Provincial Planning and Development Office
For 30 years, Bohol was a member of Club 20 — the country’s 20 poorest provinces. When the late Erico Boyles Aumentado took over as governor in 2001, Bohol was second to Ifugao with 50.2% poverty incidence. Due to poverty, Bohol was a hotbed of communist insurgency. In fact, it was the GHQ of the … Read more
Bohol and four other localities across the Philippines have been chosen by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as beneficiaries of a $-300 million (roughly P15.4 billion) official development assistance (ODA) from the World Bank for infrastructure, livelihood and disaster resiliency projects. The program, dubbed as TouRIST or Transforming Communities Towards Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Tourist … Read more
July 23, 2019: The PRDP Workshop on Operation and Maintenance for the Rehabilitation of Baang-Mahayag Norte FMR, Catigbian, Bohol was conducted by Engr. Jereme Azura, Engr. Marcial Agad and Engr. Jemimah Opon of the National and Regional Project Coordination Offices (N/RPCO 7) at Reyna’s the Haven and Gardens, Tagbilaran City from July 23-26, 2019. Participants … Read more
By: Rey Anthony Chiu TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 9, (PIA)—At least three Bohol leading programs get cited as innovations that assure the region’s hitching into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe). FIRe, is that technological revolution and the fourth major industrial era after the 18th century Industrial Revolution characterized by mechanization. This industrial revolution uses a … Read more
The Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS) and the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Office VII, in partnership with Bohol Island State University (BISU), organized the policy forum titled “Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe): Creating Central Visayas’ Future Today” on March 6, 2019 at the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City. The regional … Read more
by Rey Anthony H. Chiu SOPA highlights Bohol victories…Chatto vows continued Boholsupport in ‘different capacity’TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol,… Posted by Rey Anthony H. Chiu on Friday, February 22, 2019