‘Second Story’ Archives
Rep. ‘JV’ Ejercito calls on gov’t to increase subsidies to 112 SUCs
TACLOBAN CITY—Warning that budget cuts in state colleges and universities (SUCs) will further commercialize education, San Juan City Rep. Jose Victor “JV” Ejercito yesterday has called on the Aquino administration to increase subsidies for 112 state-run schools nationwide. Rep. Ejercito said he has filed a resolution reiterating his appeal for the restoration of budget cuts made on the SUCs. “The budget for SUCs this year was reduced from P34 billion to P31 billion. This is quite [...]
Go hotels Tacloban formally opens
TACLOBAN CITY – Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) opened its hotel in Tacloban under the gohotels.ph brand, the fifth budget hotel of the property developer in the country. The 98-room hotel will be carrying over the same pricing concept together with the same hotel and room feature, which was formally opened yesterday along with the expansion wing of Robinsons Place Tacloban. Frederick Go, RLC president and chief operating officer, said the business friendly environment of the [...]
An Waray thanks participants of ‘Barangay Game Na’
TACLOBAN CITY – An Waray Party-list Representative Florencio “Bem” Noel express his gladness to the support of Taclobanons who participated in the recent “Barangay Game Na” sports challenge held at the Leyte Sports Development Center. This Barangay Game Na sports event was created by the An Waray to become an avenue for barangay officials and their constituents to unite and strengthen their camaraderie towards the development of their respective barangays. This also aims to [...]
K to 12 program launched in Merida vocational school
TACLOBAN CITY – Leyte Gov. Jericho “Icot” Petilla posed a great challenge to the teachers and students of the Merida Vocational School in Merida, Leyte, being one of the two pilot schools for the landmark K to 12 program modeling implementation, for the program to succeed and provide an example for a shift in the country’s basic education system. Gov. Petilla, together with DepEd Assistant Secretary Elena Ruiz, led the launching of the K to 12 program modeling implementation, after [...]
Maasin swimmer brings 1 gold, 1 silver medal for Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY—Christian Ivan Salud of Maasin City brought pride to Eastern Visayas after bagging the gold medal in 50m breast stroke and another silver medal in 100m breast stroke at the Palarong Pambansa 2012 in Linggayen, Pangasinan. As of May 10 (6 p.m.) medal tally, the region only garnered 1 gold. The country’s biggest sports event for both elementary and high school students which opened May 6 has its awarding Saturday , May 12. Christian studies at College of Maasin, and [...]
Global economic crisis blamed for worsening of EV’s poverty incidence
PALO, Leyte – The global economic crisis should be blamed why poverty incidence has worsened in Eastern Visayas in the past years, the new regional chief of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) claimed. Citing the 2009 survey, Bonifacio Uy said that the problem is not unique in the region considering that only eight out of 17 regions in the country managed to cut down poverty. “One of the important reasons why we have additional number of poor families because of [...]
5 top officials in Northern Samar join Liberal Party
CATARMAN, N.Samar – As the elections nears, local politicians start to change fences. On Tuesday former Nacionalista Party member, Northern Samar Vice Governor Ramp Neilsen Uy, along with four other top local officials in the province who belonged to the former ruling party Partido Lakas-CMD suddenly moved to the now-ruling Liberal Party and took their oath of party affiliation before LP president Mar Roxas. Northern Samar Governor Paul Daza himself broke the news to local media [...]
DOH allots 40 midwives for N. Samar
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – The Department of Health (DOH) has allotted 40 midwives slots for this province, the governor reported. Governor Paul Daza told reporters in an interview that the 40 registered midwives slots from the DOH will be deployed to his province to augment its current number. Gov. Daza disclosed that the midwives assigned to his province is under the DOH program dubbed as Rural Health Midwife Placement Program (RHMPP). He added that out of the 40 slots, only 18 of [...]
COA tells LGUs to insure their properties
ORMOC CITY- The Commission on Audit thru State Auditor Eva Fulache and state auditor Crisostomo Apurillo, in their audit observation memorandums to local government units(LGUs), have discovered that most of the LGUs properties are not covered by insurance. Apurillo said they have conducted random verification of records pertaining to the property, plant and equipment to ascertain the local government’s compliance on certain rules and regulations specifically on the adequate and proper [...]
DPWH: Quinapondan bridge approach collapses; bridge closed to traffic
TACLOBAN CITY – An approach of a bridge under rehabilitation in Quinapondan, Eastern Samar has collapsed Tuesday dawn, leaving the Samar South Coastal Road impassable to all types of vehicles yesterday. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Eastern Samar district engineer Ricardo Odita said that the bridge is still intact but its approach has been closed to traffic after shoring materials collapsed. “The scouring was triggered by heavy rainfall Tuesday night and passing [...]
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