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Lingganay Festival of Alang- alang ready to compete at Aliwan Festival 2012 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall directs your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 ALANG ALANG, Leyte - Lingganay Festival the Sinulog 2012 Champion in the free interpretation category gears up preparation for the ALIWAN Festival 2012 on April 13 said Alangalang Mayor Loreto “Intong” Yu in an interview. This year’s [...]
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Love for Sendong victims “I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things.” Isaiah 45:7 ESV TACLOBAN CITY – It is heartwarming to know that in times of disasters and calamities, people’s innate compassionate heart always surface. The wrath of Sendong in Mindanao and part of Visayas leaving thousands of families homeless and hundreds dead and missing last December 2011, people all over the world shared their [...]
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Birthdays TACLOBAN CITY—Birthdays are reason to celebrate and for me whether I celebrate or not, it is still special because it reminds me of the faithfulness of our Lord to let me enjoy his wonderful blessings to share with family and friends. I turned 49 last January 20 ( I am not hiding my age because I don’t feel and look old, LOL!). I am looking forward when I reach my fabulous fifty! My perspective in life has evolved, though I received many material gifts and I do appreciate [...]
JCI-Tacloban ushers in new hope in the Year of the Dragon
2011 was a gracious year for JCI-Tacloban as it landed First (Rank No. 1) in the Junior chamber International – Philippines Performance Efficiency Awards (JCIPEA) system, the major gauge on how efficient has a local chapter (local organization) been in the terminating development year. This, however, was not all that JCI-Tacloban could boast as it does not only beef up in number but gets more connected with the society through relevant projects and development endeavours in tie up with the [...]
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A smoke-free EVRAA 2012 in Maasin City MAASIN CITY – The beautiful city of my birth Maasin City is in the limelight this week, when it hosts for the second time the Eastern Visayas Regional Athletics Association 2012 (EVRAA) from January 29-February 3, 2012. The first was in 2005 during the leadership of former City Mayor Damian G. Mercado now the Governor of Southern Leyte. The Maasin City Division was the overall champion in 2005, will it repeat its victory? I am proud of my [...]
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Dr. Yohanne Kae S. Panis, M.D. full-fledged Dermatologist People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt. - Seneca TACLOBAN CITY – Congratulations to Dr. YohannKae S. Panis, M.D. who is now a full-fledged Dermatologist. She received her diploma from no less than Secretary Enrique T. Ona, Department of Health last January 7, 2012 at the posh Sulo Riviera Hotel in Quezon City. That completes her 10-years of schooling—4 years of college, 4 years [...]
NENE TAN’s 80th Birthday “Party of the Year”
Benefactress Emiliana “Nene” Andrade Tan celebrated her 80th birthday with the loudest bang last January 7, 2012 at the Oriental Hotel Leyte (formerly McArthur’s Resort Hotel). The grand celebration started with a Mass officiated by the Most Reverend Isabelo “Boy” Abarquez, Bishop of Calbayog, co-celebrated by Msgr. Bernie Pantin, Msgr. Ramon Aguilos, Msgr. Alex Opiniano and no less, the great healer Fr. Fernando Suarez and attended by about 40 priests from Leyte and Samar, [...]
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Tommy and Charivic: A silver wedding anniversary “There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.” Martin Luther King ORMOC CITY- It was one fun silver wedding anniversary that I attended with the bride and groom so happy and never stopped dancing until their last guest left the party at 2A.M. at the Rose Ballroom of Sabin Resort Hotel, Ormoc City last January 10, 2011. Fr. Victorino Japson, who gave a moving homily [...]
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2012: Bring in the new YOU Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Eric Zorn” TACLOBAN CITY – Another year is before us and sometimes I cannot help and asked myself how I could changed some of the things I could have done the other way. Life was good in 2011 but it could have been a lot better. For one, I became a volunteer of Philippine Red Cross Leyte Chapter [...]
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The Federation of Fil-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. extends assistance to flood victims How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it! ~George Elliston TACLOBAN CITY - Incessant rains last Christmas season has caused flooding last December 27, 2011, in almost 20 towns in Leyte province. The water rose as high as five feet in some barangays, too sad because it happened during the holiday season. I saw with my own two eyes people in the streets carrying [...]
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