Wake-uppers:
Scene: Miss Bohol 2018 3rd runner-up Jesseth Nez
Pasagad was crowned Miss JCI Philippines-Visayas 2018 held in Iligan City. Pasagad, a petroleum engineer, advocates for
the use of renewable energy for sustainable development.
Scene: The 4th Bohol Milk Festival aims to promote
and expand the dairy sector in the country. It was graced by Sen. Cynthia
Villar. “I hope this event will teach our farmers to become productive and
competitive.
Scene: Doris
Dinorog-Obena, a licensed tour guide and president of the Kahugpungan sa Bol-anong Guides (Kabog) will file her certificate of candidacy on
Oct. 17, at the Comelec Central Office
as the 3rd nominee for Akbayan Partylist. She is the first Boholana who will
run under a National Partylist for 2019 midterm elections.
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The first two days of
filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) were another proof that elections in
Philippines are full of surprises.
The provincial election
office said that the first and second days of COC filing was actually
slow. Only one notable Sangguniang
Panlalawigan candidate submitted the form.
The submission of COCs started on Thursday, Oct. 11 and will run until October 17, Wednesday, excluding weekends.
The submission of COCs started on Thursday, Oct. 11 and will run until October 17, Wednesday, excluding weekends.
More personalities are
expected to flock to Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the last three days,
including bets from both the administration and opposition groups.
A
village chief and his three councilors in this town were among the early birds
to file their certificates of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) office last Thursday, Oct. 11.
Barangay
captain Johnny Orioque of Poblacion, Trinidad who is also the editor and
publisher of The Bohol News Today and
Bohol Balita Daily News, filed his
COC for town mayor at 9:30 a.m. under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC).
His
COC was accepted by Trinidad election officer III Cecelia Araceli Balili.
Orioque
was the first candidate to have filed a COC in the province, according to
Comelec records.
“I
just want to file early to prove that we are serious and aggressive in our
campaign for change,” Orioque said.
He
said he would focus on the town’s agriculture which he said was neglected.
“I am
real and genuine Trinidadnon. I know how a Trinidadnon feels and I know what a
Trinidadnon needs for the development and change in our municipality,” he
added.
Orioque
was accompanied by wife Jessica, some supporters and three candidates for
councilor -Ireneo Acuña, Carmilo Tabada and Jose Marlon Autentico —in the
Comelec.
Out
of eight seats in the municipal council, Orioque only has three
candidates in his slate who also have filed their respective COCs.
According
to Malou Cempron, assistant to the provincial election supervisor. the Comelec will accept COCs from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Cempron
also reminded candidates affiliated with a political party to attach their
Certificates of Nomination and
Acceptance
(CONA) to the COCs otherwise they would be considered as independent
bets.
Buenavista Mayor Dave
Duallo and his slate filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) on Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) office in Buenavista town.
Duallo seeks the mayoral
post with Councilor Ma. Christine Torregosa as his running mate under the
banner of the Nationalist People’s Coalition.
Duallo was elected vice
mayor in 2016 polls but had to take over as mayor after Mayor Ronald Lowell
“Sample” Tirol was killed inside the cockpit arena last May 27.
Completing their slate
were candidates for councilors – Elsa Tirol, Rena Erojo, Romeo Aparece, Martin
Nuñez , Jr., Rene Mero, Alice Lopez, Junel Torregosa and Nena Melecio.
Duallo said that his slate
attended Mass first at the Santo Rosario Parish Church before going to the
local office of the Commission on Elections to file their certificates of
candidacy past 10 a.m.
They were accompanied by their family members and supporters.
“We are united leaders for
a united people of Buenavista for a lasting peace, prosperity and development
of the municipality,” said Duallo.
Other mayoral candidates
who filed their were Mark Monton (Balilihan), Casey Camacho (Getafe) and Mayor
Katrina Lim (Valencia)
Board member Elipidio Jala who
is seeking reelection filed his COC at 1 p.m. last Friday, Oct. 12 without any
fanfare.
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State of the
art hospital will rise in Panglao
A tourist died while diving at the
world-famous Panglao Island, Bohol province last July 23.
The victim was identified
as Oh Eng Hoe, 70, a Malaysian national, according to PO3 Gregorio Perocho,
desk officer of the Panglao police station.
While diving at 30 meters,
his companions noticed that Hoe slowly descended and was struggling.
When he was unresponsive,
he was brought to the surface where personnel from the dive shop
performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while waiting for the ambulance.
He was brought to a
hospital in Tagbilaran City, at least 47 minutes from Panglao, but he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Hoe, according to
attending physician, died through asphyxia by drowning.
Hoe’s friend (who asked
not to be named) said that "If there is an hospital in Panglao
Island, the unfortunate 70-year-old
might have been saved."
The case of Hoe was among
the deaths in Panglao Island recorded.
Residents and tourists
have long protested about the lack of hospital available. Many are forced to go
to the city.
Last Oct. 8, a ground
breaking ceremony was held for the construction of the Bohol Doctors’
Hospital in Barangay Bil-isan in this
town to provide healthcare and wellness to the needs of tourists and residents
in the island.
The demand for more
quality health services also increases because of the tremendous growth of
tourism industry in Bohol, according to Board Member Jade Bautista, president
and chief executive officer.
Bautista, a nurse by
profession, said the project was a dream
come true to her since it would be the first in the province.
“I was exposed to the
medical world since I was young as my family runs a healthcare facility in the
US, which is also why I studied Nursing
and became a registered nurse thereafter. I wanted to bring our beloved Bohol
everything that I learned in my experiences abroad in terms of medical
practices and expertise,” she said.
Bautista said It is
to complement tourism by contributing in
the area of health services sector, particularly on medical tourism, so that
Boholanos and tourists alike may no longer have to go to Cebu for health care needs.
“We don’t want our
visitors to worry while on vacation,” she said.
She said that hospital
would have access to their medical
records abroad to give them equal or greater quality services than in their
home country.
The P450-million hospital
is a five-story medical building that would have 100 beds ready to cater 24/7
after its construction within 18 to 24 months. It will be equipped with
state-of the-art healthcare facilities and energy-efficient practices to
optimize sustainable healing and promote less carbon footprint infrastructure.
But the hospital is also a
“hospitel,” a hospital-hotel, said Bautista.
The fifth floor will have
20 rooms especially built for that purpose.
“We do not just cater the
needs of the sick who seek medical attention but we also cater our grandparents
and great parents who wished to relax on their retirement,” she said.
“We will make sure that
our hospital’s environment will be very conducive to a sustainable healing,”
she added.
Bautista said this
hospital will be much like other Metro Manila hospitals and in the USA which
are accredited internationally by JCI.
JCI is an international
hospital accreditation body known for its Gold Seal of Approval that provides
the highest standards of medical care in more than 100 countries.
In the Philippines, there
are only five hospitals accredited by JCI, among them are the Makati Medical
Hospital, St. Luke’s Medical Center-Quezon City, St. Luke’s Medical Center in
Global City in Taguig, Asian Hospital and Medical City, all in Metro Manila.
The groundbreaking
ceremony was attended by Health Regional Director Jaime Bernadas, former board
member Yul Lopez, Dr. Fruserma Mary Uy, the medical director of Bohol Doctors’
Hospital, and the founding doctors and investors led by Bautista.
This 8,000 sq meter
location of the hospital will be at Barangay Bil-isan which is a few kilometers
away from the newly-constructed Bohol Panglao International Airport.
Bautista, who is an
incumbent board member of Bohol province, also said the hospital will employ
Boholano personnel to cater to tourists and residents, adding that this is a
good opportunity for medical professionals.
Bautista also said that
the hospital will add texture the Bohol wonders.
Lopez also said this new
hospital will change the healthcare system landscape of the province as its
impact will be felt in so many ways.
Bernadas said the hospital
is an idea of evolution.
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Bong Go still
undecided to run
Even if his boss has
announced that he is running for senator, Special Assistant to the President
Christopher “Bong” Go remains coy on his political plans. Go told Bohol reporters
here during the opening of the Malasakit Center at the Gov. Celestino Gallares
Memorial Hospital (GCGMH) here, he still had five days to decide whether or not
he would run for an elective position.
The filing of the
certificate of candidacy has started on Oct. 11 and will end on Oct. 17.
A groupie with SAP Bong Go
and some of the members of the Bohol media. Photo courtesy: Bob Galero |
President Duterte told
reporters in Manila on Wednesday earlier that Go was among the six Cabinet
members who would soon resign to run for public office. This was the second
time the President spoke about Go's candidacy.
During an event with
Filipinos in Jordan last Sept. 7, Duterte said Go wanted to run for senator but
advised him that they should see it first since that would be difficult.
“But if the Filipinos in
Jordan allow it, then okay,” he added. But Go told reporters in Tagbilaran that
he had not made up his mind.
Go said that while “I
still have 5 days to decide ug mangayo kog enlightenment sa atong Ginoo kung
Iya kung padaganon (and I'm asking for enlightenment from God if He wants me to
run),” he said.
“Also I leave it to the
wisdom of the President,” he added.
While his boss had already issued a statement
about his purported plan to run, Go maintained that he had not made up his
mind.
“Hulat ko last minute
tan-awon nako kung asa ko makatabang didto ko (I will wait at the last minute
to check where I can help best),” said Go.
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