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Mayor Romualdez says no to STL in Tacloban City
TACLOBAN CITY- Mayor Alfred Romualdez said that he would not allow the entry of small-town lottery in the city as he called on the police authorities to continue their campaign against any form of illegal numbers games. Any form of numbers games, to include even the state-sanctioned STL, would not be allowed by him so long as he is the chief executive, Romualdez stressed. He said that allowing the numbers games, both legal and illegal, would only teach the people to be lazy and [...]
EV’s power cost could be reduced – Leyeco II manager
TACLOBAN CITY- The power rates here in the region could drastically reduce if only companies operating the power supply would be truthful in imposing the right amount of add-ons like steam and generation costs. This was bared by Leyte II Electric Cooperative General Manager lawyer Jerry Gwen Conde who also exhorted all power consumers on their fight against the high cost of power. Based on a study conducted by several professors of the University of the Philippines-Diliman which was [...]
Tacloban ‘Alay Lakad’ slated on September 26
TACLOBAN CITY- A walk for a cause is to be staged here in the city next week, which aims to raise funds for out-of-school youths and persons with physical disabilities. City Social Welfare Officer Liliosa “Lily” Baltazar said that the walk for a cause, which is popularly known as “Alay Lakad,” will be held on September 26 with the Department of Health among those participating said event. “This Alay Lakad will try to raise funds which will be used to procure computers which will [...]
CAAP 2011 budget includes P70 M for DZR airport’s ILS
TACLOBAN CITY—Some P70 million has been included in the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) 2011 budget for the installation of instrument landing system (ILS) at the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport, according to a sectoral representative at the Lower House. Rep. Neil Benedict A. Montejo of the An Waray party-list said he made sure that the budget be included so that ILS would immediately be installed so that DZR Airport could handle night landings and take off and even [...]
ACCORDING TO PPA & MARINA People prefer to travel by air despite RORO, ships in EV
TACLOBAN CITY – Although there are several ports in the region that were constructed for the operation of RORO and other shipping lines, the problem is that people in the region prefer to travel by air which is more convenient. The presence of airports and roads and the improvement that is being done to said infrastructure facilities contributed to the decline of passengers that patronize sea craft or shipping lines. This was according to Philippine Ports Authority Tacloban Port Area [...]
NFA-8 manager raises concern on proposal to cut gov’t rice subsidy
PALO, Leyte - The National Food Authority (NFA) regional office here has raised concern on the proposal to cut government rice subsidy considering its negative impact in palay procurement and rice distribution. Benjamin Marta, NFA regional manager, said that they will make efforts to fight the move to take away the P8 billion budget from the food agency and transfer it to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). “That will limit our intervention. We will meet with our [...]
Businessman pa of Tacloban councilor shot dead in PHHC
TACLOBAN CITY - Police investigators are still to determine what could be the motive behind the killing of businessman Manuel “Boyin” Granados, father of neophyte Councilor Jeric Dane Granados. The 57-year old victim was shot on his back with a bullet exiting to his chest, which resulted to his death, Senior Inspector Jorge Longjas, police community precinct commander at Abucay sub-station office, said in an interview. Based on their initial investigation, Granados was about to board [...]
Re-nationalization to revert 1,500 personnel to DA-8
TACLOBAN CITY—The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Eastern Visayas supports the move of reverting to the national government oversight of agricultural functions and responsibilities that were decentralized to local government units. DA regional executive director Leo P. Cañeda said the re-nationalization of devolved agricultural officers and extension workers back to the Agriculture department could effectively implement the many agricultural and fishery projects that have lined up [...]
$214-M road project to be implemented in Samar Is.
CATBALOGAN, Samar — Some $214.44-million, or nearly P10 billion, compact grant from the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) will be used to fund the Secondary National Roads Development Project (SNRDP) in Samar Island, according to a Catholic priest who sits as one of the members of the MCA-Philippines Board of Trustees (BOT). Rev. Fr. Cesar D. Aculan, director of the Social Action Center (SAC) of the Diocese of Calbayog, said the amount is part of the $434-million compact program for the [...]
TO AVOID FLOODING City gov’t to demolish structures on road right-of-way, tributaries
TACLOBAN CITY- The city government is soon to start its crackdown on structures which obstructs road right-of-way and tributaries which result to flooding during heavy rains. This was revealed by City Architect Danilo Fuentebella who was quick to say that owners of the structures that would be affected by this campaign of the city government would be given due process. According to Fuentebella, the campaign against structures which pose danger and obstruct road access and clog the [...]
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