{"id":18242,"date":"2026-04-04T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:52:06","slug":"stopover-at-bohol-blades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242","title":{"rendered":"<i>Stopover at Bohol Blades<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18223\" style=\"width:840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2-768x349.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2-1536x698.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2-1170x532.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NutsBolts2.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HELLO readers of this prestigious newspaper in town. There\u2019s always good times when you read and subscribe with <em>Bohol Times<\/em>. Keep reading this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may be my first attempt to be a columnist for this paper after over 20 years of news writing for <em>Bohol Times.<\/em> Though this is not my first to write an opinion. I\u2019m also writing for readers of Trinidad-based <em>Bohol Balita Daily News<\/em> (BBDN), the first daily news in the province since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thanked Engr. Neil Balite for allowing me to be such. And I intend to, may be, writing in Bisaya or English or <em>\u201csaksak-sagol\u201d<\/em> of both.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18243\" style=\"width:423px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png 698w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>May I share with you our little but short experience in <em>Bohol Blades,<\/em> recently. Helen Castano of <em>Bohol Island News<\/em> and Leo Udtohan of <em>Phil. Daily Inquirer<\/em> and myself were heading to <em>Bohol Blades<\/em> to buy a bolo for my domestic use. I decided to buy one <em>\u201cBungay\u201d<\/em> since the one I bought in Loay was already useless. <em>Habol ug napupo\u2019<\/em> na ang handle. <em>Ug ang kang Papa Morbin<\/em> (pa of my deceased wife, Antoniette Quibir) was lost. I failed to retrieve it after the tremor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we did the stopover first for <em>Bohol Blades<\/em> display before we headed <em>(atbang)<\/em> to <em>Baybay sa Taloto<\/em> for our late <em>paniudto pasado na alas dos sa hapon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang <em>presyo sa \u201cBungay,\u201d<\/em> well, <em>ayaw na lang pangutana pila. Apan, matud ni Mr. Titus Cempron, tag-iya sa Bohol Blades, nga basta mahal halinon gyud na\u2026Mao tingale. I shared that like any mahalon nga sinina o karsones, mohangtud gydud na, bahala\u2019g lubad na.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While choosing from an array of display at his Taloto residence of <em>Bohol Blades\u2019<\/em> best, the <em>bungay <\/em>I bought was just an ordinary one. <em>Apan, mahait, lig-on ug ang<\/em> handle made from carabao\u2019s horn. The handle has a locked that it\u2019s hard <em>nga daling matangtang or mabu-ak, sama sa kahoy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18244\" style=\"width:360px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 489w, https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He described his signature craft of <em>Binarong <\/em>and <em>Bunagya <\/em>as \u201cNewly forged UTILITY FARM TOOLS for choosy clients in a \u2018first come first serve\u2019 basis. He also provided specifications, as in customized ones, like the \u201c13.5\u201d blade length&nbsp; with 6\u201d solid carabao horn handle. They\u2019re \u201cavailable in righthanded and left handed chisel bevel grind, oil quenched, 5160 primera leaf spring steel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His putting up of the <em>Bohol Blades<\/em> registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sometime in 2018 saw its first showcase in <em>Bohol Sandugo.<\/em> But they stopped the display for safety purposes. <em>Kon dunay motan-aw ug mosuway og hawid ug kuha gikan sa sakub niini, mas delikado.<\/em> Thus, made them decide to halt the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cemprons built <em>Bohol Blades<\/em> with his blacksmith workshop in Sikatuna not only for economy. They establish it for a reason. And just maybe he\u2019s building how a true blacksmithing infrastructure should be for generation to come. That\u2019s wisdom. (0928-408-5238\/ricobedencio@yahoo.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELLO readers of this prestigious newspaper in town. There\u2019s always good times when you read and subscribe with Bohol Times. Keep reading this. This may be my first attempt to be a columnist for this paper after over 20 years of news writing for Bohol Times. Though this is not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,10,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutsbolts","category-opinion","category-this-week-opinion",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stopover at Bohol Blades - The Bohol Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stopover at Bohol Blades - The Bohol Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HELLO readers of this prestigious newspaper in town. There\u2019s always good times when you read and subscribe with Bohol Times. Keep reading this. This may be my first attempt to be a columnist for this paper after over 20 years of news writing for Bohol Times. Though this is not\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bohol Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-04T13:49:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-04T13:52:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The BoholTimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The BoholTimes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The BoholTimes\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9540111114dea755c90d5e1da170291e\"},\"headline\":\"Stopover at Bohol Blades\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-04T13:49:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-04T13:52:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242\"},\"wordCount\":480,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Opinion2-min.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nuts&amp;Bolts\",\"Opinion\",\"This Week Opinion\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242\",\"name\":\"Stopover at Bohol Blades - The Bohol Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Opinion2-min.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-04T13:49:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-04T13:52:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Opinion2-min.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Opinion2-min.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?p=18242#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stopover at Bohol Blades\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Bohol Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Bohol Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":355,\"height\":142,\"caption\":\"The Bohol Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9540111114dea755c90d5e1da170291e\",\"name\":\"The BoholTimes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a46dfd22ee6ecbb59568ec091dd2180e3c619e406d77ccd8ce56412cddb028c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a46dfd22ee6ecbb59568ec091dd2180e3c619e406d77ccd8ce56412cddb028c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a46dfd22ee6ecbb59568ec091dd2180e3c619e406d77ccd8ce56412cddb028c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The BoholTimes\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theboholtimes.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stopover at Bohol Blades - The Bohol Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stopover at Bohol Blades - The Bohol Times","og_description":"HELLO readers of this prestigious newspaper in town. There\u2019s always good times when you read and subscribe with Bohol Times. Keep reading this. This may be my first attempt to be a columnist for this paper after over 20 years of news writing for Bohol Times. Though this is not","og_url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242","og_site_name":"The Bohol Times","article_published_time":"2026-04-04T13:49:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-04T13:52:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The BoholTimes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The BoholTimes","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242"},"author":{"name":"The BoholTimes","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9540111114dea755c90d5e1da170291e"},"headline":"Stopover at Bohol Blades","datePublished":"2026-04-04T13:49:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-04T13:52:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242"},"wordCount":480,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg","articleSection":["Nuts&amp;Bolts","Opinion","This Week Opinion"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242","url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242","name":"Stopover at Bohol Blades - The Bohol Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-04T13:49:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-04T13:52:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?p=18242#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stopover at Bohol Blades"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/","name":"The Bohol Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#organization","name":"The Bohol Times","url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo.png","width":355,"height":142,"caption":"The Bohol Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9540111114dea755c90d5e1da170291e","name":"The BoholTimes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a46dfd22ee6ecbb59568ec091dd2180e3c619e406d77ccd8ce56412cddb028c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a46dfd22ee6ecbb59568ec091dd2180e3c619e406d77ccd8ce56412cddb028c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a46dfd22ee6ecbb59568ec091dd2180e3c619e406d77ccd8ce56412cddb028c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The BoholTimes"},"url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"large":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",640,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-600x500.jpg",600,500,true],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-600x500.jpg",600,500,true],"engage-mag-carousel-img":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-783x450.jpg",783,450,true],"engage-mag-carousel-img-landscape":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-783x225.jpg",783,225,true],"engage-mag-carousel-large-img":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"engage-mag-carousel-large-img-landscape":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-800x287.jpg",800,287,true],"engage-mag-large-thumb":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",800,500,false],"engage-mag-small-thumb":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min-350x220.jpg",350,220,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Opinion2-min.jpg",500,313,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"The BoholTimes","author_link":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?cat=51\" rel=\"category\">Nuts&amp;Bolts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?cat=10\" rel=\"category\">Opinion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/?cat=14\" rel=\"category\">This Week Opinion<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"HELLO readers of this prestigious newspaper in town. There\u2019s always good times when you read and subscribe with Bohol Times. Keep reading this. This may be my first attempt to be a columnist for this paper after over 20 years of news writing for Bohol Times. Though this is not","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18253,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242\/revisions\/18253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theboholtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}