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LGUs cannot beat Sept. 17 deadline to post local budget, public offerings
TACLOBAN CITY—Local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas may not be able to hit the September 17 deadline of posting the full disclosure of local budget and finances, bids and public offerings, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office here. Myles Joseph C. Colasito, DILG regional information officer, said compliance of the memorandum circular issued by the DILG central office in relation to all financial operations of the LGUs may take [...]
Illegal numbers games still rampant in EV, says police
TACLOBAN CITY- Police authorities in the region said that campaign on the operations of illegal numbers games across the region remains to be a priority. The drive against operations of these illegal numbers games surfaced anew as several close associates of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino have been accused of receiving money from gambling lords. Senior Superintendent Manuel Cubillo, chief of the police and community relations office of the regional headquarters of the Philippine [...]
Another Catarman cop gunned down
CATARMAN, Northern Samar —Three weeks after eight policemen belonging to the Catarman Philippine National Police (PNP) in Northern Samar were ambushed by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA), another member of the police was killed yesterday in downtown Catarman. Police Senior Supt. Brigido B. Unay, Northern Samar police provincial director, identified the victim as Police Officer 3 Geronimo E. Tan, Jr., intelligence officer of the Catarman PNP and a native of Pambujan, [...]
Hybrid corn seeds producer expands market in E. Visayas
ABUYOG, Leyte – A hybrid corn seed producer has expanded its market in Eastern Visayas this year riding its growth on government’s thrust to encourage the cultivation of high quality yellow corn. Jade Quindo, Pioneer sales executive for Visayas, said that they initially delivered seed stocks good for six hectares planting in Leyte after they have been successful in marketing pest-resistant variety in Panay Island . “We are introducing our latest manufactured variety in Leyte . We [...]
Prov’l gov’t, DILG laud Bayanihan Centers in Tolosa
TACLOBAN CITY- The provincial government of Leyte and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) lauded the steady growth of the Bayanihan Centers in Tolosa town since it was launched in 2003. The Bayanihan Centers was formed under the Bayanihan Savings Replication Program (BSRP) which is a community-based savings and investment program that builds the capacities of low-income families in handling their finances and managing their livelihood. It is a nationwide program [...]
Dengue cases in EV decline but DOH cautions vigilance
GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte - While cases of dengue fever in the region has appeared on a decline, regional health officials ask the people in the communities to remain vigilant by observing environmental sanitation as an effective way to combat further spread of the disease. Based on the weekly monitoring of the DOH-8, there now appear to have fewer cases of dengue fever in the region compared to previous weeks, Doctor Nicolas Bautista, chief of the epidemiology and surveillance unit of [...]
1 reb killed, another captured in skirmish
TACLOBAN CITY- A member of the NPA rebels was the lone fatality in a latest skirmish between the government troops and members of the New People’s Army. The latest firefight that the two warring sides have engaged took place in Barangay E. Duran, a remote village of Bobon, Northern Samar, Lieutenant Colonel Federico Tutaan, spokesperson of the 8th Infantry Division said. It was learned from Tutaan that the encounter happened at around 9:40 am last Wednesday which resulted to the [...]
Lawmaker asks Tacloban mayor to take decisive action on proposed fish port
TACLOBAN CITY - A member of the council of this city has asked Mayor Alfred Romualdez to take a decisive action on the proposed fish port before it becomes too late. The proposed fish port should now be on an actual field work if only the city mayor or his representatives would discuss the matter with the officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources which would fund the project, said Councilor Neil Glova, vice chair on the committee on agriculture. Glova said that based on [...]
NDF denies surrenderees are NPA members
TACLOBAN CITY—The National Democratic Front (NDF) in Eastern Visayas has denied that the two persons who reportedly surrendered to the Philippine Army in Samar were members of the communist’s armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA). In a statement, the NDF, through its spokesperson Fr. Santiago Salas, it said that siblings Cesar and Juanito Gabac do not belong to the NPA’s roster of Red fighters and were just being used by the military in their so-called “scripted psy-war [...]
PNP-8 vows to look into complaints filed with NBI
TACLOBAN CITY – A mother of an alleged strafing victim in Brgy. Peñaplata, Gandara, Samar recently sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation Regional Office 8 here to look into the case of her son and bring justice to his death. Cecilia Tamayo said in her statement with the NBI-8 on Tuesday that her family is losing confidence with police authorities in their area, particularly in Gandara, Samar, thus she sought the help of other government investigative body who could [...]
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