The Bogo Times

balita.ph February 6, 2013 CEBU CITY, Feb. 6 — Some 3,000 women in Central Visayas will benefit from two training programs which the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched in Mandaue City on Wednesday. TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said the two training programs are the Sari-Sari Store Training and Access to Resources (S3TAR) and Cash for Training Project (C4TP). Its partners are Coca-Cola Export Corp. for the first program and the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the second program. S3TAR, which started in Palawan last year, is a campaign for women 18 years old and above who run small stores in Palawan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, National Capital Region, Cebu, Davao, Bacolod, Misamis Oriental and Cagayan. The program will provide basic entrepreneurial mentoring such as financial literacy training to 1,000 women sari-sari store owners in Bogo City , Balamban and beneficiaries of the Cebu Federation of ...

Written by MTLabarado    Saturday, 12 January 2013  Most outstanding legislative council in the province for the component city category. For its “ultimate contribution to the attainment of desirable socio–economic and environmental outcome” the Philippine Councilors League–Cebu Provincial Federation together with the Department of Interior and Local Government presented to the Bogo City Council the Local Legislative Award as winner in the Provincial Level for the component city category. The award recognizes the exemplary performance of sanggunians, particularly of cities and municipalities, for legislating measures that help build the foundation of meaningful local administration and development. The award criteria includes eff ectiveness of the Legislative Agenda and the legislative tracking system, availability of legislative documents, efficiency of performance of the sanggunian, and quality of office set-up and staff complement. ...

Petron has announced that it has terminated its contracts with 21 of its service stations for selling substandard fuels and passing these off as having come from the petroleum company. According to Petron, it ended its partnership with the said service stations over a 12-month period, from January 2012 to January 2013. "It is our duty to make sure the consuming public only gets Petron's top-of-the-line fuel and lubricant products whenever they go to a Petron station," said Petron vice president for national sales Archie Gupalor. "We do not tolerate these illegal activities and we will continue to go after unscrupulous dealers within our network to ensure the integrity of the Petron brand." To prove that it is serious in going after these erring dealers, Petron recently filed criminal charges against a dealer in Bogo City, Cebu . For its part, the Bogo City Prosecutor's Office found probable cause with Petron's allegations that the deale...

SINULOG SA KABATAAN-DAKBAYAN 2013 ELEMENTARY DIVISION CONTINGENT     1. Basak Community School     2. Cebu City Central School     3. "Tribu Mabolokon” Mabolo Elementary School                                                     4. Guadalupe Elementary School     5. Oprra Elementary School     6. Regino Mercado Elementary School SECONDARY DIVISION CONTINGENT     1. Inayawan Night high School     2. Punta Princessa Night High School     3. Zapatera National High School     4. Banay Talambanon of Talamban National High School                                          5. Apas National High School     6. Don Sergio Osmena Nationa...

Source: Cebu Daily News At least eight buses of the Metro Cebu Autobus Corporation were suspended for one month by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board 7 starting Tuesday. LFTRB-7 Regional Director Ahmed Cuizon announced the suspension after a meeting with company officials yesterday. Last Monday an Autobus unit collided with an oncoming Toyota Altis sedan in the national highway in Bogo City in north Cebu. Three bus passengers were killed and 37 were injured, including both drivers. The suspended buses are listed in the same franchise number of the bus that figured in the accident. Cuizon said Autobus units covered by other franchises can still operate. Autobus operates a fleet of more than 30 buses. “We just want to uphold public safety. We want to be sure that the riding public is safe, especially now that it is passenger season because of Christmas,” Cuizon said. Based on police investigation the bus “was just a second party ...