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Bohol solons passes law protecting car buyers

Bohol solons passes law protecting car buyers A new law has just been approved to protect car buyers from losses resulting from getting defective units. The initiative came from Bohol Third District Rep. Arthur Yap whose House Bill 197 filed for this purpose had been incorporated...

Aris: Livelihood support universal

Aris: Livelihood support universal THE livelihood support Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado churns out for his constituents in Bohol’s 2nd District is “universal”. The solon said his beneficiaries are groups, be they progressive or still budding. He crosses political party lines, following in the footsteps of his...

Oil spill alert in north coastal Bohol area

Governor Edgar Chatto has alerted officials in the northern coastal towns as he ordered an immediate investigation into reports a ship passing off the Bien Unido municipal waters was spotted dumping oil and waste materials. Provincial administrator Alfonso Damalerio III through the Bohol Environment Management...

Coordination at reg’l peace council stressed

Coordination at reg’l peace council stressed Unity is all that it would take. The Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC-7) has ordered all its members, including all national and line agencies as well as Local Government Units (LGUs) to sit as one in all its undertakings, especially on matters pertaining to...

Useful livelihood kits received–brgy officials

Barangay officials had received and duly acknowledged the useful livelihood technology kits funded thru the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Gov. Edgar Chatto while he was First District congressman. Each kit contains volumes of books and modules as guides to self-sufficient agricultural production, animal...

System builder decries blame on E-TRACS

The developer of E-TRACS (Enhanced Tax Revenue Assessment and Collection System) explained that the complaints of taxpayers in Panglao on the wrong tax assessments should not be blamed on the software. Elmo Nazareno, president of Rameses Systems, Inc.-the software developer of E-TRACS, decried the news...

Mayor Calipusan opens Loboc College next year

Mayor Calipusan opens Loboc College next year The high profile of success the Loboc local government unit has gained in tourism will shift gear to education when it will open the Loboc Learning College for Excellence (LLCE) next year. This was the statement issued by Mayor Leon Calipusan whose brand of performance...

Pnoy confers Galing Pook Award to Bohol

Pnoy confers Galing Pook Award to Bohol President Simeon Benigno Aquino III will confer to the province of Bohol the Galing Pook Award on January 30, Monday,  at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang. Gov. Edgar M. Chatto will lead Bohol’s delegation together Vice Governor Concepcion Lim, Board Members Abeleon Damalerio and Cesar...

RPOC-7 finalizes MOA vs. human trafficking

RPOC-7 finalizes MOA vs. human trafficking The Regional Peace and Order Council finalized the draft of the memorandum of agreement on full implementation of the Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 in Central Visayas to be signed by at least seven government agencies, the four provinces...

Cabalit insists on ABC status quo

Cabalit insists on ABC status quo Ousted Tagbilaran Liga ng mga Barangay president Faro Cabalit called on fellow barangay captains to maintain a status quo and allow him to continue serving as the association’s head pending resolution of their dispute by the Liga National Executive Board (NEB). Interviewed by the Chronicle...