Wake-uppers:
Scene: Bureau
of Corrections chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa asked Bohol police: "Please
don't leave the President, continue supporting him in his war on drugs.” Dela
Rosa was invited as guest of speaker during the “Hudyaka sa Panglao 2018.” He traced
his roots to Antequera town. Of course, he did well sing the song “Bol-anon.”
Scene: Some pupils of Booy Elementary School in
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, did not report to their classes last Wednesday,
Aug.
29, as their parents staged a protest rally outside the school gates demanding
the ouster of the school principal. The parents said school principal Eufe
Rhoda Reyes-Galon "has proven on numerous occasions that she is unfit to
perform the position that she has been assigned and is paid to do." Galon said she would file a case against the
parents. “It’s not true there is no basis.
And there is God he knows everything. You can personally check my
character kay dili ko ingana nga pagkatawo,” she said.
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| Members if the media with Bato dela Rosa |
Scene: National
Food Authority (NFA )-Bohol manager Maria Fe Evasco on “bukbok”
(weevil)-infected rice in Bohol: “ I would like to clarify the issue that the
NFA rice distributed during the HEAT caravan in Loon is free of any weevils. It’s
bukbok free. It was not infested.” Videos of “bukbok (weevil)”-infected rice went
viral in the social media after it was posted on Facebook. The rice infested with weevils in the video
which were allegedly given to residents of Loon town last Thursday, Aug. 30, at
the Loon Town Square during the provincial government’s HEAT Caravan. Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said he ordered
investigation.
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Vice President Leni
Robredo said on Thursday (August 30) that she wants Boholano leader Benjie
Oliva to run for Congress.
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| Vice President Leni
Robredo visits Lourdes National High School in Panglao town for the turnover of kitchen tools and equipment and feeding program for students under her Angat Buhay project. Photo by Leo Udtohan |
“Kailangan ko siya ngayon sa
Kongreso,” Robredo told some teachers who had an audience with her after the
turnover ceremony of the utensils and equipment to senior students at Lourdes
High School in Panglao town.
Although it was not
clarified if she was endorsing Oliva to run for Congress or as a partly-list
representative, but it was clear Robredo has trust and confidence with the
Boholano leader.
However, Oliva declined to
comment when asked by your VRS.
Oliva is an expert in
national budget legislation, agriculture, rural development and youth
development.
Currently, he is the
acting Cooperative Development Authority
(CDA) chairman of the Board of Administrators, who at 36 years old is the
youngest person to have held the highest post of the regulatory body.
A native of Catigbian town, Oliva is an agriculturist by profession.
A native of Catigbian town, Oliva is an agriculturist by profession.
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CDA Officer-in-Charge
Chairman Benjie Oliva during
an interview on PTV 4’s Bagong Pilipinas about the
cooperatives
and Marawi City rehabilitation. Contributed Photo
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He graduated cum laude at
the Central Visayas State College of Agriculture, Forestry and Technology
(CVSCAFT) (now Bohol Island State University) in Bilar and later gained his
Master’s Degree in Agricultural Development as a summa cum laude.
Oliva has an impressive
public service record as a youth leader. He served as consultant of the
Philippine Senate, Chief of Operation of the Department of Agriculture
Secretary’s Regional Engagement Unit, Project Director of Kabayanihan
Foundation, Inc. and Commissioner for Visayas of the National Youth Commission
during the time of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Oliva is supportive in
many of Robredo’s projects through her Angat Buhay Foundation.
Robredo said she saw an opportunity at Lourdes
National High School, as it is the only senior high school in Panglao, to
address the need to bolster the school’s senior high culinary track.
The project is one of
OVP’s Angat Buhay programs, which Robredo claims to have helped a total of 176
communities nationwide since 2016, including Panglao.
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Loay
residents receive early
Christmas
gift from SAP Bong Go
Christmas came early for
folks in Loay town after special assistant to the president (SAP) Christopher
Lawrence "Bong" Go brought his "Sapatos ni SAP, Tsinelas ang
Ka-Swap" on Friday (Aug. 31) afternoon.
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| At least 200 residents in
Loay town in Bohol gathered in Barangay Calvario to receive Christmas gifts from SAP Bong Go's "Sapatos ni Sap, Tsinelas ang ka-swap." The distribution was headed by Mayor Rochelle Brigitte Imboy-Abutazil. Photo by Leo Udtohan |
Shoes and rice were given
to at least 200 residents of Barangay Calvario in this town, including some
members of the Aeta community.
“We’ re thankful kami ang
napili diri kay dako og tabang. Nakita ninyo malipayon sila (We’re thankful our
town was chosen because it is a big help. The residents are happy),” said Loay
Mayor Rochelle Brigitte Imboy-Abutazil. Her
town was the first beneficiary of the advocacy project in the province.
Resident Inday Ganzon,
63, said the rice she received could
help her instead of buying an expensive
commercial rice.
“Nalipay jud ko yamu
nakadawat og bugas maayo nalang ipuno sa bugas nga perting mahala run (I am
happy I received pack of rice because rice now is really expensive),” Ganzon
said. “Sayu nga pinaskuhan. (It’s an
early Christmas gift)”
Go's advocacy project was
born when he gave his shoes to fire victims and other calamities which inspired
his supporters to create such as a bridge to reach people’s dream for a
better life in the Philippines.
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Attraka
launched in Trinidad
At least 200 residents in
this town gathered on Saturday afternoon for the mass oath-taking of the Alayon
Sa Tinuod Trinidadnon Alang sa Kabag-ohan (Attraka) or Association of Real
Trinidadnon for Change, a member of Alyansang Bol-anon Alang sa Kausaban(Abaka)
or Boholano Alliance for Change.
Attraka will combine
forces with Abaka and Hugpong Ng Pagbabago (HNP) of Presidential Daughter Davao
City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
Members who came from the
different barangays in Trinidad gathered in Barangay Poblacion to listen the
movement’s objectives and mission.
They also took oath as
members of the movement. It was the
first mass oath-taking ceremony of a town-based movement in Bohol province to
join Abaka.
Poblacion Barangay Captain
Johnny Orioque who founded Attraka said that the movement aims to give real
change from real Trinidadnon leaders.
He said Attraka was the
answer the call of Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco, Jr. to create movements in
towns to have similar struggles and need to get the attention of the national
leaders for help in development and poverty alleviation.
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| Alayon Sa Tinuod
Trinidadnon Alang sa Kabag-ohan (Attraka) was launched in Trinidad town. Photo by Leo Udtohan |
Attraka, Orioque added, is
a solid support to help Duterte to institute change and instigate a paradigm
shift in the political scene in Trinidad town.
“We really need real
change,” Orioque said. “The people of
Trinidad should unite to rally behind the vision of the president to eradicate
the drug problem, graft and corruption, and poverty reduction.”
Businessman Norris Oculam,
chair of Abaka, said that Abaka movement is the umbrella organization in Bohol
for groups would be created. Also
present was Boy Penia of the office of
Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado.
Abaka was one of the 9
local parties which was accepted by Duterte-Carpio as alliance from the Visayas
even it is not a political organization.
Oculam said Attraka
members would be automatically members of Abaka and HNP.
Duterte-Carpio was forging
alliances in a bid to boost her regional party’s agenda by having partners in
various regions in the country.
“We shared the same goal
and vision,” said Oculam.
Abaka members are
continuously seeking the right leaders with great vision to help in the
development of Bohol.
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