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IN MACARTHUR, LEYTE MGB director airs disappointment on adverse reactions from fishermen
GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte- The regional director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) expressed his disappointment over the adverse reactions he is getting from the fishermen of MacArthur in Leyte who were affected by the fish kill incidents. MGB Regional Director Roger De Dios said that he is doing his own best to help the affected fishermen on their ordeal, saying that aside from ensuring that environment protection are undertaken by mining companies, the people’s livelihood [...]
Corona to take stand Tuesday
MANILA -- Chief Justice Renato Corona will finally take the witness stand on Tuesday, May 22, as the trial went on a two-day break to prepare for his testimony. "We have no other witness. Therefore, the only witness remaining is the respondent," lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas told the Senate impeachment court. The court granted a two-day break (May 17 and May 21) to the defense to allow the impeached chief magistrate to examine the documents submitted by the Office of the Ombudsman [...]
Abuyog municipal councilor slapped with suspension files motion for recon
TACLOBAN CITY - A municipal councilor of Abuyog, Leyte, who has been slapped with a six-month suspension without pay by the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas from an administrative complaint, has filed a motion for reconsideration on Tuesday. Councilor Benito Sy claimed that the Ombudsman has no reason to neither suspend him nor favor the charges hurled against him by Nathaniel Piscos, another council member, who filed the complaint last year. “I filed an MR because that is my right. But [...]
RLC opening 4 more branches in Phl within the 1st half of 2012
TACLOBAN CITY – Robinsons Land Corporation’s (RLC) budget hotel gohotels.ph will be opening four more branches in the country within the first half of 2012 after formally launching its fourth low cost hotel in this city Wednesday. RLC president and chief operating officer Frederick Go said that gohotels.ph is on expansion mode with the ongoing constructions of facilities in Bacolod City, Iloilo City, Ortigas Center in Pasig, and Butuan City. “We would like to open many gohotels [...]
BFAR issues warning on red tide in Matarinao Bay
TACLOBAN CITY—Two weeks after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) lifted the toxic red tide warning on shellfish from Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, the agency has issued a new bulletin declaring the area positive of paralytic shellfish poisoning. Justerie Granali, BFAR-8 acting regional director, said shellfish samples collected from Matarinao Bay continued to test positive for traces of paralytic poison, more commonly known as red tide. “Shellfish Bulletin No. 12, [...]
DepEd needs over 200 new kindergarten teachers in EV
GOV’T CENTER, Palo, Leyte - With kindergarten officially recognized as part of the basic education program starting this school year, the region needs over 200 new teachers to handle said school level. Based on records of the regional office of the Department of Education, the region need about 207 new kindergarten teachers to fill up vacancies across the region. And out of its six provinces, Leyte has the highest needs at 56 new teachers for kindergarten with the island province of [...]
COTS hit 217 hectares of coral reefs in Southern Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY – Population outbreak of crown- of -thorns starfish (COTS) was observed in 217 hectares of coral reefs in seven municipalities and one city of Southern Leyte along Sogod Bay, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic said citing initial assessment reports. The BFAR has raised concern on the growing population of destructive pest that already reached the bay’s famous dive sites and protected areas. The highest density was noted in Limasawa where 1,397 pieces of COTS are present [...]
PCPR still seeking justice for slain Rev. Lapuz
TACLOBAN CITY—The 7th death anniversary of slain church advocate Edison Lapuz on May 12 may have went unheard of by some, yet for fellow members of Promotion of Church People’s Response (PCPR) in Eastern visayas the call for Lapuz’s justice is still reverberating on. Lapuz was the founding member of PCPR, coordinator of the Eastern Visayas convenors of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Visayas Jurisdiction, and the conference minister of the North Eastern Leyte [...]
LRED transforms LGUs into vibrant business, investment hubs for MSMEs
TACLOBAN CITY—Economies in 51 local government units here in the region have transformed into a vibrant business and investment hubs for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through the implementation of Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED) implemented by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with assistance from a German development agency. Raquel Capio, senior coordinator of Private Sector Promotion Program of German Development Cooperation (GIZ), said the [...]
Rep. Noel turns over P2 M for rehab of Tacloban City legislative building
TACLOBAN CITY – An Waray party-list Representative Florencio “Bem” Noel has formally handed over to city Vice Mayor Arvin Antoni the additional fund for the rehabilitation of the legislative building. The special allotment release order (SARO) worth P2 million was handed over to Antoni by the solon last Friday. Said amount was the fulfillment of Noel’s promise to the city council that he would provide additional amount to the initial fund which he provided for the rehabilitation [...]
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