STREETDANCING REVELRY BLASTS OFF TODAY

Festival of champs

The Sandugo season is a five-month-long festival commemorating the friendship blood compact. For this, Tagbilaran earns the name as the City of Friendship. Recorded as the first international treaty of friendship between Spanish conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and local chieftain Si Katuna in 1565, the yearly commemoration transforms Bohol into a “semi-Caribbean” island. Full story

Tagbilaran Mayor Dan Lim yesterday said he was sharing his Sikatuna award with the people of Tagbilaran City. Lim was chosen as one of this year's Sikatuna awardees during the 152nd Bohol Day rites held Saturday. He was honored on the basis of his leadership that placed Tagbilaran as one of 10 investor-friendly cities in the Philippines. Full story

ESTABLISHMENTS and resort owners remiss in securing the necessary Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC) for their structures have only a month to process their applications before the Department of Environment and Natural Resources swoops in on them. Full story

Regional wage board ok's P10-18 increase!

FROM the P75-P95 wage increase earlier proposed by workers and unions here, the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) for Central Visayas has approved P10-18 increase in daily minimum wage, effective August 1, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Elias Cayanong said in reports.------ Full story