags of rice in their bodegas. Barajan admitted that this is not enough, as she explained that with 10,000 bags of rice as daily consumption rate in Bohol, their stocks could barely be enough for three days should all local government units withdraw the rice stocks at the same time.  For Barajan however, it is not ...

  More than two thousand probationers and parolees were attendees to the general assembly of Mandaue City Parole and Probation Office 47th Anniversary Celebration of the DOJ-PPA last July 10, 2023 at Mandaue City Complex. (Photo from DOJ-PPA7) After serving six years in prison for a drug-related offense, Axel (not his actual name), 44, says he has a hard time looking for work.  In 2016, Axel was convicted for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. He was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment and was detained at the Mandaue City Jail. Due  to the congestion at the Mandaue City Jail, Axel fell ill with tuberculosis and was transferred to the new prison facility in Dungguan, Mandaue City in 2019.  Imprisonment  did not stop Axel from improving himself. While in detention, Axel actively availed of the livelihood programs offered by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for persons deprived of liberty (PDL).  After undergoing severa...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Bohol has turned over the responsibility of running the province’s premier crafts fair and local products showcase to its private sector partners. The crafts fair which started in 1989 jumped from one location to another until it finally found a permanent annual home in the Island City Mall, said John Jerome Gabin, DTI Bohol micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) Division Chief. The fair, which has been an annual showcase local craftsmanship of the island’s rich heritage and cultural diversity, has been assisted by the DTI and its product development consultants to ensure their products have a market future. The trade expo features a wide range of products including delicacies, wearables, furniture and housewares, and other souvenir and pasalubong items specially crafted by exhibitors from various parts of the country. Gabin said this year is another opportunity for Bohol to embark on a tra...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 24 (PIA) -- Kinatibuk-an nga P20.7B ang bili sa mga bag-ong pamuhunan nga misulod sa Bohol gikan sa dagkong Negosyo ngadto sa  micro, small, medium enterprises  ug miabut sa 33,982 ka mga bag-ong trabaho ang misulod sa Bohol sa 2023. Kini maoy unod sa taho ni Gob Erico Aristotle Aumentado, sa iyang  State of the Province Address  (SOPA) nga iyang gibatbat atubangan sa nagkatapok nga mga Bol-anon ug mga bisita didto sa  Bohol Cultural Center atul sa 169th Bohol Day, Hulyo 22 . Matud niya, ubos sa  Business Development Program  sa Kapitolyo, ang mga pamuhunan gikan sa dagkong negosyo, o kadtong molapas sa  P100 million ang capitalization,  mikabat sa sa P9.7B sa 2022 samtang kadtong mga MSMEs, mitampo usab og P11 bilyones nga bili sa pamuhunan. Ang pagpasugod og mga trabaho gikan sa dagkong mga negosyo nga mingsulod, nakapatrabaho sa 2,982 ka walay kanhing trabaho samtang sa MSME nga pamuhunan, kinatibuk-ang ...

  The National Museum of the Philippines in Cebu City is housed inside the historic Customs Building known as the “Aduana” within the Plaza Independencia near Fort San Pedro. It is open to the public for free from Tuesdays to Sundays between 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (PIA7) The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) has opened the doors of its 16th component museum to the public today (August 1, 2023) in Cebu City, or popularly known as the “Queen City of the South” owing to its vibrant culture and economic importance and influence.  The museum offers Cebuanos a colorful glimpse of documented local history that has been passed on from generation to generation.    No less than President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. led the ribbon-cutting ceremony of what is considered as the first NMP in Cebu on July 28, 2023. After the ceremony, he was treated to a tour inside the museum. President Marcos was seemingly charmed by the galleries featured inside the NMP Cebu, spending l...