http://www.boholnewsdaily.com News, Events, Press Release and Updates in Bohol and Around the Philippines Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:23:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Grapevine, Texas -- Ghanaian challenger Joshua Clottey is still overweight. The suspicion that Clottey was still overweight two days before the fight was confirmed when the Ghanaian fighter was spotted by Team Pacquiao member Roger Fernandez jogging at the convention hall while wearing a thermal suit for 45 minutes ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-clottey-still-overweight-pacquiao-ready-at-146.html DAMAGE to the farm and fisheries sectors caused by the current dry spell has reached P8 billion, said Acting Agriculture Secretary Bernie G. Fondevilla on Wednesday. Rice and corn accounted for more than half the damage, while fish and high-value commercial crops made up a "negligible" amount, Mr. Fondevilla said. The P8 ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-dry-spell-damage-now-at-p8-b.html THE Department of Health (DoH) warned Wednesday against the occurrence of heatstroke as warm weather continues due to El Niño phenomenon. DoH chief epidemiologist Dr. Eric Tayag said that heatstroke cases are not usually recorded by the health department and statistics are confined only in hospitals. But Dr. Tayag ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-public-warned-on-heatstroke-as-temperature-rises-due-to-el-nino.html JOSHUA Clottey a far more dangerous arsenal than his gloved hands, and it seems Manny Pacquiao will have put up against an unpredictability dirty fighter. The Filipino boxer and his team however have been forewarned, reports indicate. Clottey has been in trouble in his fights with low blows, head-butting, holding and ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-pacquiao-warned-of-clottey%e2%80%99s-dirty-tactics.html PHILIPPINES has been elected to head a special committee of the United Nations. The Philippines Mission to the UN in New York reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the country was elected to chair the Special Committee on the Charter of tohe United Nations and on the Strengthening ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-rp-chairs-un-body.html A worsening drought is exacting a terrible toll on the world-famous mountain rice terraces of the northern Philippines, local officials said Tuesday. A state of calamity was this week declared for the Banaue area that is home to many of the ancient stone-walled paddies and one of the Southeast Asian nation's ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-banaue-rice-terraces-dry-up-due-to-el-nino.html THE Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday advised Filipinos against traveling to Thailand on Friday, March 12, in view of the protest rallies being planned in key areas of Bangkok that day. Thus, “Filipinos are advised to postpone all non-essential travel to Thailand, specifically Bangkok,” the DFA said ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-rp-advises-against-travel-to-thailand-on-march-12.html STARTING March 8, all applications for electronic passports (ePassports) will only be accepted and processed via the appointment system at the new consular building on Macapagal Boulevard, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Applicants may set an appointment by going online through its dedicated website (http://www.passport.com.ph/) or by ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-epassports-only-by-appointments-beginning-march-8.html TEACHERS serving as Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in the May 10 elections will receive P1,300 on top of the P3,000 honorarium, according to a resolution promulgated by the Commission on Elections on March 4. As per Comelec Resolution No. 8786, each BEI member will receive an additional P1,300, which ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-teachers-on-poll-duty-to-get-additional-p1300.html PATAY nang nakaplagan ang usa ka lalaki human nahagbong sa usa ka atabay diin gitabangan og paak ang biktima sa tulo ka ugahipon nga bitin kun Philippine Cobra didto sa Sitio Paypay, barangay Aligway, Maribojoc, Bohol kagahapon sa buntag. Giila ang biktima nga si Christopher Rasonabe, 22-anyos, ulitawo, ... http://www.boholnewsdaily.com/boholnews-lalaki-nahagbong-sa-atabay-gitabangan-og-paak-sa-bitin-gikatahong-nawala-niadtong-dominggo-sa-gabii-dihang-dunay-gikaaway.html