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     GOV. Erico Aumentado's convergence strategy targets to build 34 more two-classroom school buildings each year starting this year at only P780,000 each.       Aumentado attributes the low cost of the project to the savings from the labor cost that the army shouldered. the provincial government and the Department of Education (DepEd)       Now on its phase 2 of the school building construction program, the Provincial Engineer's Office has programmed five more projects to be implemented from June to July, while two were started this month and two were done from March to April.       In March the task force led by 1Lt. Polinar constructed a two-classroom school building in Cabul-an Island, Buenavista and the group of 1Lt. Macutay constructed another one in San Roque, Mabini.       In April, the group of 2Lt. Sinoy started constructing the school building for Kauswagan, Trinidad, while the group of Major dela Cruz started the one for Tomoc, San Miguel, and the group of TSG M...

Gov. Erico Aumentado who is now on his last term as governor continues to enjoy high satisfaction rating among Boholanos, based on the latest Bohol Poll conducted by the Holy Nme University Research Center. During its presentation Tuesday, Gov. Aumentado registered an 82% satisfaction rating as far as his performance is concerned. Net satisfaction rating is high at +77 (five points lower than last year). Vice Gov. Julius Herrera also enjoyed a net satisfaction rating at +51 (down by 10 points compared to last year). The high satisfaction rating of the governor came in tandem with the results that the Governor's Office topped the government offices where Boholanos said they were "Most satisfied" in terms of services. The office of Gov. Aumentado got 4% followed by the Treasurers Office (Loay) 3.7%, Mayor's Office (Loon) 3.5%, BIR (Loon) 2.7% and Treasurers Office (Pilar). For the programs of the provincial government, the tourism promotion program topped the rating ...

Campaign on your own merits, not ride on others.      This was the advice given by Vice Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera to prospective candidates expected to run in the next election.      "Tell the people what you have done and what you can do," the vice governor declared.      Herrera issued the statement in response to complaints that prospective candidates either ride on the advocacies of others, imitate the initiatives of their rivals or simply resort to mud-slinging and black propaganda.      The vice-governor did not identify what these projects are saying that he wants to give the concerned officials time to check their own people just in case they are not aware of it.      "I do not want to give them an excuse that they are not aware of what their subordinates are doing," he added.      Herrera said he has been gathering evidence that certain government projects are being used to campaign for specific candidates.      "This is immoral and sha...

By GREGORIO A. TAVERA  A team from the regional office of Pag-ibig Fund based in Cebu recently visited Jagna to conduct an information campaign on Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) and other topics.       The team led by Assistant Division Chief of Pag-Ibig Fund-Mandaue City branch Dalemark Antonio and Marketing Specialist Juda Caballes answered some inquiries and concerns of municipal employees about Pag-Ibig Fund and HDMF during the open forum.       Marketing Specialist Rudolfo Cuhit of Pag-ibig-Tagbilaran City extension office also accompanied the visitors.       Mayor Exuperio Lloren and Municipal Treasurer Raymond Emmanuel Cuadra welcomed the guests.       Mayor Lloren, who willingly cooperated for the success of the activity, invited two delegates from every office to attend the information drive.       During the occasion, Cuadra urged the business sector, especially market vendors, to avail of the government program.       Antonio, for his part, discussed the governing l...

By Onad Munalem   At least 36 rice farmers of barangay San Roque, Talibon recently received their certificates of completion during the closing program of their Palay Check Farmers Field School conducted at the barangay's public stage.        The seminar was designed to update help farmers of the new technology on tilling rice to increase yield to help uplift their living condition and encourage farmers to adopt and apply organic farming.        It is also done in consonance with the present program of the national government to fight difficulties that farmers face.        The program started on December 3 last year and clinched on April 15 this year, and required farmers to attend the training and hands-on activities at the demo farm.        Mayor Juanario Item initiated the program with the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), training arm of LGU-Talibon, facilitated the training headed by Rice Agricultural Technologist Ponciana Cruda, with the supported of i...

Poverty is a cause of malnutrition.    This, among others, was the finding of the Inabanga Municipal Nutrition Committee (MNC) that pre-evaluated the town's 50 barangays preparatory to the Provincial Nutrition Committee monitoring visit scheduled on June 3.    Halfway into its rounds now, the evaluators led by Municipal Health Officer Mae Lilibeth Melicor and composed of personnel from concerned departments and line agencies made Lapacan Sur their 26th barangay destination.    Critiquing the data presented by the barangay, the team discovered that from one malnourished child case, the number turned three last year of which only two children gained normal weight later. This year, four children have below normal weight.    The team discovered that apparently, the malnutrition cases were caused by lack of nutritious food. More often than not, this is aggravated by poor sanitation because the low family income can ill-afford toilets or build proper drainage. They do...

By GREGORIO A. TAVERA   On a trip dubbed as "Lakbay-Saya", some members of Makati Senior Citizens Association (MSCA) dropped by Jagna on April 16 from their tour in Talibon and Ubay.        From Jagna, they proceeded to Carmen, then Tagbilaran City.        In Jagna, Mayor Exuperio Lloren hosted the visitors in a half-day interaction.        Jagnaanons and officials of the Department of the Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Jagna Federated Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines (FSCAP) and Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) joined the mayor in welcoming the visitors led by Makati City Administrator Emmanuel Villafuerte and Justiniano Iglesia of Viejo Progress led the group. Maribel Lumang special coordinator of the Makati group gave her lecture together with Villafuerte.        DSWD Officer-in-charge Marcionila Reyes, president of FSCAP-Jagna and OSCA head learned about the trip through a communication that the visitors sent weeks earlier.        ...