DTI invites Siquijor to Tourism Green forum in Bohol’s Sandugo

By Rizalie A. Calibo

SIQUIJOR, July 13 (PIA) -- The local office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is inviting entrepreneurs and other interested persons from Siquijor to a one-day Tourism Green Forum at the Metrocentre Hotel in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. 

The forum, said DTI director Nimfa Virtucio, is a side activity of the annual Trade Expo dubbed 'Sandugo in Bohol' from July 25 to 29 that highlights green technologies for tourism. 

“Adopting green growth is a worthwhile venture for the Philippines because this enhances opportunities for everyone especially the poor to participate more fully in society and thus improve their quality of life,” Virtucio said. 

Topics to be presented during the forum include Green Architecture and Structures for Tourism, Energy Strategies for Tourism, Water and Waste Management, and DENR Green Initiatives for Tourism. 

More than 80 Filipino exhibitors have signed up for the 2012 Sandugo Regional Trade Expo at the Island City Mall, Tagbilaran City, according to a PIA-Bohol press statement earlier. 

This year’s Sandugo Trade Expo banners the theme “Greening Products, Winning Markets,” and features innovative creations from micro, small, and medium enterprises in Central Visayas as well as other neighboring provinces of the region. 

A major highlight of the trade expo will be the special settings which will feature three different perspectives – Green Technologies for Tourism, the Raffia Country Branding Program of DOST, and a Showcase of Crafts and Processed Food in the region, said Ma. Elena Arbon DTI Bohol director in the report. 

Arbon said unique products in Central Visayas, including those under the One Town, One Product (OTOP) Philippines that make use of indigenous raw materials and local ingenuity, will also be highlighted. 

In this year’s trade exposition, local organic produce will also be displayed, she said.(RAC-PIA 7, Siquijor) 

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BFAR awards 8,000 Kitong fingerlings to Siquijor

By Rizalie A. Calibo

SIQUIJOR, July 13 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 7 has awarded 8,000 “siganid” or locally known as “kitong” fingerlings to Siquijor on July 6. 

Each fingerling costs P5; the whole batch totaling P40,000, BFAR-Siquijor provincial fisheries officer Warren S. Inao said. 

The project is part of the Agri Pinoy program for the provincial government’s demo farm in Tongo, Siquijor, Siquijor where a 10x10 meter floating fish cage has been put up, Inao added. 

The fish cage has four compartments, each housing 2,000 fingerlings. 

Meanwhile, BFAR aqua-culture awardee Teofilo Perez of Siquijor announces that he has available marketable tilapia of more than one ton. For those who are interested, he can be contacted at the number 09269202596 or Warren Inao at 09173113142 and (035) 3772486. (RMN/RAC-PIA7, Siquijor)