tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88823564762774628702024-03-14T01:20:47.686+08:00Bohol RepublicYour alternative Bohol reader.iamlizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133318739044013493noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882356476277462870.post-18630000312234161042020-08-10T09:00:00.071+08:002020-08-12T16:08:31.542+08:00Bohol bares 4Q target for tourism re-opening -- are we ready? #OpEd<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CTVowRmeINI/Xy2qTBHjoxI/AAAAAAAAW7s/1uRjKhnDe-MevXO9ti3ynQ0qcNJr82AJgCPcBGAYYCw/s600/BoholPCRLab_14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CTVowRmeINI/Xy2qTBHjoxI/AAAAAAAAW7s/1uRjKhnDe-MevXO9ti3ynQ0qcNJr82AJgCPcBGAYYCw/w480-h320/BoholPCRLab_14.jpg" width="480"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are we?<br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><p>Bohol - we are ready!</p><p>These words -- bold rounded purple fonts, exclamation point and all -- bannered the opening slide of the Gov. Art Yap's Bohol tourism re-opening strategy at the interface of Bohol officials and mayors with Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año and Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat during the two secretaries' visit in Bohol on July 31, 2020. </p><p>But wait, hold your horses --</p><span></span><a href="http://www.boholrepublic.com/2020/08/bohol-bares-4q-target-for-tourism-re.html#more">Read more »</a>iamlizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133318739044013493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882356476277462870.post-18617423868834221002020-07-31T19:00:00.001+08:002020-08-07T23:42:49.504+08:00Bohol’s first containerized RT-PCR testing lab gets a nod from Año and Romulo-Puyat<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q9Og58p4cO8/Xy1spxIZ7QI/AAAAAAAAW6o/pv1ZabVemDQ_KIQ6PLYACYngi8BnT1w0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/BoholPCRLabb_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q9Og58p4cO8/Xy1spxIZ7QI/AAAAAAAAW6o/pv1ZabVemDQ_KIQ6PLYACYngi8BnT1w0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/BoholPCRLabb_1.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The containerized RT-PCR testing lab, which arrived in Bohol last July 17, is set up at the Bohol Medical Care Institute (BMCI) compound in Tagbilaran City. </span><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Both Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año and Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who, along with Bohol Governor Arthur C. Yap, inspected today the province’s first containerized reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), say this is a most positive development for Bohol's fight to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its preparations for the re-opening of their tourism. </p><span></span><a href="http://www.boholrepublic.com/2020/07/bohols-first-containerized-rt-pcr.html#more">Read more »</a>iamlizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133318739044013493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882356476277462870.post-20783267235889343032020-03-24T17:00:00.000+08:002020-03-25T01:23:39.937+08:00Partial liquor ban imposed in Bohol #COVID19PH<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liquor shelves remain uncovered inspite the liquor ban In the partial ban, consumption of alcohol may still be done but only in one's residence and/or private quarters. </td></tr>
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A province-wide partial liquor ban throughout the effectivity of the island province’s community quarantine is enforced in Bohol with Executive Order No. 17 signed on March 24, 2020 by<br>
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Baji articulates and highlights her many forms, reflections and iterations in its aptly titled 2020 Women’s Month exhibit “Mga Hulagway sa Baji” which opened last March 10th at the Lobby of the New Bohol Provincial Capitol Building.<br>
<a href="http://www.boholrepublic.com/2020/03/self-portrait-mga-hulagway-sa-baji.html#more">Read more »</a>iamlizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133318739044013493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882356476277462870.post-15852641356893247532019-10-07T09:00:00.000+08:002019-10-10T05:00:43.117+08:00Let the whale sharks swim free.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the public consultation held in the Baclayon Cultural Center last Thursday, October 3 for the proposed municipal ordinance entitled “Providing regulatory guidelines for the conservation of whale sharks within the municipal waters of the Municipality of Baclayon” authored by Councilor Erico Joseph T. Cañete, the first stakeholder opinion was from a fisherman, and it was in opposition to the ordinance. His statement was brief, and but the gist of it is captured in this quip: “kay naa na man jud nang mga whale sharks, nganong di man na ‘nato pahimuslan”. (A fraction of the audience actually applauded to this; the nays had a contingent.)<br>
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The Catigbian National High School Sandugo contingent is the Grand Champion of the 2019 Bohol Sandugo Street Dancing and Performance Arts Competition held on July 27, 2019 in Tagbilaran City.<br>
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Catigbian National High School also bagged the Best in Drama Production, Best in Design, Best in Music, and Best Performer in a Lead Role (Male) awards.<br>
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Runners up were the Baclayon National High School/ LGU Baclayon and the Lumad Tubignon/ LGU Tubigon, who was also declared the Most Lively Group.<br>
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<a href="http://www.boholrepublic.com/2019/07/catigbian-national-high-school-wins-top.html#more">Read more »</a>iamlizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133318739044013493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882356476277462870.post-62849298394857503442019-07-26T09:00:00.000+08:002019-07-29T06:30:13.965+08:00Video: Check out Sinugdanan Contemporary Art ExhibitCheck out Sinugdanan Contemporary Art Exhibit which opened last July 25, 2019 at the Alta Citta Mall in Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines. Featuring contemporary artworks by Boholano artists, the exhibit will run until the 9th of August, 2019.<br />
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Sinugdanan is organized by Bohol POP! with the support of Alta Citta and the Alturas Group of Companies.<br />
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The 2019 Bohol Sandugo Trade Expo ‘Beyond Expectations @ 32’ features your favorite export-quality products ranging from furniture and home furnishings, gifts and decors, wearables and homestyle, fashion accessories, and processed food from 200++ exhibitors from 10++ regions around the country --- and then some.</div>
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The Trade Expo opened last Wednesday, July 24 at the Island City Mall in Tagbilaran City and will run until this Sunday, the 28th.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ever wondered how to open a calamay? Check out this video, and learn how:</span><br />
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The March for the Ocean, locally dubbed “Baktas Alang sa Kadagatan”, was organized by Plastic Free Bohol and the Bohol Climate Walkers, with the support of 4Oceans and the Panglao LGU. </span><br />
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June 9, 2018 – Carrying hand-painted pro-ocean anti-plastic placards and hardy eco-warrior hearts, 67 Boholanos marched 19 kilometers from Tagbilarn City’s Plaza Rizal (Kilometer Zero) to Alona Beach in Tawala, Panglao to raise awareness to the worsening threats to the world’s oceans and seas.<br>
Locally named “Baktas Alang sa Kadagatan”, the event takes its cue from the USA’s “March for the Ocean”, (also set today and replicated globally) which advocates for the same intensified action to protect the oceans. The march echoes the call for the ban of single-use plastics, reduction of all forms of ocean pollution, corporate accountability for plastic pollution, and the protection of vulnerable coastal communities.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolaine B. Uy, Executive Director of the Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry, points to her work made just for the Baji Exhibit 2018 “Take Off” (Oil on canvas, 32x34 inches)</td></tr>
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...butterfly wings flutter, as a soft breeze wafts through, whizzing: listen. Lightnings crack, thunders roar, as ravens cry in flight, cawing: listen, listen, take notice. Where the ‘baji’ artists break their silence, canvases are stretched out and slathered with colors, brushes gliding through, deliberately scraping: look, listen, take action.<br>
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The Baji Arts Collective joins the global silence-breaking movement as they launch their annual Women's Month arts exhibit headlined "Breaking the Silence" this 5PM, Sunday, 4 March 2018 at the 2nd Level (near Globe) Island City Mall.<br />
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The exhibit will run for two weeks, until the 17th of March 2018.<br />
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The Baji Arts Exhibit 2018 is supported by Island City Mall and the Center for Culture and Arts Development (CCAD) of the Office of the Governor of the Province of Bohol.iamlizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05133318739044013493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882356476277462870.post-89138834700286331812018-02-25T09:00:00.000+08:002018-03-14T01:41:46.387+08:00“Bohol-Buhol” comes to Bohol<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“Bohol-Buhol 5”, group exhibition of Boholano artists, February 22 to March 3, 2018 at the 2nd floor of the Island City Mall, Tagbilaran City.</td></tr>
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The eponymous exhibit which gave Boholano visual artists the space to showcase their works in distinguished galleries in the country’s major urban centers, “Bohol-Buhol”, now on its 5th outing, comes to Bohol for the first time to pay homage to the mother island.<br>
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Sunday morning, 28th of January, there was an unusual hustle and bustle in downtown
Batuan, Bohol. While its famous roadside attraction, the ShipHaus, still
drew in the usual selfie-stick-toting tourist-types – elsewhere in the
poblacion, around the market, the <i>municipio</i>, the plaza, and the
ogee-arched parish church, brimmed with people, young and old, excitedly
awaiting the start of Batuan’s own Sto. Niño fête, the Guimbawan
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The Sandugo Festival has been around for decades now, and along with the Street Dancing competition, the Sandugo Trade Fair has always been the more-awaited of THE Bol-anon fete's banner events. </div>
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Like its mother event, the 'trade fair' has its hits and misses year on year. This year's, sadly, disappoints.</div>
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Some like their chocolates and sikwate sweet, some like theirs bitter; but everyone will like a sweeter, better cacao industry in Bohol as both government agencies and private organizations offer more and more initiatives pushing for its growth and expansion.<br>
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This was the consensus during the first Bohol Cacao Summit and Exposition, on Friday, the 2nd of September 2016 at the Kew Hotel this city, which gathered more than 95 cacao stakeholders from Bohol, Manila, Samar, Cagayan de Oro and Dumaguete.<br>
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We watched the first State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Here's what we have to say:<br>
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23 July 2016 - <a href="http://www.rappler.com/move-ph" target="_blank">#MovePH</a> prime mover Raisa Serafica and Rappler Cebu's Mark Macasero visited Bohol over the weekend, not for the Sandugo festivities, but to facilitate a Citizen Journalism Workshop. Participants included student journalists from Bohol Island State University (BISU) Main Campus and Holy Name University (HNU), bloggers from the Bohol Bloggers Collective and freelance writers.<br>
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Foodies will delight in the cornucopia of international and regional dishes laid out at this year's Sandugo Fusion Nights. We did.</div>
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22 July 2016 - For once, a Bohol Day brought us a Sandugo event where the performers were genuinely having fun -- more smiles, vigour and energey and less strained & exhausted faces (the late afternoon start sure helped) -- which inspired the audience and in turn inspired the performers. It also helped that the familiar fun(ny), upbeat melody, lyrics and dance steps (!) of the Kuradang that harked back actual fiestas and family celebrations had us all beaming and wanting to join in the fun.<br>
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Very briefly, Friday night, Freds Book Cafe became the "Sagada" for millennial broken hearts as the coffeeshop-cum-library hosted its first poetry night bannered "Music and Heartbreak".<br>
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The intimate gathering kicked off with the reading of "Broken Hearts" written by literati-snubbed social-media-darling multimedia artist Lang Leav. Where the first line of the night is -- "I know you’ve lost someone and it hurts." -- you know you're in the company of romantics who embrace all of love and life's joys and pains.<br>
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After taking a break from the media and the spotlight in general, we received a tip from that Vice President- Elect Leni Robredo and her daughters are in Bohol for a short vacation.</div>
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“Naka-recover na pud,” answered the woman interviewed by young reporter-in-training Devin at the Cogon Bus Terminal in Tagbilaran. 10-year-old Devin, clutching an improvised cardboard prop microphone intent at looking professional in the video being filmed by fellow child-partner, has been asking the woman about her experience during the big earthquake back in 2013.<br>
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For Devin’s final question, he asked, “Andam na ba ka sa sunog nga linog?”<br>
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“Dili pud ko musugot nga mubalik ‘to!” was the interviewee’s quick response to a crowd bursting in laughter.<br>
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