The Bogo Times

Capability Development Workshop February 22-23, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Monday) 8:00 AM - 12:00 NN (Tuesday) Northhomes Function Hall Topics: The ICT/BPM Industry and NICP Thrusts CEDFIT - The Pioneer ICT Council Defining the Local Ecosystem Guided Visioning  Presentation of Vision   Speakers: Royden Rusiana, ICTO FOO Russel Andrade, ICTO E-Innovation Wilfredo Sa-a, CEDFIT Managing Director For more information: Call (032) 260 - 5310 local 325, (032) 260 - 5183 local 401 Facebook: www.facebook.com/lgubogo E-mail: info@cityofbogocebu.gov.ph  

The Municipality of Daanbantayan has declared Monad Shoal and Gato Islet as a shark and ray sanctuary through Executive Order no. 16-2015. Catching and trading of sharks and rays in the said areas are now  prohibited. Photo Source:  Dennis Bryan Bait-it Monad Shoal, a 184-hectare dive site, is located about 30 minutes from Malapascua Island.  Gato Island, a 123-hectare dive site, is 45 minutes away. Daanbantayan is a marine key biodiversity area known for its abundant coastal and marine resources with at least four species of sharks and six species of rays which includes rare and threatened species like  thresher sharks, white tip sharks, manta rays, and devil rays. Read more: NOW A SANCTUARY | Cebu town bans catching, trading of sharks, rays Daanbantayan dive sites now shark and ray sanctuaries.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 By KEVIN A. LAGUNDA POLICE arrested two suspected members of a big-time robbery group in a drug bust in Barangay Banban, Bogo City last Tuesday night. The team led by Chief Insp. Richard Oliver, the city police officer-in-charge, caught Franklin Booc Araneta, 30; and Naice Velez Oporto, 34, at 8 p.m. Araneta and Oporto were allegedly cohorts of Joel Sumabong, who was charged in court for allegedly leading a bank robbery in Bogo City in 2005 but was eventually acquitted. Sumabong was arrested by the intelligence operatives of Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) in a buy-bust last January. “We are checking if they are involved in some past shooting and robbery incidents in Bogo City,” said Oliver in Cebuano in a phone interview. The suspects are level two drug pushers for they can allegedly dispose of 200 grams of illegal drugs per week. Click here to read full story.

By Oscar C. Pineda Tuesday, January 27, 2015 THE municipality of Medellin, Cebu now has two roving nurses tasked to answer house calls and provide medical assistance to senior citizens in its 19 barangays, said Mayor Ricky Ramirez. Medellin has around 5,000 senior citizens, said Ramirez. The 2010 census placed its population at 50,000. “Mas nindot ni kay ang di kalakaw murag gi-door-to-door ang pag-atiman nila (This is good because it is like providing a door-to-door service to those senior citizens who can no longer walk),” said 66-year-old Angelina Mangubat, Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs (Osca) president and Barangay Dayhagon secretary. Ramirez said that the blood pressure and vital signs of the elderly will be regularly checked by the nurses, giving priorities to those who are bedridden and on wheelchairs. He revealed that the nurses will use two motorcycles. These nurses, who are also called mobile health care workers, are given barangay assignment...

NBI Clearance Center in Bogo City Photo Source: Rodge Tonacao Bogo City's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance Center is set to open today.  The clearance center is located on the second floor of the old municipal hall,  just above the Bogo Water District office.  People from neighboring towns no longer have to travel to Cebu City to secure their NBI Clearance. The center is even accessible to clients coming from Leyte and Masbate.  National Bureau of Investigation Manila ICT head Mr. Willy Abuan personally came to Bogo to install the NBI Information System Software at Bogo Clearance Center. A test run was performed last Friday with City Administrator Max Suico, City Councilor Jose Brainard Mayol (proponent of the project), City Human Resource Management Officer Slavsky Ybañez , and City IT Officer Roger Tonacao . The Freeman reported that today's event is just a soft opening and a formal opening will soon be scheduled.  May...

Nine classrooms were destroyed in Bogo City Central School 1 (known locally as Central 1) after being engulfed in flames last Sunday afternoon.  The Freeman reported that the city fire department received the fire alarm at 5:06 P.M. The fire was declared under control at 5:45 P.M. and was declared completely out at 9:06 P.M.  The building that caught fire was a Gabaldon school building. Gabaldon school buildings are heritage schoolhouses built in the Philippines between 1907 and 1946. They are mostly made of wood and light materials which explains the fast spread of fire. It was also the same building that was rehabilitated by the Israel Defence Force after it was severely damaged by super typhoon Yolanda in November last year.  The fire department has estimated the damage at Php 2.5 Million. Fire investigators are still looking into the possible cause of the fire. The social hall, the library and some tents will be utilized as temporary classrooms...

Bantayan , Madridejos , San Remigio and nine (9) other Local Government Units (LGUs) of Cebu signed an agreement with The  Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc . (RAFI) for the repair and construction of 218 classrooms that would benefit almost 10,000 students.  The Php144-Million School Rehabilitaion Project was signed by the mayors and/or representatives of the towns of Alcoy, Aloguinsan, Asturias, Bantayan, Barili, Borbon, Carcar, Naga, Madridejos, Samboan, San Remigio and Sibonga  as a continuing commitment to provide the school children with a safer and more conducive learning environment. Aside from building classrooms, RAFI would also assist the LGUs and the Department of Education in school governance. “The challenge is not on fixing the school buildings anymore. What we need is to prepare the students so that they can compete,” said RAFI President Roberto Aboitiz, adding that there is also a need to build the character, competence, an...

Oath-taking of Tabogon's BADAC source: cebu.gov.ph The Municipality of Tabogon activated its Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) for each of the town's 25 barangays. This will serve as its first line of defense against illegal drugs. Joey Herrera, Executive Director of the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Commission (CPADAC), assured that the Province is willing to help and assist BADAC in its effort to repress illegal drug activities. He said that BADACs must be strong-willed in informing the municipal mayor and police chief of any suspected activities. Tabogon’s municipal anti-drug abuse council is headed by Mayor Zigfred Duterte and co-headed by town’s police chief Insp. Bonifacio Pareja. “You are the town’s front-liners in terms of information and action. Without your support, we cannot achieve our goals in our campaign against illegal drugs. The same goes for the Province and PDEA,” said Duterte. The mayor said that illegal drugs were rampant in...

SunStar : Guv suspends security officer over road mishap By Davinci S. Maru and Oscar C. Pineda | Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Loy Madrigal (left) and Gov. Junjun Davide Source:  metrocebu.com.ph A CAPITOL-OWNED pickup truck hit a couple on a motorcycle, killing a 50-year-old man and injuring his wife last Sunday night in Barangay Don Pedro Rodriguez, Bogo City. Felix Mirambel died inside the trauma center of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City at 2:52 p.m. yesterday, said his nephew Edgar. Edgar said his aunt, Marites, who was Felix’s passenger, fractured some bones. She underwent surgery yesterday and is scheduled for another operation today, he said. Edgar told Sun.Star Cebu that Capitol chief security officer Loy Anthony Madrigal was riding the pickup truck (license plate SJC-600) when the accident occurred. Gov. Hilario Davide III said he placed Madrigal under a 15-day preventive suspension starting yesterday ...

Twelve northern Cebu towns were given 168 million pesos to fix government buildings, build emergency shelter and develop resettlement areas for Yolanda survivors. The financial assistance came from three government agencies: Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Housing Authority (NHA), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Sunstar reported: This represents only the first tranche, said a recent progress report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). The assistance is not part of the P12.2-billion rehabilitation and recovery plan for Cebu Province that President Benigno Aquino III signed last July, said Capitol consultant for rehabilitation and recovery Carmel Ulanday. Yolanda ended more than 6,200 lives and injured about 28,000 people in the Visayas last Nov. 8, 2013, said a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council report. The typhoon also destroyed or damaged almo...

by Jojo C. Ugdol ( Banat ) CEBU, Philippines - Gitabangan og kulata sa unom ka mga tawo, gibundakan og bato ang nawong, giluba ang liog hangtud namatay ang usa ka lalaki  diha sa Barangay Luyang, San Remigio , niadtong Domingo sa alas 3:30 sa hapon. Ang biktima nailhan nga si Saturnino Cualbar, 45, samtang nakasibat ug nakatug-an sa kapulisan ang kauban niini nga si Dominador Collamat, 21, pulos taga Sitio Aningan, Luyang, San Remigio. Sa unom ka mga suspek,  upat palang ang mga nailhan nga sila si Reneboy Good Noynay, 40, Jerry Yurag, Macky Ecarma, ug Michael Yurag, pulos nagpuyo sa maong barangay. Matud pa ni SPO1 Joe Johnnesky Ynot ang imbestigador sa San Remegio Police nga nahinabi sa Banat News kini mitug-an nga miadto sa maong lugar ang biktima kauban ang iyang anak-anak aron unta maningil og utang. Ilang nalabyan sa kilid sa dalan ang mga suspek nga nag-inom ug nahitabo ang tinubagay. Atol sa pagpanguli na unta sa biktima, gigukod ug gibabagan kin...

The City of Bogo has climbed up by 69 spots as the 47th most competitive city in the Philippines based on the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) 2014 of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC). The Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development. The CMCI measures competitiveness at the local government level using 28 indicators grouped into three equally-weighted pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, and Infrastructure. Scores on each pillar were combined to form the overall score used to rank cities and municipalities. Here is how Bogo City was scored: RANK SCORE Overall Competitiveness 47 33.413281 Economic Dynamism 60 8.27397 Local Economy: Size 106 0.02492 Local Economy: Growth 11 1.61001 Job...

By Michael Vencynth H. Braga/FPL (The Freeman) Other local government units in the country want to replicate a proposed ordinance in Bogo City which seeks to establish a system of disaster preparedness in the family, said an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Willie Jean Cabanag, focal person for Disaster Risk Reduction Management-Climate Change Adaptation Programs of DILG-7, said they will soon come up with a policy making Bogo City’s disaster program dubbed as Information Management in Preparation for Disasters or “I.M. PrepareD” as model to other LGUs in the country. “Ang gi-push gyod karon is family disaster preparedness. Na-interested ang department ani sa good practice sa City of Bogo nga family disaster preparedness gyod ba. So gi-recommend sa DILG-7 didto sa central nga ipa-replicate,” she said during a Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Summit on Tuesday. She added the scheme under the said program caught the interest of DILG Under...

The Weather Philippines Foundation Inc. (WPFI) , which aims to deliver critical and accurate weather forecasts to the Filipino community, has distributed 10 weather stations (AWS) to local government units in Cebu including Bogo City.  SunStar reported:  The WPFI turned over the AWS and trained the municipal disaster risk reduction and management officers (MDRRMO), public information officers, administrators and mayors on the installation of the AWS and how to use the Weather Philippines website. By bringing together the Aboitiz Group's resources and network, and MeteoGroup's technical expertise, WPFI is poised to be the country's premiere private weather information/content provider. The foundation aims to deploy 1,000 AWS nationwide. The LGUs that received the AWS are Alcoy, Daanbantayan, Dumanjug, San Francisco, Madridejos, Malabuyoc, Santander, San Remegio, Tuburan and Bogo City . In a press statement, WPFI said it wants to “complement the governme...

BY: AMOR Y. SALUDAR | Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas, June 22 (PIA) ---- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Cebu installed its Business Assistance Centers (BAC) in Yolanda-affected areas such as in Bogo City and Daanbantayan town. In a media release recently, DTI-Cebu explained that these BACs will function as the “little DTI” operating within the locality and will implement its flagship projects and basic functions within its geographical scope. These centers will also function as DTI-Cebu’s contact point or administrative extension in the different affected LGUs and help in delivering and facilitating the necessary and immediate support services related to rehabilitation and recovery efforts for the industry, trade, services (ITS) sectors. DTI-7 said the BAC installed in Bogo City and Daanbantayan will also aid in building and enhancing linkages with the local government units and conducting consultancies to facilitate the needs of the busine...

Two inmates of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Medellin escaped early Thursday morning. The fugitives were identified as Berly Tudtud of Bungtod, Bogo City and Roger Lagahit of Talisay, Daanbantayan. Berly Tudtud and Roger Lagahit mugshots source:  Mayor Ricky Rodriguez Ramirez Facebook account Tudtud is a former security guard who is a suspect in killing accounting clerk Jennelyn Migabon, 26; security guard Dean Deserto, 26; and Deserto’s girlfriend Cecilia Torres, 30, on New Year’s Eve after robbing a bank in Daanbantayan, Cebu. He was charged with robbery with homicide. Lagahit was charged with attempted murder. Sun.Star Cebu reported that the inmates bolted the jail at 6:30 a.m. with the help of a coconut lumber that they propped up against the 4-meter perimeter fence.Residents nearby saw what happened and reported it to the jail personnel. Read more about the escape: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2014/05/02/2-inmates-bolt-medelli...

The LBC outlet located along P. Rodriguez Street in Barangay Libertad, Bogo City got robbed two days ago. It was the third LBC robbery this month following Barangay Tabok, Mandaue City and  Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City.  Two robbers entered the establishment shortly before 9 a.m. and reportedly  took away cash worth Php 70,000, a mobile phone worth Php7,000, and a pocket WiFi of one of the employees. SunStar reported that one of the robbery suspects, clad in sweatshirt, cargo short pants and a blue cap, pulled out a .38 revolver and held the three employees(manager Melecio Maitom and customer associates Angel Mary Estrera and Camelo Damos) at gunpoint. Hermano Mallari, Bogo City police chief, interviewed by The Freeman thought there might be a backup waiting outside. The robbers fled on board separate motorcycles without plate numbers. Mallari also told The Freeman that it is likely that the robbers were not from the City of B...

The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) , Capitol  will have this year's first Overseas Job Fair on Sunday, March 16, 2014. 21,927 vacancies are to be filled up and thirty-two(32) licensed job agencies are expected to join the job fair  that would give opportunity to successful applicants to work outside the country.  According to cebu.gov.ph, some of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) licensed agencies are: AL-ALAMIA INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES ARAM ENTERPRISES, INC., FVJ OVERSEAS PLACEMENT, INC.,  MIP INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES, INC.,  ATHENA INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER SERVICES, INC.,  FRANCE ASIA INTERNATIONAL INC.,  GRAND PLACEMENT AND GEN. SERVICES CORP.,  PERIDOT INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES, INC.,  STARWORLD INTERNATIONAL MANPOWER & PLACEMENT AGENCY, INC. Hired applicants will most likely be assigned in the Middle East and other destinations like U.S.A., Taiwan, Singapore, Mala...

A fun run is set to color Bogo on the 25th of May this year. This will be the first Color Fun Run in the city. The Color Run is a 5-km un-timed race where participants (Color Runners) are doused from head to toe in different colors in every kilometer (colorful zones). Color runners should wear something white during the race. The fun continues with an unforgettable Finish Festival, a larger than life party equipped with music, dancing and epic color throws. The Color Fun Run is organized by Bogo CAREs (Circle of Accommodation & Restaurant Establishments), a group of businessmen gathered together to promote tourism in the City of Bogo .  Registration fee is only  Php 450 . Inclusions: Tupperware Eco Bottle Free access to the Finish Festival with DJ Bong Durano The Cool powder The Color Runner race bib The Color Runner certificate Snacks Water Student price: Php 300 (Without the eco bottle) Registration will start on March 21, 2014 at the Bogo ...

CEMEX Philippines  in partnership with the Cebu Provincial Government, Cebu local government units and various non-government organizations pledged some P25 million, donated by the various CEMEX branches worldwide,  in assistance to Yolanda survivors. CEMEX is a leading global producer and marketer of cement, aggregates, and ready-mix products.  © cebu.gov.ph The partnership's project is dubbed as “Build Unity” which includes the construction of houses and classrooms, and livelihood. With the help of Gawad Kalinga, four (4) unity villages are set to be built. SunStar Cebu reported that forty-four families in Bogo City and another forty-four in Daanbantayan will have new houses by August.  CEMEX Philippines together with the Department of Education Cebu Division will also rehabilitate Kawit National High School in Medellin .  CEMEX will construct a community health center in Malapascua Island . provide a bancambulansya (ambulance boat) to the...