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LOKAL BALITA
(DANAO)
PPOC nag-awhag sa SP
ug LMP nga dili tugutan ang STL
Ni: Edward Guyano
Desyembre 7, 2008
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SUPAK SA SUGAL. Si Bohol Provincial Police Director PSSUPT
Edgardo Ingking mipasabot ngadto sa mga mitambong sa
gipahigayong PPOC meeting ngano ang STL, swertres ug illegal
cockfights kinahanglan kondenahon sa resolusyon sa konseho.
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ANG mga PEACE
advocates dinhi sa lalawigan midason sa baroganan ni Bishop
Leonardo Medroso aron babagan ang pagsulod sa small town lottery
(STL).
Atol
sa gipahigayon nga Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting
human sa usa ka civic action didto sa Danao, Bohol, ang mga
sakop sa konseho mipasar og usa ka resolusyon nga nag-awhag sa
Provincial Board ug sa liga sa mga mayor nga dili gayod tugutan
ang STL.
Si Danao Mayor
Thomas Louis Gonzaga mipasabot ngadto sa konseho nga ang mga STL
operators nangayo og pakitabang sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan ug
ingon man sa League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)
aron mohatag og pagtugot nga makasulod ang laing matang sa sugal
dinhi sa lalawigan.
Matod niya, ang usa
ka endorsement gikan sa Provincial Board o LMP igo nang
magpatagbaw sa mga kinihanglan aron ang mga gambling operators
kahatagan og katungod nga mopahigayon og gambling operations
dinhi.
Kon tugutan nga
maka-operate dinhi, ang STL makamugna og bag-ong matang sa
sugal, diin ang publiko nga motaya adunay kapili-an.
Ang mga law
enforcers ug political leaders sa Bohol wala kaayo molampos sa
ilang kampanya batok sa ilegal swertres, illegal cockfights ug
mga dinagkong sugal sa baraha diha sa kabarangayan.
Ang ubang mga mayor
nagkanayon usab nga ang pagsulod sa STL makapawagtang sa ilegal
nga sugal ug mokita ang lungsod pinaagi sa bahin sa maong
operasyon.
Ang mga STL
operators nagkanayon nga ang pagsulod sa STL makapatay gayod sa
kasamtangang ilegal nga sugal.
Si Medroso, kinsa
mibiyahe og sobra sa 70 kilometro gikan sa Dakbayan sa
Tagbilaran aron pagtambong sa tigum sa konseho didto sa Barangay
Magtangtang mipadayag sa pagka yawan-on sa sugal.
Ang Obispo
mipagawas na og pamahayag nga nagsupak sa pagsulod sa STL
samtang nagkanayon nga ang sugal adunay gahom nga mawad-an og
kusog ang moralidad sa katawhan.
Sa kahadlok nga ang
Sangguniang Panlalawigan ug ang mga mayor mohatag sa
gikinahanglan nga pagtugot, si PSSUPT. Edgardo Ingking misugyot
og resolusyon nga nag-awhag sa duha sa legislative bodies nga
dili gayod mohatag og endorsement.
Misgyot usab og
laing resolusyon si Ingking, diin ang konseho mopasar og
resolusyon, nga nagkondena sa pagsulod sa STL ug ang maong
resolusyon magkondenar usab sa tanang matang sa ilegal nga
sugal. (rachiu/PIA)
LEVEL UP IN DANAO
WANNA do Level Up?
December 7,
2008
DANAO - If you
think only on online games can you go level up, take another
look.
Here however, level
up is not on those multi-tiered internet on-line games.
Far from the thrill
of getting absorbed in the perpetual dusk of internet cafes and
the muted click of computer keypads is a world for the taking;
wild, needing control and truly exhilarating.
This is the new
kind of level up Danao offers.
Level up here is
not on keypads or smooth shifting toggles.
Level up here
definitely needs more than that.
Tie shoelaces a bit
tight. You would need it to get as comfy as if you are barefoot.
Why? Because level
up here is root-climbing, cliff-scaling, rock wall climbing,
simply bouldering, kayaking, river trekking or zip-lining.
Your pick. A 60
feet high limestone cliff with a face brittle in summer yet
soggy wet with humidity and forest moisture on most times of
year.
You’ll have a
safety harness, because a slip might just get you plunging to
the gurgling waters of the Wahig.
That is for
amateurs. For professionals, skipping the safety harness routine
is a dare.
LEVEL UP: ROOT
CLIMBING
Before that root climbing routine, wade in hip deep or shoulder
high river.
Your local guide
would caution you to follow his steps though.
The relatively
simple part is slipping on the safety harness. Then, harder, you
clamber up the intricate weave of roots, your sneakers dripping
wet, and toe-holds are tricky.
The hardest: make
sure you’ll have three contact points at all times: two feet and
one hand or two hands and a feet.
Hands over the
head. Tight grip. Tug on to the root making sure it wont give
way when your full load is on it.
The plan is simple.
Climb up the cliff; that’s 60 foot climb using the entangling of
roots from that formidable family of ficus (balite).
Note, this is root
climbing, not swimming, so keep the focus and don’t ever let go.
WAY DOWN:
RAPPELLING
Before the adrenaline could settle down from that mad clamber,
now you go down the other way, by ropes.
The same three
contact points get used as you snap yourself on to a lifeline on
your rappel down.
From an overhanging
branch where the lines are hitched, grab the line with your left
hand, and your right holds on to the other line near your butts,
to effectively control your rate of descent.
As you hang
suspended from that overhang, dangle, allow the wind to calm you
down, and then in one heave, slowly loosen your grips,
simultaneously kicking off the cliff face when the pendulum gets
you there.
SMOOTHER KAYAKING
AND RUBBER TUBING
Danao also offers shooting the rapids with plastic and colorful
kayaks. But you need to put on life vests and hard hats.
Currents along
Wahig River can be tricky and you may need to navigate through
massive boulders so a head-gear is in order; for your safety.
For the less
adventurous, taking the rubber tubes is the thing for you. The
ride is about five minutes long or if the water is alright, you
can take a longer one, from the upper tributary before the
bridge.
Oh, yes, the trip
is smooth, unlike the one that would tire you out when you go
river trekking.
The scenery is
breathtaking, and the experience is definitely worth more than a
page in your diaries.
SPELUNKING: VENTURE
INTO THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH
Danao caves also have exactly the lure adventurous people would
die for.
Ka Mira, a cave beneath the tourist accommodation center takes
you to into a 500-meter walk, wade and crawl.
Get into the
historic caves that have become the favorite hiding places of
local revolutionaries and retrace their escape routes under
noses of pursuing Spanish guardia civiles.
The caves still
sport health stalactites and stalagmites, the stone formations
are astonishingly perfect and the water that runs through the
caves are crystal clear.
If you get lucky,
you may spot albino crabs, local cave tour guide would tell you.
Careful though that you do not get into the cave on rainy
seasons, the water can rise and you could get trapped for hours.
The water marks at
the side of the caves can tell that the waster can fills some
small passages, especially the portions when you would have to
crawl to get through.
You can wedge
yourself however in vertical crevices, but you must have the
expensive Petzl head gear and the equally costly Black diamond
halogen headlamps.
The items however
are standard issues for tourists.
GO GETTING THE HIGH
Extreme experience in Danao also gets on a different kind of
high. A zipline which you need to experience if you are that
sure about getting a kick is definitely the thing to do.
The line is
stretched across Wahig river. It is not as long and scary as the
one that would be available next month, but people with less
bladder control may have to let go.
I mean, adult
diapers are needed. The primary goat is to traverse the river
while you are suspended on safety harness as you feel the air
wheezing in your face when you slide to the other end.
Next month, if they
hit it without a snitch, one of the country’s longest zipline
would be available.
One of the longest
means 550 meters spanned across the cliffs of Danao. You would
have to go the way in too, if you have successfully taken the
way out.
That would be 1,100
meters of slide. But that is not mean. What is mean is that you
would have to slide and when you are off the ground, you would
be suspended at least a thousand meters above the forests,
rivers and caves of historic Danao.
Cool enough that
the people would call this the “Suislide.” For more information
about EAT Danao, call Loinda Saluan at the Municipal Tourism
Officer 0917 302 1701 or Lumen Gonzaga at 0920 528 0155 or Mayor
Thomas Louis Gonzaga at 507-3106 local 187. (KABOG)
Danao eco-tour topbills DOT’s Bohol
video in ‘08
November 30,
2008
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DOT’s 2008 Bohol tourism promo produced by top videographer
Ramasola Studio topbills Danao as the newest destination for
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DANAO -
Aggressive efforts by Danao top officials have finally paid
off.
This year, much of the local government initiated Extreme
Eco-educational Adventure Tour (EAT) here gets its much
needed boost when the country’s tourism department Danao as
an opener for its five minute 2008 tourism promotions video
for Bohol.
The video production, DOT’s 2008 brainchild project opens
with a scene reminiscent of Chinese mist covered mountains,
but the shots are unmistakably Danao.
“This is something new for Bohol, which is always associated
with the Chocolate Hills, tarsier and the beaches. And the
way the local officials are doing it, we are confident that
Danao can handle this new brand of adventure activities,”
local videographer and concept designer Ted Ramasola
revealed.
According to him, the five minute Bohol video was a standard
item in the give-away package during the recent United
Nation’s World Tourism Organization side-trip to Bohol.
NWTO had a convention in nearby Cebu and took the technical
tour in Bohol two months ago.
“We are very excited that our efforts have finally been
recognized and we consider this as our first step in an
attempt to sell a different niche in tourism adventure,”
mayor Thomas Louis Gonzaga said in an interview.
The adventure tour, apart from an overdose of local history
and pristine environment, is also a venue for learning about
the life in the outdoors in an authentic experience.
Danao and its extensive network of caves, thick forests,
seemingly insurmountable limestone cliffs and fording creeks
and river was host to the country’s longest revolt led by
the legendary Francisco Dagohoy.
Part of the heroic tales narrate that after successful
offensives against the Spaniards during the 17th century,
Boholano warriors would take the Danao topographic advantage
to easily slip away from the pursuing soldiers.
Tour Danao attempts to take tourists into similar experience
of getting lost to nature in a wide array of activities like
river trekking, kayaking, bouldering, rock wall and root
climbing, a soon to open 550 meters tyrolean traverse and a
hundred meter rappel.
According to Mayor Gonzaga, Danao LGU is now operating the
tour, but the objective is for them to turn over the
management and operation to the nearby communities and
people’s organizations after they have empowered themselves.
(PIA/rachiu)
Si DANAO Mayor
Thomas Louis Gonzaga (sa wala) uban kang Vice Governor
Julius Caesar Hererra (sa tuo) ug Councilor Gualberto
Cenabre (sa tunga) didto sa EAT Danao Accommodation Center
atol sa Civac nga gipahigayon niadtong Huwebes. (PIA)
KAYAKING ug
river trekking pipila lamang sa mga outdoor activities nga
gidalit sa EAT Danao ngadto sa mga turista. Ang mga membro
sa Kahugpungan sa mga Bol-anong Guides (KABOG) misulay sa
maong activity aron pakig-alayon sa LGU alang sa tourism
promotions. (PIA)
RESPONDING to
the needs of the poor of Danao, DSWD 7 Directr Teodolo signs
the memorandum of agreement for the Makamasang Tugon along
with Governor Erico Aumentado, Danao Mayor Thomas Louis
Gonzaga and DILG’s Rustica Mascariñas. Behind them are Danao
councilors. (PIA)
Kolektor sa TSKI gitulis ug gipusil
Ni: Edward Guyano
Abril 27, 2008
Kolektor sa Taytay sa Kauswagan Inc. gitulis ug gipusil
kaniadtong Abril 21, alas 5:00 sa hapon didto sa barangay Taming, Danao ning
lalawigan.
Ang biktima gipaila sa Danao PNP nga usa ka Alger Nguho, 25,
minyo ug taga barangay Buacao, lungsod sa Clarin.
Samtang nagsakay ang biktima sa iyang motor dala ang iyang
salaping cash nga gikolekta gikan sa ilang mga kleyente, pag-abot niya sa awa-aw
nga dapit, tulo ka tawo ang miatang kaniya nga nagtap-tap og puting t-shirt sa
ilang mga nawong ug midiklara nga tulis.
Misulay sa pag-ikyas ang biktima apan usa sa mga tulisan ang
mipusil kaniya ginamit ang mubong armas.
Nakuha gikan sa biktima ang iyang bag nga gisudlan sa kwarta nga
mokabat ngadto sa 12,000 ka pesos.
Ang mga tulisan yano lamang misibat gikan sa maong hitabo.
Gumikan sa panabang sa barangay kapitan sa maong dapit gidala ang biktima sa
tambalanan.
Samtang padayon pa ang kapolisan sa pagpangita sa mga tulisan
niini karong panahona.
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