Author: Venus Ladaga

Kasadya! Paskosa Bohol patronizes by Boholanos

The Kasadya! Paskosa Bohol, with venue at the Carlos P. Garcia (CPG) Park, New Capitol Site, Cogon, Tagbilaran City is aimed at making the Yuletide season truly festive as early as November.
Kasadya is on its 12th day today after it was launched by Governor Arthur C. Yap on November 5, 2019.
The event is highlighted with Bohol Christmas Market, Belen and Dayegon contests to wind up on December 15, 2019.
According to the event committee, Kasadya! Pasko sa Bohol Christmas Market is a curated market place showcasing the best of local handicrafts, processed food, local cuisine, and fresh farm produce.
There have been nightly entertainments at the venue such as local talents and cultural shows, band performances, variety shows and contests.
This is a collaborative retailing and promotional event of the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) with the private sector, through the young Boholano entrepreneurs, to create a community hub that will also showcase Boholano artistry and communicate to unique stories of communities, encouraging visitors to “go local,” and experience the best of Bohol.
The PGBh has been very grateful to all exhibitors, among others for their unstinted support and cooperation in the endeavor.
The different Peoples Organizations (POs), handicraft and processed food traders and concessionaires who have displayed their products at the Bohol Christmas Market are Bohol Ubi Growers Association (BUGA), Bohol Gardeners and Landscapers Association (BLGA), Tagbilaran City Gardeners and Landscapers Association (TLGA), Bohol Dairy Farmers Cooperative (BODACO), PederasyonsamgaGagmay’ngMananagatug Mag-uumasa Loon (PEGAMMALO), KapunongansamgaBol-anongOrganikong Mag-uuma (KaBoOM), Local Government Unit (LGU) Jagna, LGU Carmen, LGU Balilihan, LGU Calape, Sojiyuan, FCB Foundation, Egay’s Farm & Adventure Park, LGU Talibon, Aldrtz Corporation, Agrigrowth, Bio Natural Solution;
SweetNiest88, M. Lagura Catering Services, Jo &Ja Food Hub (Snack Attack Express), Paeng’s Fried Chicken, Café Maj’stea, BBBG’s Potato Twist, Lamisa Corazon, Kitchen With Rose, C.T. Food House, Kerrimo, Shawarma Shack, Chef JV, Serendipity Tea Bar, Astoria Bohol, Kew Hotel-Tagbilaran, Hukad Bohol, 0219 St Café, Blue Plate Catering, 823 Food House, Sip Dip Bite Foodhub, TuslobBuwa, Lemon Co., and Thirsty;
TubigonLoomweavers Multi-purpose Cooperative, Reputana Guitars, Let’s go Natural, Buenaventura Farms, DalareichTableya, Tatay Nestor Manungas, Nanay Cecilia, Jzaki Enterprises, The Boholana Essentials, Green Thumb Farm, and Sabunichi Enterprise.
BELEN AND DAYEGON CONTESTS
RomyTagaan of Center for Culture and Arts Development (CCAD) who is in-charge in the Dayegon and Belen Contests bared that there are already 17 entries for Belen and 10 for Dayegon contests.
The 17 entries are the Maribojoc Sta. Cruz Parish, LGU-Balilihan, Catigbian, Corella, LGU-Loboc, LGU-Sagbayan, LGU-Jagna, LGU-Sevilla, LGU-Sikatuna, Antequera, Tagbilaran City, LGU-Baclayon, LGU-Dauis, LGU-Cortes, LGU-Bilar, LGU-San Miguel, and LGU-Valencia.
Tagaan said the final judging of all the 17 entries will be made at the CPG Park on December 14-15, 2019 to pick the lucky three winners and five entries who will receive the consolation prizes.
He said that they already scheduled the ingress on November 26-30, 2019 and on Dec. 1, 2019 will be the blessing of all the Belen at the venue and a big program,
Gov. Art C. Yap during the KASADYA Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting last Monday at the office of Tagaan said that the December 1 program would be a big deal so as to encourage the people to visit and buy local products and eat our favorite delicacies, and to showcase the Belen,
The announcement of the winners and awarding of prizes will be in the evening of December 15, 2019 during the culmination program of which big prizes await the winners: First Prize – P350, 000; Second Prize – P250, 000; Third Prize – P150, 000 and the P50, 000 each of the five consolation prizes while the nine non-winning entries would receive P30,000 each.
Tagaan said the Belen would stay at the CPG Park up to January 6, 2020 which would be the schedule for the egress.
Dayegon contest prizes are P200,000 for the first prize, P150,000 second prize and P100,000 third prize and P30,000 each of the seven non-winning entries. The 10 entries includeMaribojoc/Busao High School, Calape, LGU-Trinidad, Catigbian, LGU-Loboc, LGU-Sevilla, LGU-Jagna, Tagbilaran City, LGU-Dauis, and LGU-San Miguel.
He said the final judging will be in the afternoon of December 13, 2019 at the Bohol Cultural Center, this city.
Tagaan said the winners will render their winning pieces during the awarding program.
He said the prizes for Belen contest alone would incur more than P1.2 million, while P660,000 is earmarked for the Dayegon, or a total of P1.87 million.(Atoy Cosap)

KASADYA! PASKO SA BOHOL CHRISTMAS MARKET.Agricultural products display at the booths in the Kasadya! Paskosa Bohol Christmas Market at the CPG Park. While top photo shows the Bahay Kubo surrounded with vegetables depicting the agricultural province of Bohol.

KASADYA! Pasko sa Bohol to launch on Tues.

In an effort to showcase the richness of the Boholano culture, traditions, heritage and to feel the spirit of Christmas as early as November this year, the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) has launched the 40-day activities of KASADYA! Pasko sa Bohol on Tuesday, 5 p.m. at the Carlos P. Garcia Park, New Capitol Site, Cogon, Tagbilaran City.
The KASADYA which has been highlighted with the Bohol Christmas Market will wind up on Dec. 15, 2019.
KASADYA is a Visayan word for cheer, joy, enjoyment, and zest.
The Bohol Christmas Market is a curated market place showcasing the best of local handicrafts, processed food, and local cuisine from 5 pm to 11 pm and the fresh farm produce display starts at every 9 am to 7 pm.
According to the KASADYA committee, the event would surely enjoy us wherein the local Boholano cuisine and variants reflect the simple, fresh, and natural flavors of the island’s seafood, upland treats, organic produce and other food sources. These choice menus will tease the palate such as, balbacua (ox tail stew) with ubi (purple yam), roti, nilabog nga bakasi (tiger reef eel in coconut milk) marinated organic chicken or chicken adobo, organic chicken in spicy coconut milk, ginataang shrimp with santol (shrimp with cotton fruit in coconut milk), seaweed salad, ginisang ubod sa kawayan (sautéed bamboo shoots), and more local fusion.
The processed food featured the “Kabilin” or heirloom food products that have been handed down from generations as family recipe secrets will be revealed through a video documentary, product and maker profile, and of course, product display.
Also in the event wherein, the fresh farm product quenches the thirst, with all the local fruits made readily available as natural fruit juices and shakes. The coconut- a tree of life, takes triple bows with the buko juice “tuba” and “bahalina” – two variants of the coconut wine. The carabao milk in chocolate flavor, or chocobao, has become a best-seller, and these dairy products include ice cream, cheese, and even mozzarella, and other freshly harvested season vegetables and crops such as ubi, taro, cassava, camote, banana, pechay, cabbage among others.
For the handicrafts are the “habol| or weaving showcases the traditional art of weaving: Bohol’s woven products using diverse local materials and designs woven by communities using traditional handlooms and the dexterity of bare hands.
There will be fashion accessories, Bohol artisans and artists and nightly entertainment at the venue such as local talent and cultural shows, band performances, variety shows and contests.
The Dayegon contest has been scheduled on December 13, 2019, at 6 pm, Bohol Cultural Center, while the elimination for the Belen contest to come up with 8 finalists has been scheduled on December 1-15, 2019 and the final judging of the contest will be on December 14-15, 2019 at the CPG Park.
The Belen and the Dayegon are two of the most enduring Christmas traditions that have been the hallmark of local heritage. The Belen is a display of the manger scene depicting the birth of the Messiah while the Dayegon is the traditional devotional performance practice expressed as votive carol to the new-born Jesus Christ. Dayegon is a local word that means “to praise” or “to worship.” (Atoy Cosap)

WORLD FOOD DAY 2019 CELEBRATION

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has lined-up some activities to add color in the celebration of the World Food Day (WFD) 2019 on October 16,2019.
The PGBh once again holds a program on that day at the Bohol Cultural Center, 1 p.m to be highlighted with the messages, commitment signing on food and water conservation and intermission numbers.
This would be the first celebration in the Governor Arthur C. Yap and Vice Governor Rene L. Relampagos administration.

Cloud seeding on Wed.

Most awaited by irrigators and farmers associations, the next round of Cloud Seeding Operations(CSOs) will be conducted on Wednesday to save the vegetative and reproductive stages of standing crops, livestock and other agricultural products in Bohol.
This surfaced after Leon Parac, Jr. from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) and Engr. Corazon Ditarro from the Water Resources Division, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) conducted the Pre-Cloud Seeding Assessment last Tuesday and Wednesday at the four major dams and other agricultural areas in Bohol affected by the dry season.
Parac, who is the cloud seeding focal person reported that the water levels of all dams are near critical levels: Malinao Dam in Pilar – actual level at 147.90 meters (ms.), critical level is 146.4ms., full level is 152ms.; Bayongan Dam in San Miguel-actual 42.11 ms., critical 41 ms., full 52 ms.; Capayas Dam in Ubay- actual 33.03 ms., critical 30 ms., full 36.50 ms.; Talibon Dam in Zamora, Talibon-actual 22.38 ms., critical 21 ms., full 30 ms..
He said that the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) considered the water level of Talibon Dam as “dead” because it can no longer deliver water to the service areas in the town of Talibon.
During last Thursday’s assessment meeting together with Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugasat the Bohol Capitol, Parac bared that they recommended the conduct of CSOs the soonest possible time.
Catherine Cristales from Royhle Airways, the winning bidder of the 43 hours of seeding operations said that their RP-C1120 aircraft to be used in the operations will arrive at the Bohol Panglao International Airport on Tuesday just in time the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) grants the permit for the operations.
Edna N. Yu, Officer- in- Charge, RAED chief-DA-RFO 7 said that for their part as implementer, it is all systems go for the 43 hours of CSOs in Bohol confirming that the P2.5 million fund from BSWM was downloaded to their office.
Parac said there will be a pre-cloud seeding meeting tomorrow at the OPA office together with the personnel of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) who will serve as the cloud spotters targeting the watershed areas.
Other being utilized as cloud spotters are the trained rice technicians who will give signals to the command center based at the airport to be manned by the BSWM personnel and PAF if there are seedable clouds over the said areas. (AtoyCosap)

CAPTION:
DAMS WATER LEVELS.The four major dams in Bohol: Malinao in Pilar, Bayongan in San Miguel, Capayas in Ubay and Zamora in Talibon at almost critical level. The RP-C1120 aircraft (top-most photo) to be used for the Cloud Seeding Operations. The aircraft is fromRoyhle Airways based in Dumaguete City, the winning bidder for the 43-hour cloud seeding operation in Bohol. Foto LEON PARAC, JR.

Rep. Chatto to keynoteWorld Food Day celebration on Wed.

Former governor and now first district of Bohol Representative Edgar M. Chatto will be the keynote speaker in the celebration of the World Food Day (WFD) in the Province of Bohol on Wednesday.
The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) will hold anew a program to join the country and other 50 countries across the world aimed at raising awareness and to gather better support and understanding to the approaches that can help end world hunger.
The program will kickoff with a motorcade at 1 p.m. at the jump-off area infront of the Bohol Capitol Building – New Capitol Site, Cogon traversing the New Capitol Site Road – Hangos St.-J.A. Clarin (infront of Camp Bernido-Dao) – CPG Ave.- Old Capitol Building – down to the Bohol Cultural Center which is the venue of the program.
Rep. Chatto, chairman in the House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change is expected to talk about the adverse impact of climate change in pursuit of food security.
Chattowill administer the oath taking of the newly-elected officers of the Provincial Agri-Fishery Council (PAFC) headed by its president LucitaCulaste.
Gov. Arthur C. Yap will deliver his inspirational message. To deliver their messages of support are Vice Governor Rene L. Relampagos, Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office (RFO) 7 Regional Executive Director Atty. Salvador D. Diputado, Dr. Carolyn May O. Daquio – Center Chief, Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 7, and Board Ricky U. Masamayor, chair – SangguniangPanlalawigan Committee on Agriculture.
Provincial Administrator, Atty. Kathryine Fe D. Pioquinto will give the welcome message after Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugasacknowledges the participants.
The program would also be highlighted with the commitment signing on food and water conservation by the provincial officials and heads of the different government line agencies who will vow to support the conservation program to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.
Aside from the government line agencies, the celebration will also be graced by the different people organizations, some students from the City Schools Division and other agri-stakeholders.
The program will be formally closed by Roman M. Dabalos, head of the Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office (PATCO)-Bohol. (AtoyCosap)

PGBh joins World Food Day

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) will join the whole world in celebration of World Food Day (WFD) on October 16, 2019, annually celebrated by 150 countries across the world.
This year WFD banners the theme “Our Actions Are Our Future Healthy Diets for A #Zero Hunger World”,aimed at raising awareness and to gather better support and understanding to the approaches that can help end world hunger.
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas who is the Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) in Bohol said that the preparations are underway to make the celebration more meaningful and successful.
Dr. Pamugas bared that as part of the preparations, there will be a meeting on Tuesday, 10 a.m. at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, 3rd Floor, Bohol Capitol Building, New Capitol Site, Cogon, Tagbilaran City to be attended by the heads or representatives of agri-related government agencies, farmer groups and other agri-stakeholders to assist the PGBh in conceptualizing the preferred actions to be undertaken fitting for the occasion.
Usually, in celebrations like thisthe PGBh would give recognition toBoholano farmers and growers who are considered as the backbone of the nation.
This would be the first celebration in the administration of Gov. Arthur C. Yap and Vice Governor Rene L. Relampagos in the pursuit of makingBohol hunger free and the Boholanos healthy. (AtoyCosap)

SUHID evaluation starts

The evaluating teams will start this week evaluation on nominees for the different categories of Suhidsa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon provincial search in Bohol.
There are 112 nominees to vie for the 29 SUHID categories namely: Outstanding Fisherman, Outstanding Fisherfolks (Fresh Water Fish Ponds), Outstanding Fisherfolks Association, Outstanding Fishery Technician, Outstanding Farmer (Fish Culture), Outstanding Rice Farmer, Outstanding Hybrid Rice, Outstanding Rice Technician, Outstanding Organic Agriculture Farmer Group, Outstanding Organic Agriculture Practitioner Farmer,
Outstanding Rural Improvement Club, Outstanding Rural Women, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Crops, Outstanding Agri-Enterprise for Fishery, Outstanding Large Animal Raiser, Outstanding Small Animal Raiser, Outstanding Livestock Technician, Outstanding Corn Farmer, Outstanding Banana Farmer, Outstanding Corn Technician, Outstanding HVCDP Crop Farmer (vegetable), Outstanding HVCDP Technician,
And the Outstanding FarmersAssociation, Outstanding Young Farmer, Outstanding 4-H club, Outstanding Farm Family, Outstanding Municipal Agricultural and Fishery Council and Outstanding Municipal Agricultural Officer/Municipal Agriculturist.
The evaluating teams are composed of personnel from agriculture-related provincial and national government agencies namely: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV), Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office /Bohol Agricultural Promotion Center (PATCO/BAPC), Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas has high hopes that the evaluations would be completed within this year so that the winners would be recognized and awarded during the culmination program of the Ubi Festival to be conducted on the third week of January 2020 at the CPG Park, New Capitol Site, Cogon, Tagbilaran City.
Winners of SUHID automatically become Bohol’s nominees to the Regional GawadSaka Search sponsored by the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) 7 next year.
This year’s Regional GawadSaka Search nominees from Bohol bested other nominees from Cebu, Siquijor and Negros Oriental bagging 18 out of 30 categories. (Atoy Cosap)

Pasko sa CPG Park to launch on Oct.

Aims to make the Yuletide season a truly festive as early as October, the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) and other line agencies have launched the activities dubbed as “Pasko Sa CPG Park” at the CPG Park, New Capitol Site, Cogon, Tagbilaran City.
The activities have been divided into three seasons: Agri Food Fair & Exhibit which will be held on October 8-16, 2019, a setting for OCTOBERFEST; November 4-12, 2019 – BOHOL’S FIRST; and December 6-15, 2019 – PASKO NA JUD.
The “Pasko Sa CPG Park” is highlighted with the Agri Food Fair to be spearheaded by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) with the Bohol Associations of Farmers and Fisherfolks(BAFF), Food Fusion to be handled by Bohol Investment and Promotion Center (BIPC) with the Bohol Association of Hotel Resort and Restaurants (BAHRR), the Belen and Dayegon contests to be spearheaded by Center for Culture and Arts Development (CCAD), and Product Exhibit for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
In the opening program to be held on October 8, 2019 at the CPG Park, Governor Arthur C. Yap will lead to give the messages and the ribbon cutting and opening of exhibits.
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas said that he will send the letters to some municipal agricultural officers to join the Agri Food Fair and Exhibits to start on October 8, 2019.
Pamugas explained that this is a marketing promotional activity that will be highlighted with the display of fresh fish; organic, agricultural and processed products. Crops and farm products from different farming communities will be showcased.
He said the ingress for the “Octoberfest” activities will be on October 6, 2019, and the egress is on October 17, 2019.
Rosanna G. Lamdagan, Chief-Agribusiness Division, OPA during the preparatory meeting last Friday held at the Gov. Lino Chatto Hall, 2nd Floor, Bohol Capitol Building said the activities also aim to sustain the employment and income augmentation goals of the provincial government by linking the farmers and exhibitors to the traders, exporters and other local buyers.
Belen and Dayegon Contests
Based on the calendar of activities, the deadline for the submission of registration/entries will be on October 8, 2019. The pre-judging of Belen will be done at the Local Government Units (LGUs) level while all Dayegon contestants shall undergo on audition process at the Bohol Cultural Center from November 11-29, 2019 to pick out the eight finalists to be announced on December 2, 2019.
The final judging will be on December 4, 2019, 6:30pm at the Bohol Cultural Center and the awarding of prizes to the winners will be on the evening of December 15, 2019 during the Pasko sa CPG Park program at the CPG Park.
Big prizes at stake awaits to each of the winners of Belen and Daygon contests: First Prize – P200,000; Second Prize – P150,000.00; and Third Prize – P100,000 and consolation prizes of P30,000 each to the non-winning entry.
The whole event will be managed by the 2019 Christmas Committee of the PGBh comprises of the different offices in the provincial government and the private sector.

PREPARATORY MEETING. Rosanna G. Lamdagan, Chief-Agribusiness Division, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) presides the preparatory meeting with the exhibitors in the Agri Food Fair & Exhibit for the “PASKO SA CPG PARK” last Friday held at the Gov. Lino Chatto Hall, Bohol Capitol Building. Lamdagan says the meeting has called to ensure the smooth implementation of the activities. Foto: RHEZA GUTIERREZ, OPA STAFF

Bohol nominees shine again at Regional Gawad Saka

The Bohol nominees for the different categories of the Regional Gawad Saka Search 2019 sponsored by the Department of Agriculture _ Regional Field Office 7 (DA-RFO7) had shined again in this year’s tilt.
This developed after Bohol bagged 18 out of 34 categories of the regional search bested other nominees from the provinces of Cebu, Siquijor, and Negros Oriental in Region 7.
The regional awardees from Bohol who received their awards and recognition last Tuesday during the awarding ceremony held at the Bayfront Hotel (across SM City), north reclamation area, Cebu City were: Melchor P. Yaras – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka Rice Farmer and Aida T. Salingay of Pilar, Bohol – Rice Farmer Assisting Technician; Karl Norman P. Endres – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka Small Animal Raiser and Maximo H. Bojo of Batuan, Bohol – Small Animal Raiser Assisting Technician; Danilo S. Garcia – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka Large Animal Raiser and Aida T. Salingay, Pilar, Bohol – Large Animal Raiser Assisting Technician;
Prudencio D. Polinar, Jr. – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka High Value Farmer and Conception E. Tumanda, Batuan Bohol – High Value Crops Farmer Assisting Technician; Manga National High School 4H Club – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka Young Farmer Organization and and Pablita Cabarles, Tagbilaran City – Young Farmer Organization 4H Assisting Technician; Mr. and Mrs. Victor B. Ramos and Family – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka Farm Family and Cornelia B. Sipsip, Sagbayan Bohol – Farm Family Assisting Technician;
Jagna Calamay Producers Cooperative of Jagna – Outstanding Gawad Saka Agri-Entrepreneur and Rosanna G. Lamdagan, Tagbilaran City – Agri Entrepreneur Assisting Technician; Municipal Agricultural Fishery Council (MAFC) Ubay – Regional Outstanding Gawad Saka MAFC and Fe A. Caballero, Ubay, Bohol – Ubay MAFC Assisting Technician; Marjoe Rey A. Labonite, Tagbilaran City – Outstanding Organic Provincial Focal Person; Chito S. Pilas, Jr., Tanday, Corella, Bohol – Outstanding Organic Small Farmer Individual; Livelihood for Upland Agricultural Management and Development Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LUMAD MPC), Taytay, Duero, Bohol – Outstanding Organic Small Farmer Group;
Reynaldo U. Quilicot and Family, La Paz, Carmen, Bohol – Outstanding Organic Farming Family; Angelito Oroyan, Talibon, Bohol -Outstanding Agricultural Extension Worker; Angeles Opiala, Talibon, Bohol – Outstanding Agricultural Extension Worker; Aida T. Salingay, Pilar, Bohol -Outstanding Agricultural Extension Worker; Ricardo Damalerio, Pilar, Bohol- Outstanding Local Farmer Technician; Municipality of Talibon – Outstanding Municipality: and Helen Q. Igot adjudged as Most Outstanding Gawad Saka Coordinator.
It maybe recalled that last year Bohol nominees were also top in the same regional search where they bagged 17 out of 34 categories.
Most of the regional nominees and became the awardees were among the winners of the different categories of the Suhid sa Malampusong Mag-uumang Bol-anon in the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh).
The SUHID is the annual search of the PGBh which aims to award and recognize the Boholano farmers who have excelled in the field of agriculture wherein the winners would automatically be the nominees for Regional Gawad Saka Search. (By Atoy Cosap)

Caption:
ANOTHER MILESTONE: The regional awardees of the Regional Gawad Saka Search 2019 from Bohol are wearing the smiles when they received their awards and recognition during the awarding ceremony last Tuesday at the Bayfront Hotel (across SM City), North Reclamation Area, Cebu, City. Bohol has bested other provinces in Region 7 after the province got 18 out of 34 categories of the regional search.DA-7 Regional Director Atty. Salvador D. Diputado, poses with the Boholano regional awardees. (Foto: APRIL REGINE INOCIAN/ OPA STAFF )

Gov. Yap launches tree planting drive

Aiming to plant and grow 3 million trees including fruit trees and 4 million mangroves in three years, Bohol Governor Arthur C.Yap formally launched the “Tree Growing Activity” of the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) in Barangay Calanggaman, Ubay, Bohol last Sunday.
Gov. Yap together with the employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), Bohol Environmental Management Office (BEMO), Education Development Center (EDCenter) and President Carlos P. Garcia Scholars planted varieties of fruit-bearing trees and trees in an area owned by Ubay Waterworks Service Cooperative (UWASCO) in Calanggaman, Ubay which is an adopted “Tree Growing Park” for CPG Scholars as part of their social responsibility.
The OPA employees were assigned to plant fruit-bearing trees like pomelo, Tamarind, Guyabano and Jackfruit; while the employees of BEMO, EDCenter and CPG Scholars planted trees likeKamagong, Tagibokbok, Langin, Bitanghol, Malasaging, Dipterocarpssps, and Gisok.
Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas said that Gov. Yap is very determined to make Bohol green by growing 7 million trees within his first term as governor of which 3 million are fruit-bearing and non-fruit-bearing trees and 4 million mangroves.
Pamugas also explained that the tree planting and growing activity of the PGBh has been spearheaded by BEMO in strong coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
He clarified that the private individuals could participate in this endeavor by coordinating the OPA, BEMO, DENR for the supply of seedlings to be planted.
Pamugas however, emphasized that the PGBh has drafted the guidelines to be followed so that our efforts would not go into waste or couldn’t be called as “plant and forget activity”.
The launching of the “Tree Growing Activity” of Gov. Yap coincided with the tree planting activity spearheaded by the Diocese of Tagbilaran through BishopAlberto S.Uy. (AtoyCosap)

LAUNCHING.Bohol Gov. Arthur C. Yap (left photo)launches the “Tree Growing Activity” of the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) in an area as adopted “Tree Growing Park” for President Carlos P. Garcia Scholars owned by Ubay Waterworks Service Cooperative (UWASCO) in Calanggaman, ending Ubay, Bohol last Sunday of which such activity aims to plant and grow 7 million trees, fruit trees, and mangroves by the year 2021.