‘Musing Maasin’ Archives
Carry on! Kaya natin!
“There may have been lapses in judgment but not in intention. Let it be sins of the mind, but not of the heart, “ snapped Marisa “Dundeet” Lerias of Kaya Natin! Movement when asked on her reaction regarding Kaya Natin leader and Ateneo director Harvey Keh who is now the subject of vilifications not only from the senators-judges in the Corona impeachment but also from opposing sectors of the society given his recent participation in the impeachment trial with alleged fabricated [...]
Deped Leyte as “game changer” in experimental senior high
Leyte division is heading into the limelight as it plays an important role for the experimental K-12 program of the Department of Education. In a report from this paper, Palo National High School and Merida Comprehensive Vocational High School in Leyte are selected to “showcase” the said DepEd’s experimental program this school year, particularly on its Senior High School curriculum. Deped Secretary Armin Luistro said there are 30 model schools all over the country introducing this [...]
Shining Public-Private Partnership in Southern Leyte
The successful hosting of the 2nd Eastern Visayas Business Conference on April 25-26, 2012 by the So. Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLCCI) and the provincial government clearly illustrated Southern Leyte’s unique brand of Public-Private Partnership (PPP). As revealed by Gov. Damian Mercado, many political analysts from within and outside the province were "puzzled" by the strong partnership between SLCCI and the provincial government considering that SLCCI’s president Engr. [...]
Zipline, Zoo kick-start Southern Leyte’s tourism agenda
There is no stopping now for the provincial government of Southern Leyte under Gov. Damian Mercado and its Chamber of Commerce and Industry sector lead by Engr. Robert Castañares in turning the province into “The Playground of Eastern Visayas.” After conceptualizing its tourism development plan also with the help of other government line agencies like DOT, DTI and DENR, Gov. Mercado and Engr. Castañares wasted no time in forging efforts to make its tourism hubs tangible for the [...]
Thank you, Limasawa
Last week, I visited Limasawa Island, in Southern Leyte courtesy of the National Nutrition Council -Regional office 8 with its Regional coordinator Dir. Carina Santiago, organizer Meylene Rosales and media colleagues Maam Vicky Arnaiz, Francis Batula and others under Harmonized Initiatives of Media for the Spread of Good Nutrition in Region 8 (HIMSoG 8). I joined the group to know first hand on what is it about the people there that pushed their town to win the prestigious Nutrition Honor [...]
Go South: Tour Southern Leyte
Interesting words have been attributed to the province of Southern Leyte and its people. Yet beginning April 15, 2011 all of these can be summed up into: Southern Leyte: “The Playground of Eastern Visayas”. With the renewed commitment and new-found inspiration from its current leaders, particularly with those from the private sector, tourism agenda in the province is now heading into its proper perspective. The Southern Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLCCI), as being [...]
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