Provincial Planning and Development Office
July 01, Tagbilaran City Charter Day, is a busy time for the new administration. Since World Bank’s (WB) Senior Procurement Specialist Mr. Dominic Aumentado, a relative of the governor, is in Bohol to attend the Abante Bohol Business Dialogue held in Panglao, he made use of the chance to meet with Governor Aumentado and assist … Read more
As proof of the Provincial Government of Bohol’s continuous excellent performance and consistency, PRDP PPMIU has again received four (4) “Unqualified Opinion” findings as stated in the Independent Auditor’s Report of the Commission on Audit, a section of the 2021 Year-End Management Letter on the Audit of the PRDP released last April 30, 2022. The … Read more
The transfer of administration from outgoing Governor Art Yap to Governor Aristotle Aumentado had been smooth and fruitful. One of the highlights of June 30 celebration is the holding of the Abante Bohol Business Dialogue attended by local and national investors. Abante Bohol Business Dialogue aims for Governance Transition towards Continuity and Sustainability of PGBh … Read more
On July 2nd, the World Bank Mission led by its Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist and Task Team Leader Atty. Lesley Cordero presented to Honorable Governor Aris Aumentado and his Transition Management Team Bohol’s Proposed Sustainable Inclusive and Resilient Tourism (SIRT) Project under the Department of Tourism (DOT) tagged Transforming cOmmUnities towards Resilient, Inclusive and … Read more
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