The CSC Bohol Field Office is now accepting applicants for the exam. Deadline for filing is on April 12, 2012.

Application forms are available at the CSC Bohol Field Office located at Circumferential Road, Tagbilaran City. The same application form may also be downloaded from the CSC website: www.csc.gov.ph.

Application forms may be reproduced in legal size bond paper provided the same format is followed.

Aside from the fully accomplished Application Form (CS Form No. 100, Revised 2012), other application requirement includes: 4 copies of Philippine Passport size I.D. pictures; original and photocopy of any valid ID containing applicant’s clear picture, date of birth, signature, and signature of the authorized head of the issuing agency; and an examination fee of P500.00.

Qualified applicants shall be notified of their places of examination (school assignment) through an Application Receipt or a Notice of Assignment. They can also use the Online Notice of School Assignment (ONSA) to get a print-out of their Notice of Assignment.

To use this system, examinees should log on to the CSC website and go to the Examination Announcement webpage, or type the following path: http://webapp.csc.gov.ph/ExamAssign/ ExamAssign.htm in the address bar of their browser.

For more details, call CSC Bohol Field Office at telephone number 501-7046. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

Matud pa ni Phivolcs Deputy Director Bartolome Bautista sa usa ka radio interview, napulo pa ka mga kawani sa ilang ahensya ang nagpaingon karon sa Negros nga gilangkuban sa mga geologist ug engineers.

Mopahigayon una og information drive ang Phivolcs team aron mapakalma ang mga residente sa nahimong epekto sa linog ug sa gipagawas nga tsunami alert.

Sunod niini, ang pagpahigayon og scientific investigation sama sa pagdokumento sa gidak-on sa epekto sa linog ug pagtuon sa fault.

Una nang gipahayag ni Bautista nga unmapped fault ang tinubdan sa linog o bag-ong faultline nga wala pa naapil sa gihimong fault mapping sa Phivolcs.

Gibutyag ni Bautista nga tuig 1948 pa katapusang nakasinati og kusog nga linog ang Negros ug Panay nga adunay kusog nga magnitude 8.2 apan dili kini ang fault nga milihok gahapon.
(PIA-Bohol/ecb)

Gipahingusgan na usab sa Presidente ang search and rescue operations sa mga probinsiyang naapektuhan.

Matud pa ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte sa usa ka interview, gamiton na ang mga helicopter sa Philippine Air Force (PAF) aron maadto dayon ug maluwas ang mga naapektuhang residente, human sa taho nga na-isolate ang kadaghanan tungod sa mga nagubang tulay.

Gibutyag usab ni Valte nga gamiton ang mga sakyanang pangdagat sa Philippine Navy ug Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) aron matabangan ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa paghatud sa mga pagkaon ug uban pang tabang.

Gimanduan na usab sa Presidente ang DSWD sa pagpahigayon og clearing operations sa mga nabara nga agianan, paghimo og rerouting ug ayuhon ang mga nagubang tulay. (PIA- Bohol/ecb)

Meanwhile, the alert level for possible tsunami in Negros and Cebu has been raised to 2, following the earthquake.   Coastal residents have observed abnormal changes in the water level and are being evacuated.  Phivolcs has reported 16 aftershocks since this morning.

The Department of Education (DepEd) 7 is asking parents to fetch their children as classes have been suspended in the entire Central Visayas (Region 7).

Magnitude 6.8 – NEGROS – CEBU REGION, PHILIPPINES

2012 February 06 03:49:16 UTC

Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Earlier, the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation gave the Philippines a 57.1 score for economic freedom, making its economy the 107th freest in the 2012 Index. The score is 0.9 point higher than last year.

“We’re also happy to note that in one of the surveys conducted by HSBC, the Philippines ranked as one of the… the eighth friendliest country out of most of the countries rated in the world. And this is why we believe na talagang it really is more fun in the Philippines,” DeputyPresidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan
on Saturday.

The administration will always promote what is good… what is good with the economy and people,” Valte said countering the criticisms being leveled against the Aquino administration.

According to HSBC’s Expat Explorer Survey released last year, the Philippines is the eighth friendliest country in the world for expatriates. HSBC surveyed 3,385 expats in 100 countries between May and July 2011.

The countries were ranked based on four categories: ability to befriend locals, success in learning the local language, capacity for integrating themselves into the community, and ease in which they fit into the new culture.

Forbes.com, citing the results of the HSBC survey, said the Philippines is a country “friendly on wallets,” with large number of expatriates saying they have an increased access to luxuries, including domestic staff, swimming pools and owning properties.

New Zealand topped the list of the world’s friendliest countries, posting excellent scores in all four categories. (PCOO)

Matud pa ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario, ubos sa crisis alert level 3, ipatuman ang voluntary repatriation diin abagahon sa gobyerno ang galastohon sa mga Pilipinong modesisyon nga mobiya na sa South Sudan ug mobalik na sa Pilipinas.

Sunod niini, ipatuman usab sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang deployment ban dungan sa pagtambag sa tanang mga Pilipino nga likayan na ang pagbiyahe sa maong nasud.

Gimando na sa DFA sa Philippine Embassy sa Cairo, nga maoy nagsakop sa South Sudan, aron ipatuman ang voluntary repatriation.

Gibanabanang adunay 150 ka Pilipino sa South Sudan nga kadaghanan mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga nagtrabaho sa mga construction company. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)

“We have set aside this day for the early registration of out-of-school children, out-of-school –youth, children and youth with learning difficulties along with kinder, Grade 1 and incoming first year high school students,” said Education Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro.

Luistro said the Philippines is firmly committed to meet the goals of universal basic education and Education For All being advocated by the United Nations.

The early registration seeks to reach out to all five year-old children to enrol in kindergarten and for six year-olds to enlist for Grade 1.

It also aims to guarantee enrolment of OSC and OSY from the disadvantaged groups, indigenous peoples and street children ages 5 to 18 in their preferred delivery system. They can choose between formal schooling through alternative delivery mode (ADM) or informal mode via the alternative learning system (ALS).

The early registration also aims to keep track of OSC and OSY with disabilities whose ages range from 5 to 18 across grade levels and provide them with appropriate education intervention. “The state mandates that all Filipinos with or without learning disabilities must have access to education and the early registration aims to count them in,” the education
chief explained. (DepEd/PIA)