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PREPARATIONS FOR BALIK ESKWELA 2013 UNDERWAY IN EASTERN VISAYAS
Tuesday 21st of May 2013
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) – Preparations for the Balik Eskwela 2013, an annual activity to ensure that all concerns about school opening is addressed, is now ongoing in Eastern Visayas.
Department of Education Regional Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said that her agency has already conducted a convergence meeting with its partner agencies last week in order to ensure an orderly and safe opening of classes in June.
Director Yu underscored the vital role of each partner agency not only during the opening of classes but all year round.
The DepEd Regional Director said she is happy that the partner agencies have shown their deep concern...
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21May2013CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- An talaan han pagsubmiter han mga entries ha Regional kalasag Award in gin-ugsod ngadto han hunyo 7, 2013. Hi Director Rey Gozon han Buhatan han Civil Defense ha rehiyon otso nga amo gihap an chairman han Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) in nagsering nga ine in agud matagan hin igo nga panahon an Regional Selection Committtee para makagbuhat han desk evaluation ngan field validation han mga kuwalipikado nga mga entries. ...
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21May2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, May 21 (PIA) -- The University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) Catarman, Northern Samar will host an international conference on migration and cultural adaptation for several state colleges and universities on May 23-25 at the Farmers Training Center at UEP. Romula Obleopas, UEP publication and media officer, said the three-day activity will cover research and lecture presentation on multicultural realities in Korea and the Philippines stemming from marriage and worker ...
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21May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 21 (PIA) -- Re-electionist Congressman Ben P. Evardone retains his post along with incumbent governor Conrado B. Nicart Jr. in the recently held mid-term elections. Evardone, who will soon serve his second term as representative of the lone district of Eastern Samar, got 113,819 votes while his political rival, Guiuan incumbent Mayor Annaliz Gonzales-Kwan got 102,934 votes. Kwan had a big margin of wins in Guiuan town over Evardone (14,945 vs. 8,979), but the ...
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21May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 21 (PIA) -- The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (KALAHI-CIDSS) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has gone a long way in project implementation in Hernani town in this province. Last June 30, 2011, the KALAHI-CIDSS launched Cycle 2 of KALAHI-CIDSS: Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) project implementation through the municipal orientation and memorandum of agreement (MO...
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21May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Eastern Visayas is set to launch “Brigada Eskwela” for School Year 2013-2014 on May 20-25. Rebecca Ragrag, DepEd assistant regional director, said “Brigada Eskwela,” also known as National Schools Maintenance Week, is a school maintenance program enjoining all education stakeholders to contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring that public school facilities are ready for the upcoming school openin...
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21May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Eastern Visayas appealed to all candidates who ran in the midterm elections to remove their campaign materials or conduct clean-up operations in their areas. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec acting regional director, said campaign materials, banners, streamers and posters are not only eyesores but might pose a threat to public safety and the environment. Petalcorin admits there is no law requiring candidates to...
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21May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- The heroic deeds of two police officers in Eastern Samar who displayed acts of bravery and sacrificed their lives to ensure the credibility of the elections will not go in vain. This is what Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, Regional Director of the Police Regional Office 8 assured the families, relatives and friends of PO1 Agerico Afable who sacrificed his life to ensure the integrity of the elections and SPO3 George Tiunayan who prevented escalation of ...
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21May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- Ang pagbukas sa bag-o nga Sto. Rosario High School in Padre Burgos nanguna diha sa paglusad sa tibook probinsya sa Brigada Eskwela karon nga tuig. Sumala kang Southern Leyte Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Violeta Alocilja, “Ang hini-usa nga paglusad sa Brigada Eskewla sa probinsya ipahigayon sa Mayo 22, 2013 atol sa pag-abli sa bag-o nga Sto. Rosario High School diha sa Padre Burgos.” “Ang Sto Rosario High School, diin dugay na nga giting...
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21May2013MANILA, May 21 (PIA) -- Ang Presidentre Benigno Aquino III giabiabi ang bag’o nga embahador sa Arab Republic of Egypt sa Pilipinas nga miduaw paghatag ug kathuran sa Malacanang sa Lunes. Ang Egypt’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mahmoud Mostafa Ahmed nakigkita kang Presidente Aquino sa Music Room sa Malacanang pagpakita sa iyang kalig’unan sa una pa siya magsugod pagtrabaho isip representante sa iyang nasod. Sa iyang daklit nga pakigpulong, ang Ambassador Mahmoud nagpasa...
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20May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 20 (PIA) -- The regional office 8 of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its Science Education Institute will train teachers on how to integrate disaster risk reduction and management knowledge and concepts in the teaching of science and mathematics subjects. Ramil Uy, STHRDP Information Center manager said the 3-day training program will be conducted on May 21-23 at the Samar State University and will be participated in by some 50 elementary and s...
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20May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Eastern Visayas will conduct a two-day workshop in the region under the Invent School Program (ISP) together with the DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI). DOST 8 Regional Director Edgar Esperancilla said the ISP is designed mainly for the youth to create awareness on intellectual property protection and encourage creativity and innovation among students in public and private schools. ...
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20May2013CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, May 20 (PIA) -- The deadline for the submission of local entries to the Regional Kalasag Award has been extended to June 7, 2013. Director Rey Gozon of the Office of Civil Defense regional office, who is also the chairman of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC), said this is to give sufficient time for the Regional Selection Committee to do the desk evaluation and field validation of all qualified entries. Gozon said a National DRRMC M...
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20May2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, May 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Eastern Visayas has identified 19 public schools here for K to 12 modeling. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said this is in line with the full implementation of the K to 12 Program among government schools three years from now. Yu said the identified schools have already conducted mapping activities as to how many students will enroll. Those who would enroll are those who graduated this school yea...
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20May2013MANILA, May 20 (PIA) - Ang Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) nag-organisar og usa ka grupo nga maghatag og dokumento og mga tahu sa pagpang-haras og mga pagpanakit batok sa mga Pilipino sa Taiwan foreign ministry, matud sa usa ka opisyal sa Palasyo kaniadtong Sabado. “The MECO has already formed a team para tutukan ‘yung mga ganitong mga report at in-assure ng MECO na lahat ng mga verified reports na kanilang makukuha at masasala ay agad nilang ipapadala doon sa Ministry of Fore...
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19May2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, May 19 (PIA) -- The Oplan Brigada Eskwela on May 20 to 24 heralds the start of the new school year in June. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista Yu said the officials and personnel from the Department of Education in Eastern Visayas will lead the National Maintenance Week on May 20-24, better known to many as Brigada Eskwela with a kick off activity at the Tolosa Central School on Monday, May 20. A kick-off activity is simultaneously held in all the DepEd di...
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19May2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, May 19 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Eastern Visayas has prepared and put in place all the needed precautionary measures for a smooth and orderly opening of classes on June 3 for the School Year 2013-2014. In a statement, Region 8’s Police Chief Superintendent Elmer R. Soria said that his men are ready to provide peace and security for the opening of classes in both public and private elementary and secondary schools in the region. The P...
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19May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 19 (PIA) -- The Leyte Provincial Board of Canvassers has proclaimed all the winners for governor, vice-governor, members of the House of Representatives and members of the Provincial Board in the Province of Leyte past 10 p.m.Thursday. This after all the 43 municipalities and cities have successfully transmitted the electronic results to the Board of Canvassers. Unopposed Leyte Governor-elect Dominic Leopoldo Petilla and Vice-Governor- elect Atty. Carlo Loreto could...
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19May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 19 (PIA) -- Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) has reported that the augmentation police personnel who rendered poll duties in various parts of Eastern Visayas are now back at the regional office to continue their responsibilities on anti-criminality operations. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director disclosed that about 913 uniformed police personnel have returned to the regional office after rendering duties for a secured and fair election in th...
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17May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd), Division of Eastern Samar, which is composed of 27 districts joins the rest of the schools division nationwide in the conduct of the weeklong Nationwide Schools Maintenance Week dubbed as "Brigada Eskwela" which kicks off next week, Monday, May 20 until Friday, May 24. Bernardo A. Adina of DepEd said that the "Brigada Eskwela" will start with a motorcade that will pass through the major thoroughfares starting ...
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17May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 17 (PIA) – At least 17 newcomers were elected to government positions in the province of Leyte. Data from the Commission on Elections transparency server revealed that of the 43 cities and municipalities of the province, 26 incumbent mayors who ran and won in the May 13 polls will continue to serve their constituents for the next three years. Lawyer Richard Japzon, Leyte provincial elections officer, has admitted that the seventeen newcomers were not all neophytes i...
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17May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 17 (PIA) – A Navy officer said three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to the Philippine Navy (PN) this week. Lt/JG Kimo Uayan, PN commanding officer said that the NPA members were affiliated with the Front Committee-Leyte, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC) and that the three, identified only as alias Toto, Ben and Sitoy surrendered their firearms where each received the amount of ₱75,000 from the Armed Forces of the Philipp...
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17May2013CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, May 17 (PIA) – The Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas is set to honor election heroes from among its ranks who served well in ensuring safe and fair May 13 mid-term elections. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PNP 8 Director said a police officer who sacrificed his life to ensure the integrity of the ballots and another who foiled an impending election violence, will lead the election heroes who will be feted by the PNP8. “Along with them are t...
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17May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Samar First District Engineering Office will enforce stringent measures for road maintenance to improve its service delivery to the public. Maintenance persons under the direct supervision of the District Engineer have been mandated to conduct daily inspection of the road sections and bridges. Agency personnel will identify and record defects and deficiencies including the location and estimated quanti...
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17May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 17 (PIA) - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed all winning candidates in this city, the other 18 municipalities, and at the provincial level within 48 hours after the balloting was closed on the evening of May 13. The poll body, represented by its concerned election officer, served as chairman of the city, municipal, and provincial board of canvassers along with the Prosecutor’s Office as the Vice-Chairman, and the Department of Education (DepEd) ...
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17May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 17 (PIA) -- The launching of new Sto. Rosario High School in Padre Burgos highlights the province wide launching of Brigada Eskwela in the province this year. According to Southern Leyte Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Violeta Alocilja, “The synchronized launching of Brigada Eskwela in the province shall be held on May 22, 2013 in time with the opening of the new Sto. Rosario High School in Padre Burgos.” “The Sto. Rosario High School, which has long ...
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17May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 17 (PIA) -- While many are still waiting for the result on who will be proclaimed as governor in the province, and who will be the next set of senators in the country, some parents and teachers started the clean-up drive and repairs in the rooms that were used during the election in Samar. Catbalogan City Division Superintendent Editha De Veyra said that all is set for the week-long school maintenance program “Brigada Eskwela” for School Year 2013-2014. Brigad...
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18May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 18 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) hosted the 1st Lineman’s Skills Competition showcasing the linemen’s expertise on April 23-25 at the Lineman’s Academy in Maria Cristina, Iligan City. Dubbed “Lineman’s Rodeo”, the event was conceived as an alternative training approach and institutionalized as a venue for knowledge-sharing and skills enhancement. It was designed to display the unique skills and talent of linemen that ar...
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16May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) -- There are 17 new elected mayors in Leyte. Of the 43 cities and municipalities in the province of Leyte, 26 incumbent mayors who ran and won in the May 13 polls will continue to serve their constituents in the next three years. The 17 newcomers are not all neophytes in the political arena though as some of them carry the names of old political families. Lawyer Richard Japzon, Leyte provincial elections supervisor, said of the 17 newly elected mayors, only ...
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16May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) -- Grace Poe is leading the senatorial polls in the province of Leyte. As of 12 noon today, with 38 of the 43 cities and municipalities in Leyte already accounted for, Poe has a total vote of 277,736. Trailing Poe are two lady senatorial candidates, Nancy Binay with 272,025 votes and Loren Legarda with 253,478 votes. Chiz Escudero is in fourth place with 250,676 votes while Allan Cayetano is in fifth place with 248,437 votes. In sixth place is young senato...
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16May2013CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office (PRO) 8 has commended a police officer securing a polling center in a remote barangay in Eastern Samar for single-handedly foiling an attempt by armed men to sow violence during the May 13 polls. “Senior Police Officer 3 Jorge B. Tiunayan’s act of bravery thwarted a near gunfight altercation between two armed groups that could have affected the peaceful conduct of the elections in the area,” said Police Chief Supt. El...
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16May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) -- Two congressmen-elect in the Province of Leyte were proclaimed winners by the Leyte Provincial Board of Canvassers Wednesday. Re-electionist congressmen Ferdinand Martin Romualdez of the first district and Sergio Apostol of the second district of Leyte who both garnered higher votes in the election have been declared winners in their districts. Apostol, now on his second term as congressman, received an overwhelming number of votes-73,826 against his oppon...
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16May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry Leyte provincial office launched yesterday its 6th Diskuwento Caravan: Balik Eskuwela Edition 2013 with the theme: “Presyong Panalo Para sa Mamimiling Pilipino.” DTI Leyte Provincial Director Desiderio Belas Jr. said participating business establishments and distributors in the caravan offer discounted prices ranging from 10 to 20 percent or more. The caravan will run from May 15 until May 17 as a prelude to the sch...
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16May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office (PRO) 8 attributes the successful and peaceful conduct of the election in Eastern Visayas on advance preparations it undertook and its convergence efforts with government agencies and security forces to ensure a secure and fair election. This was the assessment of Police Chief Supt. Elmer Soria, PRO 8 regional director, relative to the high turnout of votes in the region in the midterm election last May 13. Soria said voters were...
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16May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 16 (PIA) -- Shoppers of school supplies today swarmed business establishments in Catbalogan where the Department of Trade and Industry is holding a Diskwento Caravan. Eighteen stores offered discounts ranging from 5 to 15 percent on school supplies. Rena Palomas, owner and proprietress of Renz-J Enterprises, is happy to offer discounts through DTI. “We are happy that parents are so involved and supportive in educating their children, the discount for two days is ...
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16May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 16 (PIA) – Formal charges against alleged perpetrators of vote buying should be filed by complainants, an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec acting regional director, said complainants should go beyond filing of an incident report to the agency. He said the poll office has lawyers who handle vote buying cases should complainants decide to sue alleged vote buyers. The Comelec has received reports on massive v...
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15May2013CATBALOGAN City, Samar, May 15 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) lauded Samar for the peaceful midterm elections even as Samar province was earlier listed as a “priority area” and placed under tight watch by security forces. “People were able to cast their votes and exercise their rights of suffrage with a great feeling of security,” PCSupt Elmer Soria said, adding that the high voters turn-out was a testament to the stable condition with no election-related incident report...
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15May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) –Re-electionist Alfred Romualdez and former Councilor Jerry Yaokasin were proclaimed as Mayor and Vice-Mayor of the City Board of Canvassers respectively, at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Romualdez enjoyed a comfortable lead by garnering 46,612 votes over his opponent former An Waray partylist Representative Florencio “Bem” Noel while Yaokasin, a three-termer councilor garnered 45, 903 votes. Also proclaimed winners as members of the Sangguniang Panglunsod of ...
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15May2013PAWING, Palo, Leyte, May 15 – The Department of Trade and Industry called on all contractors to follow the schedule of renewing licenses and avoid the rush, delay and penalties. DTI Region 8 Director Cynthia Nierras issued the alert to all contractors who wish to renew their Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) license with DTI. She said that PCAB issued the said renewal alert starting February 2013 the Board has been accepting renewal applications for CFY 2013-2014 under the ...
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15May2013PAWING, Palo, Leyte, May 15 -- The Department of Trade and Industry called on all contractors to follow the schedule of renewing licenses in order to avoid the rush, delay and penalties. DTI Region 8 Director Cynthia Nierras issued the alert to all contractors who wish to renew their Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) license with DTI. She said that PCAB issued the said renewal alert starting February 2013 the Board has been accepting renewal applications for CFY 2013-2014 unde...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Eastern Visayas has announced that the search is on for this year’s Model OFW Family of the Year Awards (MOFYA) and that the agency is inviting Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), People’s Organizations (POs), Religious Organizations, Community-based Socio Civic Organizations, and Local Government Units (LGUs) to submit nominations for the nationwide search for the awardees. The OWWA regional offic...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) – Region 8 will be joining this year’s Science and Technology Week celebration on July 21-27 at SMX MOA, Pasay City, DOST-8 information officer Ramil Uy said Friday during the Suruswerte ha PIA radio program. According to Uy, one of the highlights of the celebration is the Science and Technology exhibit which will feature products and inventions from the different regions in the country to include Eastern Visayas. DOST-8 is now in the process of selecting...
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15May2013PALO, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) conducted a Regional Multi-Sectoral Anti-Fraud Awareness Forum aimed at promoting awareness among health-care providers and other stakeholders of the significance of its anti-fraud program. The forum was held last April 4 at the Oriental Hotel Leyte. PhilHealth Regional Vice-President Walter Bacareza said the forum hopes to foster public-private partnership with several stakeholders in the fight against health-car...
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15May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 15 (PIA) -- The Samar first district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now constructing P127.8 farm-to-market road (FMR) projects in several areas. The projects, funded by the Department of Agriculture (DA), are the following: Concreting of FMR projects in San Agustin-Gandara Samar-Pagsanghan, Samar; Dinabongan-Cabicahan, Calbayog City, Samar; Cagsumje-Calvary, Sta. Margarita, Samar; Tagnao-Samuyao, Gandara, S...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Eastern Visayas is now accepting applications for the Regional Inventions Contest and Exhibits 2013. The competition aims to discover more inventions in the region which have economic values and to showcase the inventions in the national level. DOST Region 8 Center Manager of S&T Promotions Center Ramil Uy said the activity is open to all high school and college students, professionals, private individuals...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Eastern Visayas inaugurated the new building of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) in Southern Leyte worth P7.5 million last April 30. DENR OIC Regional Director Manolito D. Ragub said the employees are expected to strive more for excellent service with the inauguration of the new building. In a statement, DENR said the building was constructed on a 900 square meter lot d...
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15May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 15 (PIA) -- The Comission on Elections (Comelec) in Samar said the election was generally peaceful. Lawyer Juan Bautista Beato Jr., Comelec supervisor, announced this in an interview before the Provincial Board of Canvassers convened this morning at the Samar Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall. “There were some tension in some municipalities but the AFP and the police were able to ease them,” he said. He said many PCOS machines malfunctioned because of the f...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Eastern Visayas has declared the election in the region as generally peaceful. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec acting regional director, credits the full cooperation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Army to the peaceful conduct of the election in the region. Karen Cajipo, Tacloban City election officer, said 26 official ballots intended for Cabanatuan City were discovered shipped to T...
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15May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 15 (PIA) -- The Hernani field office of Plan International Inc. will conduct a three-day Climate Change Adaptation Youth Summer Camp on May 27-29 in Hernani, Eastern Samar. Eighty students in grade 5 and in fourth year high school are expected to attend the activity. Community Development Facilitator Arnold D. Peca said the purpose of the activity is to engage the youth on climate change mitigation and adaptation related activities such as: tree growing, coast...
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15May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mayo 15 (PIA) -- Kapitoan ug pito (77) ka mga tawong naa karon sa presohan samtang ang ilang mga kaso padayon pang gidungog ang nakahimo pagboto sa national ug local elections karong Lunes, Mayo 13. Sa 77 ka buok, sobrag two-thirds kanila, kon 57, mga “boarders” sa Maasin City jail, 15 sa Sogod jail, ug 5 sa San Juan jail, sumala pa ni City Jail Warden Arlene Baraca. Kini maoy ikaduha ka higayon ang mga inmates sa siyudad ug probinsiya makasalmot sa proseso s...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry Leyte Provincial Office is set to hold the 6th Diskwento Caravan: Balik Eskuwela Edition 2013 on May 15 to 17. DTI Leyte Director Desiderio Belas, Jr. said the Diskwento Caravan will be conducted at the DTI Leyte Office grounds at Real St., Fatima Village, Tacloban City. “Discounted prices will be given to school and office supplies, uniforms and school bags, basic necessities and prime commodities during the Diskwen...
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10May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The Technical Schools and Development Authority (TESDA) in Eastern Visayas recognized 17 scholars during their graduation ceremony held recently at the TESDA Automechanic Training Centre in Abucay, Tacloban City. TESDA initiated the scholarship program headed by Acting Regional Director Cleta M. Omega in partnership with World Vision and Isuzu Motors Limited of Japan led by Senior Counselor Yoshinori Ida. The ceremony’s guest speaker was Department of L...
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10May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- Around 5,000 policemen will be deployed to the field in Easter Visayas region to render election duties on May 13. The Philippine National Police (PNP) high command will raise to full alert status all police units nationwide effective 6 in the morning of election day. Police Chief Supt. Elmer Soria, Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) regional director, said the deployment of policemen is to maximize the effective strength of police personnel for election dut...
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10May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Eastern Visayas reminded candidates running without opposition on May 13 that unless a vote is cast for them, they cannot be declared as winner in their areas. Lawyer Victorino Petalcorin, Comelec acting regional director, said the poll office needs to have a record of votes cast for an unopposed candidate before he can be proclaimed as the winner. Because of the automated election, Comelec needs to wait for data t...
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10May2013Maasin City, Southern Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- Sitenta y siete ka tawo nga yana priso ha magkalain-lain nga prisohan ha probinsya han Southern Leyte nga waray pa masentensiyahi an mga kaso in nakatalaan bumutos ha maabot nga piniliay han Lunes. Ha 77, 57 hine ha ira an priso ha Maasin City jail, 15 ha Sogod jail, ngan 5 ha San Juan jail, sering ni City jailwarden Arlene Baraca. Ine an ikaduha ka beses na nga an mga priso ha syudad han Maasin ngan ha Probinsya han Southern Leyte in mapartisipar ...
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10May2013MANILA, May 10 (PIA) -- Ang Presidente Benigno Aquino III nagpasalig sa MIyerkules nga dunay igo nga sangkap sa elektrisidad sa panahon sa Mayo 13 nga eleksyon. Ang Presidente gipasaligan sa may kalabutan nga awtoridad nga dunay igo nga sangkap sa elektrisidad sa adlaw sa piliay kay ang matag lakang gihimo pagpasiguro sa sangkap sa elektrisidad sa tibuuk nasod sa Lunes, ang Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte nagingon sa pahamatngon sa mga magbabalita sa Miyerkules. Si Valte nagi...
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10May2013MANILA, May 10 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III mimando sa mga hingtungdang kalihim sa gabinete pagtan-aw sa mga epekto sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution nga nag-imponer og pagdili sa mga cash withdrawals nga sobra sa P 100,000 gikan sa mga bangko ug uban pang financial institutions, si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte nagkanayon pagka Miyerkoles. Sa press briefing sa Malacanang, si Valte miingon ang Presidente miluwat sa iyang instruction aron matubag an...
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10May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) would like to inform its water concessionaires outside the city of the water bill payment schedule for the month of May, 2013. A press statement dated May 9, 2013 and signed by LMWD OIC Assistant manager Pastor Homeres, it states the out-of-town water bill payment collection schedule for the various municipalities covered by the service of the water district. From May 20 to 28, 2013, LMWD will be collecting pay...
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08May2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, May 8 (PIA) – City candidates here have reaffirmed their vow to cooperate with government in holding a safe and fair elections this coming Monday, May 13. This was through the initiative of the Borongan Diocese Council for Responsible 2012 Elections, headed by Most Reverend Bishop Crispin Varquez. Incumbent Mayor Ma. Fe Abunda, her political opponent Annabelle Capito and 17 contenders for city councilors all raised their right hands before media, clergy and sect...
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08May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 8 (PIA) - Five (5) provincial jail boarders were among the beneficiaries of the Philippine Education for All (EFA) program of the Department of Education. Last April 29, the Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education- Maasin City Division facilitated for the graduation ceremony for all the 156 ALS passers in the entire city. Southern Leyte Provincial Jail Warden Joselito Magallanes said, “ Five boarders of the Southern Leyte Provi...
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08May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 8 (PIA)—To beef up security this coming May 13 elections, the Police Regional Command under P C Supt Elmer Soria will activate a company sized PNP Reactionary Stanbdby Support Force composed of PRO 8 regional headquarters personnel to be deployed anytime. “This is done to maximize the effective strength of police personnel for elections duty in line with our intensified security coverage before, during, and after election day,” Soria said in a statement. The ...
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08May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 8 (PIA) — Some 115 children from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Samar are now enjoying scholarship in five schools in Leyte. Samar Provincial Link Gina Omillo said that this is a part of the continuing support of the administration to uplift the lives of these disadvantaged sectors. These children who are interested and qualified, were identified and validated by the DSWD, availed...
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09May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 9 (PIA) -- Seventy-seven (77) persons currently languishing behind bars while their cases are still being heard can vote in the national and local elections on Monday, May 13. Of the 77, more than two-thirds of them, or 57, are “boarders” at Maasin City jail, 15 at Sogod jail, and 5 at San Juan jail, said City Jail Warden Arlene Baraca. This will be the second time inmates in the city and province participate in the electoral process, the first was in 2...
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09May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 9 (PIA) – The top official of the Leyte II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Leyeco II) with office in Tacloban City has assured uninterrupted power supply for the May 13 election in its areas of coverage. Maria Rosario Avestruz, Leyeco II officer-in-charge/manager assured the Leyeco II will provide power 24/7 and will do its best for the conduct of brown-out free election in its areas of coverage which include Tacloban City and the municipalities of Palo and Babatngon in ...
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09May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 9 (PIA) – About 5,135 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines representing the same number of clustered precincts in Eastern Visayas were tested and sealed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the region. Atty. Veronico Petalcorin, COMELEC acting regional director disclosed that the testing of the PCOS machines was undertaken to ensure that no glitches would occur relative to the operation of the machine during the May 13 elections. He said that the COMEL...
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09May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 9 (PIA) – Isuzu Motors Limited chairman Yoshinari Ida, his wife Mikiko and 17 other officers of the company are set to grace the graduation ceremony of the 6th batch of Isuzu scholars in the Isuzu funded TESDA Auto Mechanic Training Center in Tacloban City, Leyte, on May 9, 2013. TESDA Region 8 Director Cleta Omega informed that the graduating batch consists of 17 students who will be conferred industry-recognized auto technicians. Scholar Charlie B. Balano, 22 yea...
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09May2013MANILA, Mayo 9 (PIA) – Ginpatapod kakulop ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III nga magkakaada hin bastante nga suplay hin kuryente durante hiton Mayo 13, 2013 nga eleksyon. Según kan Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte, ginpatapod ngada han Pangulo hin natutungdan nga mga otoridad nga magkakaada hin bastante nga suplay hin kuryente dida hiton adlaw han pinili-ay kay ginhihimo an ngatanan nga mga pitad ha pagseguro hin supisyente nga suplay hin kuryente ha palibot han nasud. Nagserin...
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09May2013MANILA, Mayo 9 (PIA) – Kontento hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III han mga preparasyon nga ginhihimo han Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ngan han Philippine National Police (PNP) ha pagseguro hin usa nga mahimyang, tangkod ngan mayda kredibilidad nga eleksyon sunod nga semana, pahayag hin usa nga opisyal han Malacañang. Nagdumara an Pangulo hin usa nga Command Conference kakulop ha Malacañang ngada han PNP ngan AFP kon diin iginpahibaro hini nira an ira ginbubuhat nga nagpapadayon nga ...
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09May2013MANILA, Mayo 9 (PIA) -- Ginpudngan kakulop han Korte Suprema an implementasyon han pinahilawig nga liquor ban o pagdiri hin makahurobog nga mga irimnon tikang Mayo 9 ngadto 11, 2013 pinaagi hin pag-isyu hin temporary restraining order (TRO) kontra han lima ka adlaw nga liquor ban. Según kan Atty. Theodore Te, tagapagyakan ngan hepe han Public Information Office han Korte Suprema, gilayon an epektibo han mao nga TRO. Tungod hini nga TRO, an orihinal nga duha ka adlaw nga pagdiri antes ngan did...
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08May2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- Nagpapabilin nga kontrolado an kahimtang han pase y orden ha Probinsya han Northern Samar. Mismo hi Philippine National Police Region 8 Director Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria an nagpasamwak hine kadungan hin pagsering nga an nahitabo nga panmusil kan Victoria Mayor Jose Ardales ngan han iya anak in diri makakaapekto ha pagdumara han piniliay ha bug-os nga probinsya. Ginpahayag ni Soria nga an mga kapulisan in nagpasaka na hin kaso kri...
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08May2013MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Usa ka opisyal sa Palasyo kaniadtong Domingo nga ang mga Pilipino kinsa buot nga mohulam og kuwarta alang sa pagpalit of sakyanan makapa-abot sa pagbayad og mas hamubo nga binulan nga balayranan human ang international credit rating nga kompaniya, Standard and Poor's nagsaka sa credit rating sa Pilipinas ngadto sa investment nga grado dili pa lang dugay. Sa usa ka press briefing nga gipasipa diha sa gobierno nga estasyon sa radyo dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, si Deputy Presidenti...
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08May2013MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Nagpadayag og kompyansa ang Malacanang pagka Domingo nga ang gobyerno makakawhat ra sa tourist arrival target nga 5.5-million inig katapos sa 2013. Sa press briefing nga gisibyang buhi sa government-run radio station DZRB Radyo ng Bayan, si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte miingon ang tourist arrivals alang sa first quarter karong tuiga milapas na sa usa ka milyon nga marka busa maayo ang gipakita para sa target tourist arrivals sa Department of Tourism. M...
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08May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- Nunot sa Philippine Education for All (EFA) nga programa sa Department of Education, ang lima (5) ka probinsyal nga jail boarders kauban sa mga benepisyaryo kinsa malampuson nga nagpadayon sa edukasyon luyo sa pormal nga pagtuon diha sa mga lawak tunghaan karong tuiga. Sa milaby nga Abril 29, ang Alternative Learning System (ALS) sa Department of Education-Maasin City Division nagpahigayon alang sa graduwasyon nga seremonyas alang sa tanan nga 156 AL...
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08May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- The most common question people in this part of the country ask nowadays is why the decreasing prices of copra. Manager Edilberto Nierva of the Philippine Coconut Authority in Eastern Visayas said that since the later part of 2011, the price of copra fell from a very high P62 per kilogram to a very low gate price of P6 as of April 28, 2013. In the barangays, buying price is much lower at P3 per kilogram. Indeed, the continuing fall of copra prices is pushin...
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08May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 8 (PIA) -- An Calbayog Diversion Road Project in ha diri maiha nga panahon magagamitan han mga motorista nga nagbibiyahe ha Maharlika Highway tikang ha Luzon ngadto ha Mindanao ngan vice versa. Basi han press release tikang ha DPWH-Samar First Engineering Office, an paghingayad han Calbayog Diversion Road nga nagtikang hadi pa han tuig 1996 in nakikit-an nga amo an pinakamaupay nga solusyon para maibanan an paghuot han trapiko ha Poblacion han syudad han Calbayog. A...
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08May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- Mikabat og 156 ka mga tinun-an, gilangkoban sa 87 ka mga lalaki ug 69 ka mga babaye, mipasar sa accreditation and equivalency (A and E) examination pagka Disyembre ug mapagarbohong mi-martsa sa haom nga graduation ceremony sa may city gym sa miaging semana. Ang seremonyas, dugang sa ilang pagpasar sa A and E tests, maoy katapusan sa napulo ka bulan nga mga weekend classes pinaagi sa alternative learning system (ALS), sumala ni Engracio Vallinas Jr...
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08May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- Sugod sa unang semester sa academic year 2013-2014, ang Southern Leyte State University – Bontoc Campus (SLSU-Bontoc) mobukas og 25 ka mga scholarship slots alang sa mga angayan nga mga estudyante. Ang SLSU-Bontoc, sa fax meassage sa PIA, miingon ang mga estudyante gikan sa mga public ug private high school nga nasakop sa top ten sa ilang klase, mahimong makapahimus sa maong scholarship, subay sa mga termino ug kondisyon sa scholarship grant. ...
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08May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 8 (PIA) -- Ginpahinumdum han Commission on Elections (Comelec) an mga botante nga kitaon ha Comelec office an ira ngaran, sequence number, precinct number ngan kun aada hira nahi api han listahan han clustered precincts. Amo ini an iginpahayag ni Calbayog City Comelec assistant officer Karina Amante ha pakighimangraw ha telepono ha PIA-Samar yana nga adlaw. “Mas malaksi kun ira ini bubuhaton,” segun kan Amante. Para naman ha aadto ha mga tay-aw nga lugar, g...
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08May2013MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- Ang Malacanang gipananglitan ang langyaw nga kompaniya nga Standard & Poor’s sa bag’o nga credit upgrade sa Pilipinas alang sa pagpalig’on sa pisos. Sa pahamatngon sa mga magbabalita nga gipasibya sa kahanginan sa dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, ang Deputy Presidenital Spokesperson Abigail Valte nagingon nga ang bag’o nga credit upgrade, ang Pisos sa Pilipinas karon nabutang sa ika tulo sa listahan sa labing maayong palakat sa panalapi sa kalibutan. Dugang niya nga kini...
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08May2013MANILA, Mayo 8 (PIA) -- An gobyerno Aquino en nagpagawas ha internet hin infographic mahitungod han pagdiri han pag-inom hin magpakahurobog para han Mayo 13 nga nasyonal ngan lokal nga piniliay, sering hin usa nga opisyal han Palasyo dida han Martes. Hi Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte en nagsering dida han regular nga pakigharampang ha mga peryodista ha Malacañang dida han Martes nga gin-aaghat han gobyerno nga bumisita han Official Gazette website pinaagi ha http://www.gov.ph p...
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08May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 8 (PIA) -- The implementation of the five-day liquor ban for the May 13 mid-term polls will take effect on Thursday, May 9 until May 13, 2012. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 8 OIC Director Veronico Petalcorin issued the advisory to remind the public as this is the first time that the Comelec has lengthened the period of liquor ban. “The liquor ban will start five days before the elections,” Director Petalcorin said. This means that the prohibition on th...
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07May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 7 (PIA)—The Calbayog Diversion Road Project will soon be serving motorists plying the Maharlika Highway from Luzon to Mindanao and vice versa. According to a press release from the DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Office, the construction of Calbayog Diversion Road which started way back in 1996 is primarily seen as the best solution to decongest traffic in the poblacion of Calbayog City. The increasing volume of vehicles mostly ten wheeler trucks plying alon...
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07May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 7 (PIA) -- Starting this first semester of academic year 2013-2014, the Southern Leyte State University – Bontoc Campus (SLSU-Bontoc) will open 25 available scholarship slots to deserving students. The SLSU-Bontoc, in a fax message to PIA, said students coming from any public or private high school belonging to the top ten of their respective classes may avail themselves of the scholarship subject to prescribed terms and conditions of the scholarship grant. ...
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07May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 7 (PIA) --The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas hopes to finish this year the multi-million worth Tacloban Fishport Project. In a recent interview with Regional Director Juan Albaladejo of the Bureau of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region during the Suruswerte ha PIA, he said the construction is now on going and is expected to be completed before the year ends. The new fishport will serve as an area for unloading a...
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07May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 7 (PIA) -- Some 156 students, comprising 87 males and 69 females, passed the accreditation and equivalency (A and E) examination last December, and proudly marched in fitting graduation rites at the city gym here last week. The graduation ceremony, in addition to their passing the A and E tests, was the culmination of ten months in weekend classes carried out by way of the alternative learning system (ALS), said Engracio Vallinas, Jr., ALS Education P...
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07May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 7 (PIA)—With barely a week to go before the entire nation elect its local leaders and some senators, PCOS supervisor Abe Joy Cabero reminds voters about actions to avoid to ensure that the PCOS machines appreciate their votes. Cabero said that voters must not over vote-meaning if there are only 12 senators to be elected, the voter must only shade 12 and not more. He added that unnecessary folding can also cause the ballot not to be read by the PCOS. “Voters m...
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07May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 7 (PIA)— The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminds voters to check with the Comelec office as to their names, sequence number, precinct number and whether they have been included in clustered precincts. This, Calbayog City Comelec assistant officer Karina Amante said in a phone interview with PIA-Samar today. “It will make the process easier and faster if voters do that,” said Amante. For those located in more remote areas, Amante suggested they see the...
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07May2013NAVAL, Biliran, May 7 (PIA) -- Usa nga hitaas nga opisyal han Philippine National Police ha Probinsya han Biliran an nagsering nga andam na hira mag-asister ha Commission on Elections o Comelec ha pagdumara han may 13 nga piniliay. An pagsiguro in ginpasamwak ha publiko ni Police Sr. Supt. Felix Alberca Diloy ha gindumara nga send-off parade ngan ceremony of election deputies ha Naval Bus Terminal nga ginpangundahan ni Attty. Sabino C. Mejarito, Provincial Election Supervisor han Comelec Bilira...
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07May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 7 (PIA) – Andam na an Commission on Elections (Comelec) ha Eastern Visayas ha pagdumara han pinili-ay yana nga ika 13 Mayo. Amo ini an pahayag ni Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec officer-in-charge. Dugang niya, andam na gihapon an mga miembros han Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) tikang ha Department of Education (DepEd) para han automated election. Ungara daw niya unta an kamurayaw nga ina-abat yana nga mga panahon in magpadayon tubtub han election period. Ha ...
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07May2013MANILA, Mayo 7 (PIA) – An Philippine National Police (PNP) en magpapagawas hin maabot 50% o 21,885 han era mga tawo nga nagdudumara hin administratibo nga mga trabaho ngan nag-aagi ha pagkayana hin paghag-id para maidugang han mga tropa ha gawas kaparti han hul-os nga pagserbi han mga nagpaka-unipormi para han synchronized National and Local Elections han Mayor 13, 2013. Ha diri pala maiha, an Secretary han Interior and Local Government nga hi Hon. Mar Roxas en nagpasamwak han paglunsad han O...
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07May2013MANILA, Mayo 7 (PIA) – An Bangko Sentral han Pilipinas (BSP) en magdudumara hin Public Information Campaign (PIC) nga gintawag nga “Be up to Speed on BSP (o BSPeed) – Role of the BSP in the Economy” didto han Assembly Hall han opisina han BSP ha Manila dida han 7 Mayo 2013. An BSPeed, nga aatinderan hin college nga mga estudyante nga nakabasi ha Manila nga mga eskwelahan, en susundan hin paro-pareho nga mga sesyon ha iba-iba nga parti han nasud ha masunod nga mga adlaw han bug-os nga tu...
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07May2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, May 7 (PIA) – The peace and order situation in Northern Samar is within manageable level. Philippine National Police Region 8 Director, Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria made the pronouncement saying that the May 2 shooting of Victoria town mayor Jose Ardales and his son will not affect the peaceful conduct of electoral proceedings in the area or in the entire province. Director Soria said that the police has filed criminal charges on Friday against...
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07May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 7 (PIA) – Inflation rate in Leyte declined to 4.2 percent in March 2013, year-on-year, the Leyte Provincial Statistics Office said. The inflation rate in March denotes a slight decline of 0.5 percentage point compared to the 4.7 percent year-on-year rate of price change in February 2013, Leyte Provincial Statistics Officer Wilma Perante said. According to Perante, the major commodity group that recorded the biggest drop on its inflation rate was housing, water, elec...
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06May2013NAVAL, Biliran, May 6 (PIA) – The top official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Biliran province is ready to assist the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the conduct of the May 13, 2013 national and local elections. The assurance was publicly announced by PSSupt.Felix Alberca Diloy during the conduct of the send-off parade and ceremony of election deputies on May 2, 2013 at the Naval bus terminal initiated by Atty. Sabino C. Mejarito, provincial election supervisor (PES) of Come...
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06May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 6 (PIA) - A total of 1,098 underweight children are beneficiaries of the province's milk feeding program. “The milk feeding program is giving priority to those children with ages ranging from 3 – 6 years old especially those who are reported to have weighed below the normal weight of the children of their age levels,” Provincial Social Welfare and Development Senior staff Amelita Malazarte disclosed in an interview yesterday. In close coordination with...
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06May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 6 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) in Eastern Visayas plans to partner with a shipyard company to ensure employment of the graduates of the institution. Cleta Omega, Tesda regional director, said she has initiated talks with the top official of Keppel Philippines Marine Incorporated in one of the graduation rites for technical and vocational students that they both attended. The company has a shipyard in Batangas and Subic wh...
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06May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 6 (PIA)-A third party Audit Team of Anglo-Japanese-American (AJA) Registrars, Inc. commended the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) after it passed the external audit conducted last april 22 and 23, 2013, respectively. The audit team composed of Mr. Kelvin Castillon and Dr. Mark Anthony Vera declared that the NMP Quality Management System (QMS) remains compliant of the rules and procedures of ISO 9001:2008 standards. In a press statement released Friday, it was learn...
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06May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 6 (PIA) – Five more municipal governments here have availed themselves of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). This, after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) lifted the ban to implement the program in time of the election period. About two weeks ago, Giporlos, Mercedes, Quinapondan, San Julian and Salcedo LGUs started implementing the students assistance program, after learning that Comelec has lifted the ban, Mylene Pagapos of DOLE pro...
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06May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 6 (PIA)—Philippine Army troopers encountered more or less five armed NPA members in Barangay Albalate, Catbalogan City, Samar at about 1:35 PM last Thursday. The Bravo Company, 87th Infantry (Hinirang) Battalion, 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division, Philippine Army under Lieutenant Colonel Cerilo Balaoro Jr was conducting peace and security operations at the time. The army fought it out with the NPAs that later withdrew leaving two dead comrades. The police Scen...
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06May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 6 (PIA) -- Sa kasamtangan, mokabat og 1,098 ka mga kabataan nga kulang og timbang sa tibook probinsya karon nagsugod na og inom og gatas sa mosunod nga 120- ka adlaw sugod kaniadtong pagtapos sa Marso karong tuiga. “Ang milke feeding nga programa naghatag og prayoridad kaniadtong mga kabataan nga may edad gikan sa 3-6 ka tuig ilabina kaniadtong gikatahu nga nagtimbang ubos sa normal nga gibug-aton sa mga kabataan sa ilang mga edad,” matud ni Provincial Soci...
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06May2013MANILA, Mayo 6 (PIA) -- Nagpagawas hin kumpiyansa an Malacañang dida han Domingo nga makukuha han gobyerno an iya ginhihingita nga kadamo han mga tiarabot nga mga turista ha target nga 5.5-milyones ha katapusan han 2013. Dida hin usa nga pakig-aragtubang han mga peryodista nga iginpawas ha kanan gobyerno estasyon dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, hi Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte en nagsering nga an mga nagka-abot nga mga turista ha una nga quarter para han yana nga tuig en umabot na hin u...
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06May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mayo 6 (PIA) – Gin-utro han Commission on Elections ngan an ngatanan nga mga kapulisan nga nakapahamtang ha mga lokal nga opisyal bali tagaprotiher ha panahon han piniliay en kinahanglan nga pirmi naka-unipormi. Hi Atty. Veronico Petalcorin an kanan Comelec Rehiyon 8 acting Director en nagpagawas hini nga iya pahinumdum dida han diri pala maiha nga gindumara nga pakig-haruharampang han mga peryodista ha PIA Regional Office. Dugang pa ni Petalcorin nga an mga nalingkod n...
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06May2013MANILA, Mayo 6 (PIA) -- An Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) en nag-aktibar han mga benepisaryo han agrarian reform miyentras eni en nagdudumara hin kampanya para hin hul-os nga pananum hin kakahuyan ha masobra harani usa ka-yokot ka-ektarya hin pampubliko nga katunaan dida han era tagsa-tagsa nga mga kumunidad ha panuyo nga malapsan an kakablasan ngan maibanan an kamapaso han kalibutan. Hi Undersecretary Rosalina Bistoyong han DAR Special Programs and Agrarian Reform Stakeholders Relations ...
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06May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 6 (PIA) -- All coastal waters in Eastern Visayas remains free from red tide toxins. Director Juan Albaladejo, Regional Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas made the declaration during the Suruswerte ha PIA, that based on the latest monitoring conducted by some field personnel there is no sign of outbreak of red tide organisms in all areas in the region. These areas are Maqueda and Villareal Bays in Samar; Matarinao Bay ...
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04May2013LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Mayo 4 (PIA) – Ginpatapod ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III kakulop ngada han mga tag-iya hin sarakyan nga an pondo nga nahihikay tikang han motor vehicle user’s charge (MUVC) en gin-gagamit gud la para han pagmentinar han mga kalsada nasyonal ngan probinsyal agud matagan hin mauruupay nga serbisyo an mga nagamit han kalsada. Dida han iya mensahe kasumpay han inagurasyon han Lingayen-Binmaley by-pass road ha Barangay Quibaol dinhi hini nga bungto, ginpatapod han Pangulo...
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04May2013BASEY, Samar, Mayo 4 (PIA) -- An kampanya kuntra pangutod hin kahoy han Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ha diri pala maiha en mas nga nakahatag han ginkikinahanglan nga pagpakuro-kusog ha kasentensyahe han tulo nga mga suspetsado han ilegal nga pangutod han kahoy han Municipal Trial Court han Basey, Samar. Sentensyado para hin duha katuig, upat kabulan ngan usa ka-adlaw nga kaprisohan ha correctional mahitungod hin pakatalapas han Section 77 han Presidential Decree 705, ...
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04May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte May 4 (PIA) -- Only 41 percent or 147 out of 355 personnel of the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) who are registered as absentee voters cast their votes during the two-day local absentee voting period this week ahead of May 13 elections. Personnel of the PRO8 who availed of the local absentee voting exercised their rights of suffrage at a designated polling center at PRO8’s Matapat Hall Camp Kangleon, Palo Leyte. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Ragadio Soria, Regional...
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03May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Eastern Visayas has created a multi-sectoral task force to address the water shortage in Catbalogan City and nearby communities due to an alleged degradation of the Catbalogan Watershed. Purificacion S. Daloos, officer-in-charge of the Regional Public Affairs Office said in a statement that this was the result of the dialogue conducted at the Catbalogan Water District Hall. Several local and nat...
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03May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 3 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police regional office (PRO) 8 will deploy 763 more personnel to its provincial and city police offices on Friday to augment security forces in pre-election police activities and in securing polling centers on election day. The PRO 8 last week deployed 50 personnel to Calbayog City in Samar province and 267 policemen to three Samar provinces last Monday. “We are now in the homestretch of our security preparations and we will ensu...
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03May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 3 (PIA) – An ordinary worker in a private hospital in the city was awarded on Labor Day by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Eastern Visayas as a model worker. This after Neal Anthony Batucan, 28 years old, of GM Faith Janitorial Services returned the P77,000 cash to the owner who asked not to be identified. Exequiel Sarcauga, acting director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Eastern Visayas, gave the plaque of recognition to Batu...
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03May2013MANILA, Mayo 3 (PIA) -- Hi Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz en nagsering dida han usa ka-adlaw nga temporaryo nga gin-ukoy han Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) an pangarawat hin mga babaye nga magtatrabaho para han tiarabot nga panrehistro para han Employment Permit System (EPS) Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) nga nakatalaan han Hulyo yana nga tuig. An temporaryo nga pagpa-ukoy han pangarawat en gindumara matapos magpasabot hi POEA Administrat...
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03May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 3 (PIA) -- Engineer Jun Costales of Katahira Engineering International assured Eastern Samar residents that the roads they will build in the province under the Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) are of good quality and world-class. He said this following apprehensions that Contract Package (CP) 3 of the Secondary Road Rehabilitation Project covering the 64-kilometer (km) stretch from San Julian to Balangkayan may be of sub-standard quality. Local folks have v...
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03May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 3 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections reiterated that all policemen detailed to local officials as protective security personnel during the election period must always be in uniform. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin Comelec Region 8 acting Director made the reminder during a recently-held media interaction at the PIA Regional Office. Petalcorin added that only incumbent lawmakers and governors are allowed to have police and military security escorts during the 2013 electio...
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02May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 2 (PIA) – Samar PCOS machines will be tested and sealed on May 6 simultaneously, said Samar Comelec Provincial Supervisor Atty Juan Bautista Beato in a phone interview today. Delivery of the PCOS machines by the cargo forwarder hired by Comelec will be from May 3 to 4. “There are some 1, 076 PCOS machines to be delivered in Samar province,” Beato said. With the remaining 11 days to go before elections, Comelec officials are finalizing preparations for a peace...
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02May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 2 (PIA) -- The Millennium Challenge Account – Philippines (MCA-P), Secondary National Road Development Project (SNRDP) held a Stakeholders Consultative Assembly recently at St. Mary’s College, this City. During the assembly, Ms. Ma. Victoria Añonuevo, Millennium Challenge Account-Philippines (MCA-P) managing director and chief executive officer, reported that the contract for Contract Package 4 (CP4), the third of the four packages in the (SNRDP) funded b...
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02May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 2 (PIA)—More than a thousand elements of the 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division (8th ID) assigned in different units cast their votes under the local absentee voting from April 28 to 30 2013. A total of 1,106 soldiers division-wide availed of the local absentee voting. Major General Gerardo T Layug, Commander of the 8th ID cast his vote during the Local Absentee Voting held at the headquarters 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, Barangay Maulong, Catbaloga...
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02May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 2 (PIA) – Year-on-year inflation rate in Leyte province rose to 4.7 percent last February, the Provincial Statistics Office here said. According to NSO-Leyte report, the province inflation rate continued to move up from 4.1 percent in December last year, 4.3 percent in January and 4.7 percent in February this year. All of the eleven major commodity groups contributed to the 4.7 percent overall inflation rate, however, the following three major commodity groups cont...
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02May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 2 (PIA) – Police continue its unrelenting efforts to run after violators of the gun ban especially in Samar province which is considered as an election priority area. Despite a shooting incident in Calbayog City on Tuesday afternoon which resulted in the death of a village chairman, PRO8 Regional Director P/ C Supt Elmer Soria believes that Samar is gearing towards a secure and fair elections. The shooting incident in Calbayog City also wounded two others. “E...
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02May2013KANANGA, Leyte, May 2 (PIA) --The 19th Infantry (Commando) Battalion deployed at least one hundred (100) soldiers to boost the number of government forces who shall secure the upcoming local and national election in the province of Biliran. According to First Lieutenant Rod Vincent Babera, Civil Military Operation Officer of the 19th Infantry Battalion, a send-off ceremony was held at Philippine Ports Authority in Naval, Biliran at 7 a.m. today. Police and soldiers along with one (1) simba f...
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02May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 2 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) has started deploying of policemen as augmentation personnel to different police provincial and city offices. This was aside from sending of troops to the three Samar provinces in a send-off ceremony last week and in Monday afternoon. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO regional director dis closed the information in a press statement saying that the deployment is PRO8’s commitment at its fullest relative to t...
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02May2013TACLOBAN CITY, MAY 2 (PIA)- Thousands of workers both from the government and private sector in the region have joined the 111th anniversary of the labor day celebration in Eastern Visayas yesterday. The Department of Labor and Employment or DOLE in the region headed by Acting Director Exequiel Sarcauga led the celebration beginning with a Unity Run/Walk at 6 a.m. in selected streets of the city followed by a Eucharistic Celebration at the Tacloban Astrodome and a Short Program where all the p...
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02May2013BASEY, Samar, May 2 (PIA) – The anti-illegal logging campaign of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources recently gained a much-needed boost with the conviction of three illegal logging suspects by the Municipal Trial Court of Basey, Samar. Convicted to an imprisonment of two years, four months and one day of prison correctional for violation of Section 77 of Presidential Decree 705, otherwise known as the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, were three villagers from Barang...
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02May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 2 (PIA) – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Eastern Visayas has reported that their office is ready for the conduct of the May 13 elections. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec officer-in-charge, said the office’ personnel including the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) from the Department of Education (DepEd) in the region are waiting for the election date and that they are 100% ready for the automated election. The official also said he h...
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02May2013MANILA, Mayo 2 (PIA) -- An Secretary han Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) nga hi Hon Mar Roxas, kaupod han Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief nga hi Police Director General Alan La Madrid Purisima en nagpagawas han kanan PNP OPLAN “Last Two Weeks” pinaagi hin usa nga haro-harampang ha mga peryodista dida han Abril 29, 2013 didto ha PNP National Headquarters, Camp Crame, Quezon City. Ha pagpreparar para han tiarabot nga Mayo 2013 nga piniliay, eginpresentar ni PCSUPT...
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02May2013MANILA, Mayo 2 (PIA) -- An administrasyon ni Aquino en nagpagawas han iya ka-abri ha pagbaton han mga panmaki-ana han mga grupo han mga magtatrabaho nga sektor basta an mga isyu en mga “resonabli,” sering hin usa nga opisyal han Palasyo dida han Miyerkoles. Dida hin usa nga panmaki-ana ha telepono han mga peryodista han Palasyo, nagsering hi Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda nga nakigkita an Pangulo han mga miyembro han magtatrabaho nga sektor dida han Martes antis heya lumakat para Ta...
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02May2013MANILA, May 2 (PIA) -- Ang administrasyong Aquino nagpahayag sa iyang tinguha sa pagsulbad sa mga problema sa grupo sa mga mamumuo samtang mga isyu “makatarunganon,” matud sa opisyal sa Palasyo kaniadtong Miyerkules. Sa usa ka pakigpulong kauban sa mga magtahu sa Palasyo, si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda mipahayag nga ang Presidente nakigtagbo sa mga membro sa grupo sa mga mamumuo kaniadtong Martes sa wala pa siya mogikan paingon sa Tarlac City aron sa pagtambong og usa ka job fai...
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02May2013MANILA, Mayo 2 (PIA) -- An mga operasyon han militar ngan kapulisan kuntra han mga kumunista nga rebelde en papakuro-kusgan pera ka-semana antes han Mayo 13 nga piniliay kasunod han diri pala maiha nga pag-atake ha Compostela Valley kun diin usa nga pulis en nadara han mga ensurhensiya, sering han Malacañang. “Sige-sige an aton operasyon ngadto hini nga mga elemento, diri naton papaundangon an aton mga pwersa para makuntrolar eni nga mga aktibidad,” sering ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin L...
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01May2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo Leyte, Mayo 1 (PIA)-- Nanaad an Philippine National Police ha Sinirangan Visayas hin mahimyang ngan tuhay nga pagsaurog han Labor Day ha rehiyon. Basi han instruction o kamandohan ni Police Region 8 Director Elmer Soria, ngatanan nga mga field units in yana nangangandaman na han ira security plans para han mahimyang nga pagsaurog han Labor Day, pahayag ni Police Senior Superintendent Roel Balintong Acidre, hepe han Regional Police Community Relations Division. Lak...
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01May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 1 (PIA) -- In a show of solidarity for a secured and fair elections (SAFE) this midterm election, some 100 bikers from different bikers club in Eastern Visayas joined the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) Peace Caravan for SAFE 2013. The Peace Caravan last Monday morning started and ended in the province of Samar, identified as a priority area this May 13, 2013 polls. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director said that the activity was aimed at pro...
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01May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 1 (PIA) -- The salaries of the employees in the private sector in Eastern Visayas remains as is. Mr. Florencio Aguilos, Board Secretary of Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board or RTWPB in the region said that this is because no petitions yet have been filed until today for any wage adjustment in the region. Aside from this, according to him, the latest wage order is only six months old which took effect last October 16, 2012. Aguilos said that under the l...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- Two young ladies from Eastern Visayas left the country on April 27 to represent the Philippines at the Asian Youth Forum which was conducted on April 30 to May 1 at New Delhi, India. The two young ladies are Janice Tapil, 18 years old third year Communication Arts student who is a Plan volunteer and PIA youth correspondent; and Mae Elizabeth Abella from Eastern Samar who is also a Plan volunteer. Accompanying them is Plan Philippines Visayas staff Leah...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- The Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards Foundation Inc. is encouraging all youth organizations in Eastern Visayas to join the TAYO 11 search. The TAYO Awards search accepts entries from interested groups, organizations, clubs and societies whose memberships and leadership are composed of at least 15 members who are 15 to 30 years old. Entries must be a recently concluded or an ongoing project by the organization. Except for last year’s T...
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01May2013MANILA, Mayo 1 (PIA) – Hi Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas en ha diri pala maiha nag-aghat han publiko nga magin mabinantayon kuntra hin mga indibidwal o mga grupo nga pwede gumamit han cellular phone ‘jammers’ pagpasarang hin samok pinaagi hin pagtapo han mga kumunikasyon pagpadara han mga resulta han Mayo 13, 2013 nga piniliay. An DILG chief en nagmando gihapon han Philippine National Police, lab-i na gud an iba-iba nga mga intelligence units ha bug-os nga nasud, nga ma...
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01May2013MANILA, May 1 (PIA) – Waray deperensya an panlawas ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III, sering han Malacañang dida han Lunes, ha pagbaton hin pipira nga mga obserbasyon nga an Chief Executive en pinanluluyahan mahitungod han sunod-sunod nga iya mga aktibidad tikang han nakalabay nga bulan. Antis han iya pagyakan dida han iya meeting kaupod an mga lokal nga lider ngan han kumunidad ha lalawigan han Quezon han Lunes, nag-aro daw hi Pangulo Aquino hin dispensa ngadto han publiko mahitungod hin pa...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 8 has organized a jobs fair on May 1 which will offer more than 2,500 jobs for jobseekers in Eastern Visayas. DOLE 8 Director Exequiel R. Sarcauga announced this in a media forum Monday, saying that as of April 29, 35 local employers have already signified their intent to participate in the jobs fair who will open about 1,000 jobs while five manpower manning agencies will offer about 1,500 overseas jobs confir...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Eastern Visayas enjoins all workers in the region to join the 111th Celebration of Labor Day on May 1. In a press conference held today at the DOLE Regional Training Center, DOLE Region 8 OIC Director Exequiel Sarcauga said several activities will be conducted tomorrow which will begin with a Unity Walk/Run followed by a Eucharistic Celebration at 8 a.m. and a Commemorative Program at Tacloban Astrodome. Door ...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) – More than 800 detainees in five jail facilities in the province of Leyte are expected to vote in the May 13 elections. Lawyer Richard Japzon, Leyte election supervisor, said that 875 detainees will be provided with a special polling center manned by Special Board of Inspectors (BEIs) in their respective jails by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Japzon said Comelec Resolution 9371 grants detainees the right to vote during election. Prisoners grant...
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30Apr2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) – The Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas is committed to ensure a peaceful and orderly celebration of Labor Day in the Region. Per instruction of Police Region 8 Director Elmer Soria, all field units are now prepared with their security plans for a peaceful Labor Day celebration, Police Senior Superintendent Roel Balintong Acidre, chief of the Regional Police Community Relations Division, said. Locally, the preparation includes th...
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30Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III mi-anunsiyo nga ang tugpahanan sa eroplano ning dakbayan diha sa barangay Panan-awan maka-angkon na pohon og terminal building, proyekto nga gitakdang sugdan karong bulan sa Hunyo. “Pagdating po sa Hunyo sisimulan na ang pagtatayo ng passenger terminal building at pagpapaunlad sa ating Maasin airport,” si Presidente Aquino nagkanayon sa Plaza Anatalio Gaviola ning syudad Biyernes sa hapon nunot sa suliyaw s...
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30Apr2013MANILA, Abril 30 – Si Presidente Benigno C. Aquino III in nakatalaan nga makigkita san mga magtatrabo yana, adlaw antes san Labor Day. Si Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte nasugad nga an pre-labor day dialogue matikang alas dyes sa aga sa Malakanyang Heroes Hall. Yana nga tuig an tema san Labor Day mao an “Manggagawang Pilipino:Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon.” Si Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz nasugad nga an tutok sa kanan yana nga tuig dayalogo mao an pagpasiuna sa...
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30Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III way pupanagana mibungat og mga pulong aron mapasabot niya ang punto nga ang nag-unang anti-poverty program sa iyang administrasyon, ang conditional cash transfer, dili magamit nga hinagiban sa mga politico paghulga sa mga beneficiaries aron maka-ganansiya og mga boto. “Yan ay programa ng national government na idinaan sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), na ang mga beneficiaries ay ina-iden...
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30Apr2013MANILA, Abril 30 – Waray diperensya hiton panlawas ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III, pahayag han Malacañang hadton Lunes. An mao nga pahayag en komo kabatonan ngada hin pira nga mga obserbasyon nga an Pangulo en mahimo diri maupay iton inaabat tungod na han kaura-ura han ka-okupado hin mga aktibidad nga gin-aatenderan tikang pa han naglabay nga bulan. Ugsa magpahamtang han iya pamulong durante han iya pakigharampang ngada han mga lokal nga mga lider ngan han komunidad ha probinsya han Quezon...
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30Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyet April 30 (PIA) -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagpasalig kaniadtong Lunes nga ang iyang administrasyon nagpadayon sa pagbubu og dako nga puhunan aron sa pagpatuman sa pagpakuryente og dagko nga imprastruktura nga mga prohekto aron sa pagpalambu sa agriklutura, commercial og turismo nga sector sa probinsiya. Sa iyang pakigpulong atoll sa iyang tigum kauban sa mga local nga mga pangulo og mga kumonidad diha sa Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) Gymnasium s...
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30Apr2013MANILA, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Gin-aaghat han Commission on Elections (COMELEC) an mga peryodista, kapulisan ngan kasundalohan ngan pira pa nga mga empleyado han gobyerno nga bumotos kasumpay han tulo ka adlaw nga local absentee voting nga nagtikang hadton Domingo. Mahimo bumotos an kuwalipikado nga mga peryodista ngan mga empleyado han gobyerno tikang hiton alas-8 ngada hit alas-5 hit kulop tubtob buwas (Martes), Abril 30. Han nag-aagi nga mga piniliay, an mga magturutdo ngan mga miembro han Phil...
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30Apr2013MANILA, Abril 30 (PIA) -- Nagsering an Malacañang nga an gobyerno en napabilin nga abri para utro nga tikangan an mga huro-himangraw ngadto han mga kumunista nga rebelde kun diin nainsister nga an administrasyon ni Aquino en malingkod ngan makikipagnegosyar hin waray panguna nga mga kundisyon. Sering ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte dida hin usa nga panmaki-ana ha dzRB Radyo ng Bayan dida han Sabado nga an administrasyon en padayon nga naghihinulat han Communist Party of the P...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development will implement the Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) on July this year with funding of ₱166,152,000 million. Pauline Nadera, DSWD-SFP focal person, said the feeding will run for 120 days and the budget per child is ₱12.50 which includes viand and rice. The meals will be served six days in a week including Saturdays. Nadera clarified that the hot meal is not intended to replace ...
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01Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) - Two young ladies from Eastern Visayas left the country on April 27 to represent the Philippines at the Asian Youth Forum which will be conducted on April 30 to May 1, 2013 at New Delhi, India. The two young ladies are Janice Tapil, 18 years old third year Communication Arts student who is a Plan volunteer and PIA youth correspondent; and Mae Elizabeth Abella from Eastern Samar who is also a Plan volunteer. Accompanying them is Plan Philippines Visayas st...
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29Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, April 29 (PIA)- The Department of Education (DepEd), Eastern Samar Schools Division is set to launch by third week of May the Senior High School level of the newly implemented curriculum, K to 12. The major courses under this level are: 1)Vocational, 2) Business Accounting and Management, 3)Humanities, Education and Social Science (HESS) and 4) Science and Technology, Engineering and Management. With the new curriculum, the DepEd expects that the new graduate...
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29Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, April 28 (PIA) – A Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) official urged Samar folks to protect the gift given them by the American people which involves billions of funds--the 222-km. road and 62 bridges. “In the long term, we want communities to maintain and protect the road,” Ms. Ma. Victoria Anonuevo, MMC spokesperson, said during the Project Implementation Review (PIR) held with the project stakeholders. Eastern Samarenos have long been in wanting fo...
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27Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 27 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III announced that this city’s airport located at barangay Panan-awan will soon have a terminal building, a project slated to start this coming June. “Pagdating po sa Hunyo sisimulan na ang pagtatayo ng passenger terminal building at pagpapaunlad sa ating Maasin airport,” President Aquino said at the Plaza Anatalio Gaviola here yesterday afternoon to the wild cheers of an admiring audience organizers estimated at...
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28Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 28 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III minced no words to drive home his point that the flagship anti-poverty program of his administration, the conditional cash transfer, will not be used as tools by politicians to threat the beneficiaries in order to gain votes. “’Yan ay programa ng national government na idinaan sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), na ang mga beneficiaries ay ina-identify batay sa National Household Targeting Su...
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29Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 28 (PIA) – Contract Package-3 of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Road Rehabilitation Project here, is now 5.02 percent completed, as targeted. This was said by MCC Spokesperson Ms. Marivic Anonuevo, during the recently held MCC Consultative Conference with the project’s stakeholders in the province. Part of the conference ran down the projects objectives, vis-à-vis, implementation and their adherence to MCC’s vision, mission and core va...
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29Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 29 (PIA) – A young Eastern Visayas lass ranked top 6 in the latest Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Education for Development Scholarship Program. OWWA Region 8 Director Norma del Rosario identified the successful examinee as Rannikka Ann S. Mondoñedo, a daughter of a seafarer OFW and a student of the Philippine Science High School – Eastern Visayas Campus. Director del Rosario disclosed that aside from Mondonedo¸ a lad who is also from Tacloba...
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27Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, April 27 (PIA)—President Benigno Simeon Aquino lll in his second visit to Samar vowed to complete the 220 kilometer-route that would spell connectivity to the three provinces in Samar island and hopefully spur economic activity . PNoy said this during his meeting with the local leaders and communities at the Calbayog City Sports Complex attended by more than three thousand supporters garbed in yellow tops. "Alam kong matagal na rin pong problema ng kalakhang Samar ang hiwa-h...
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27Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 27 (PIA) – In less than 24-hour after President Benigno C. Aquino III arrived from ASEAN Summit in Brunei, the President visited Catarman, Northern Samar to meet the local leaders and the community. Speaking before yellow fully clad Nortehanons, the President warned the community of cunning politicians who threatens Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries to be delisted if not voted coming May 2013 elections. “Huwag sana tayong palilinlang s...
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27Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 27 (PIA)—President Benigno Aquino lll visited Calbayog City, Samar, today and wooed Samarnons to support his Team PNoy in the coming elections. The President first landed at Maguinoo Port in Calbayog City a port project worth Php 58 M that was started in 2011 and was completed February this year. At the Calbayog City Sports Complex some 3 thousand Samarnons greeted thePresident with cheers as he came, clad in yellow with some members of the Team PNoy senatoria...
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27Apr2013CALBAYOG CITY, Samar, April 27 (PIA) – Awed by the beauty of Calbayog’s bounties of nature, President Benigno S. Aquino pledged to help boost the tourism industry in the area. President Aquino who was in Calbayog on April 26 took a short land trip from Calbayog Airport to the City’s Barangay Maguino-o where he inaugurated the newly improved Maguino-o Port, passed by the beautiful Malajog Beach. “Iyang Malajog Beach, bago kayo umabot doon, nakita ko ho kanina may river. At saka marami h...
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29Apr2013MANILA, Abril 29 (PIA) -- Suok nga kuoperasyon ha butnga han mga ahensya han gobyerno ngan han publikto an pinaka-epektibo nga pamaagi para matapo en ano man nga plano hin mga grupo o mga indibidwal nga gusto magsabotahe han Mayo 13 nga piniliay, sering hin usa nga opisyal han Palasyo dida han Sabado. Naghatag hin abiso an mga awtoridad ngadto han publiko yana nga semana nga an paggamita hin mga signal jammers nga an panuyo amo an paghatag hin samok han Mayo 13 nga midterm nga piniliay han suno...
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29Apr2013ORMOC CITY, Leyte, April 29 (PIA) – To attract more tourists and to protect the travelling public from encountering road accidents in going to the Tongonan Hot Spring, which a popular tourist spot in Ormoc City, upgrading of unpaved gravel road from Kananga to the Tongonan Hot Spring is currently being conducted. The ongoing upgrading of the unpaved gravel road is a project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – 4th Leyte Engineering District (LED) under the supervision o...
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29Apr2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- Nagapadayon ang kagamhanan pag-trabaho aron masulbad ang problema sa enerhiya sa Mindanao ug kini malaumon nga sa dili pa matapos ang tuig makapakatap na kini og mga diesel generators para mogaan ang power shortage sa rehiyon, nagkanayon si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III pagka Sabado. Sa iyang mensahe diha sa pag-panagtagbo sa mga local leaders ug sa community dinhing dapita, ang Presidente miingon ang balaod nagdili sa National Power Corp. sa pagpalit o...
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28Apr2013BULACAN, April 28 (PIA) -- Ha primero nga higayon tikang ipahamtang an RA 8972 o an Solo Parents Welfare Act han 2000, masobra 5,000 nga mga solo nga kag-anak en magkakaurosa dida hin usa nga importante nga katitirok, an Launching of National Solo Parents Day and National Assembly of Solo Parents, ha pagduso han ginproponer nga pag-amyendar han Act. An okasyon, nga pangungundahan han Bulacan Conferederation of Solo Parents Inc. ngan Nain Foundation, en gin-ngaranan nga”Nag-iisang Ikaw,” nga...
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28Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 28 (PIA) -- Jobseekers are invited to join the month-long celebration of Labor Day which would start on May 1, 2013. This was announced by the Department of Labor and Employment in Eastern Visayas saying the main highlight of this year’s celebration is on job fair. Exequiel Sarcauga, DOLE regional director said that about 500 job vacancies are made available by more or less 32 employers and companies who will be joining the job fair. About 600 job orders will be o...
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27Apr2013CALBAYOG CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has inaugurated Friday, the newly-iproved Manguino-o Port in Tinambacan District Calbayog City. He was accompanied by Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department of Interior and Local Government or DILG, Senator Franklin Drilon and other officials of the government. The President was welcomed by Samar 1st District Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento, Calbayog city Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and officials from the Philippine Ports Authority or PP...
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27Apr2013MAGUINO-O, Calbayog City, April 27 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III said the Maguino-Port is the product of cooperative efforts, a symbol of good governance that heralds better economy for Samar and the neighboring towns and provinces. The various projects that are being implemented all over the country are signs that the country is moving forward, the President said. “Sa araw pong ito, muli nating pinasisinayaan ang isa pang pasilidad na bunga ng ating pagbabayanihan sa tuwid na daan...
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26Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 26 (PIA) – The Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas was successfully launched April 23 at the Activity Center of the Robinson’s Place in Tacloban City. The SFP was launched by the department’s Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign. In attendance during the launching were members of the fourth estate who were acknowledged by an official of the agency for their active support i...
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26Apr2013ORMOC CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- To show its support to the anti-dengue campaign of the Department of Health, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 4th Leyte Engineering District (LED) recently conducted a one-day general clean-up in their Office to include the neighboring St. Paul’s School of Ormoc Foundation, Inc. During the activity canals were cleaned, bushes were trimmed and all possible places where mosquitoes will multiply were eliminated. Debris were also removed. Likewis...
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26Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism in Region 8 (DOT-8) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Eastern Samar District Engineering Office (DEO) held a meeting recently, this city. The objective of the said activity is to find ways to alleviate poverty through infrastructure, tourism and employment projects. Ricardo D. Odita, OIC-district engineer, said that national agencies like the DOT is tying-up with the DPWH to come up with infrastr...
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26Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 26 (PIA) – An official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Leyte province proposed that 78 barangays in eleven towns of the province be placed under supervision of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during the May 13 elections. Police Chief Inspector Alex Daaco, Leyte Provincial Police Office (LPPO) made the proposal saying that there is a high presence of active guerrilla front of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the barangays. He said that the situatio...
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26Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 26 (PIA) – The Leyte Metropolitan Water District will be conducting water disconnection on April 29 and May 2 in Tacloban City. On April 29, areas covered for disconnection are Tacloban City proper, Tigbao, Diit, Nula-Tula, Naga-Naga, Abucay, Anibong, Sabang, and Reclamation Area. On May 2, the schedule for disconnection will be: Tacloban City proper; Real and Interior Real; IndependenciaSt.; MagallanesSt.; Arellano St.; Imelda Avenue; Esperas Avenue; Preicohon; D...
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26Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 26 (PIA) -- A provincial agriculturist here said Biliran province will sell surplus rice to the provinces of Samar, Cebu and Masbate. Jaime Casas said this during launching of the National Year of the Rice (NYR) in Biliran. Casas said the province has sufficient rice supply in terms of consumption requirement of the Biliranons. Data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) revealed that the province of Biliran attained more than 200 % rice sufficiency index in 2011 and 1...
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26Apr2013CALBAYOG CITY, Samar, April 26 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III is scheduled to visit this city today to inaugurate the picturesque Maguino-o Port. Manager Dominador Licayan of the Philippine Ports Authority in Eastern Visayas said that the PPA General Manager Atty. Juan Santa Ana will be at the Maguinoo Port to welcome President Aquino. The President is expected to arrive at the Calbayog Airport in the morning where he will be met by Brig. General Romeo Labador of the 801st Infantry...
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26Apr2013MANILA, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Nanawagan an Malacañang ha komunista nga mga rebelde nga hukason an ira mga armas ngan dumuyog hiton katawhan Pilipino pagpahimulos han mga bunga hin mauruupay nga ekonomiya ngan nag-uuswag nga nasud. Ginpahayag ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda dida han press briefing ha Malacañang kakulop nga gintututokan gud han administrasyon Aquino an pagkab-ot hin progreso ngan sarahid nga kalambo-an para han ngatanan nga mga Pilipino. Gintatalinguha han gobyerno nga ma...
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26Apr2013MANILA, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Gindeklarar ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an Mayo 13, 2013 komo usa nga special public (non-working) holiday ha bug-os nga nasud agud matagan hin higayon an katawhan nga magamit an ira katungod pagbotos. Ginpasamwak ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda durante han regular nga press briefing ha Malacañang kakulop nga ginpagawas han Pangulo ini nga deklarasyon pinaagi han Proclamation No. 571 nga ginpirmahan ni Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. dida ha...
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26Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- Usa nga batan-on nga benipisyaryo han OFW Dependents Scholarship Program han Overseas Workers Welfare Agency in nag-graduar nga Cumlaude tikang ha Naval State University ha Naval Biliran. Sering ni Ms. Ma. Evangelina Filamor, hepe han Programs and Services Division han OWWA Region 8. Ginkilala ni Ms. Filamor an scholar nga hi Zenaida R. Abrigo, bugto han OFW nga nagtatrabaho ha Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ngan nagtapos hin kurso nga Bachelor of Science in H...
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26Apr2013MANILA, Abril 26 (PIA) -- Nagsering hi Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman nga 1,755,034 nga mga kabataan ha 45,389 nga mga day care centers ha bug-os nga nasud en makakabenepisyo tikang han Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) han Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) para school year 2013-2014. Dida han 2013 DSWD budget, nag-alutaga hin masobra P2.9 bilyones para han programa nga nag-uupod hin 17 nga mga rehiyon upod an Autonomous Region ha Muslim Mindanao (AR...
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26Apr2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, April 26 (PIA) - An bungto han Saint Bernard, hine nga probinsya in usa han mga nominado para han yana nga tuig Sasakawa Award 2013 nga ginpahimugso han United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction(UNISDR), sering ni Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) Public Information Committee Chair Rosalinda Jane Araneta. An UNSDRR in nagererekognisar han nominasyon nga suportado han Deutsche Gesselschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit...
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25Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 25 (PIA) -- Hi Pangulo Aquino III in nakatalaan bumisita ha Sinirangan Visayas buwas abril 26, biyernes agud makigkita ha mga lokal nga lideres ngan mga molopyo og sugad man para manginano han mga proyekto han gobyerno. An Pangulo in mabisita ha Catarman ha Northern Samar, Calbayog City ha Samar ngan Maasin city ha Southern Leyte. An Pangulo nga yana aadto pa ha Brunei para magtambong han ika-22nd high-level meeting han Association of Southeast Asian Nations o A...
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26Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 26 (PIA) -- Usa nga batan-on nga benipisyaryo han OFW Dependents Scholarship Program han Overseas Workers Welfare Agency in nag-graduar nga Cumlaude tikang ha Naval State University ha Naval Biliran. Sering ni Ms. Ma. Evangelina Filamor, hepe han Programs and Services Division han OWWA Region 8. Ginkilala ni Ms. Filamor an scholar nga hi Zenaida R. Abrigo, bugto han OFW nga nagtatrabaho ha Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ngan nagtapos hin kurso nga Bachelor of Science in H...
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26Apr2013MANILA, Abril 26 -- Ang kagamhanan nag-gahin og mga P 7 million para sa pagtambong ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III sa 22nd high-level meeting sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sa Brunei Darussalam Abril 24 ug 25, si Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa namahayag pagka Miyerkoles. Ang Presidente migikan Miyerkoles sa hapon paingon sa Bandar Seri Begawan pinaagi sa chartered Philippine Airlines flight kuyog ang 51- member delegation nga naglakip kanila ni Foreign Affairs Secreta...
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25Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, April 25 (PIA)—The crowd that met the Peace and Development Caravan on Tuesday roused into an applause when heavy equipment arrived one by one in Barangay Barruz, Matuginao, Samar. The arrival of equipment signal the start of roadworks that will connect Matuginao to other parts of Samar. Battalion Commander of the 546 Engineer Battalion, Col Edgar Yerro was met with a round of applause from residents lining up the streets. Yerro reportedly travelled all the way from Boronga...
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25Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has scheduled a power interruption at 4 p.m. on April 30 in some areas in the province of Southern Leyte. NGCP Visayas CorpComm and Public Affairs Officer Elmer D. Cruz said that the power interruption will last for 20 minutes and will affect the distribution facility in the portions of Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc. franchise area. Cruz said that the reason of the scheduled pow...
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25Apr2013CALBAYOG CITY, Samar, April 25 (PIA) – President Benigno S. Aquino III is set to visit the oldest City in Eastern Visayas, Calbayog City tomorrow where he will meet with the local leaders and the community, and to inspect the picturesque Maguino-o Port project at Barangay Maguino-o this City. The President will inspect the newly built estate of the art passenger terminal building and pier extension with roro port ramp, open storage area. Manager Dominador Licayan of the Philippine Ports Aut...
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25Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 25 (PIA) – President Benigno S. Aquino III is scheduled to visit Eastern Visayas Region on April 26, Friday, to meet with local leaders and the communities and to inspect government project. Specifically, the President will visit Catarman in Northern Samar, Calbayog City in Samar and Maasin City in Southern Leyte. The President who is currently in Brunei to attend the 22nd high-level meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Brunei Daru...
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25Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 25 (PIA) – A tourism official said Biliran province needs to gather and organize tourism industry data. Dionisio B. Oliva, Biliran provincial tourism and information officer, said the province lacks of statistical report on tourist arrivals from accommodation facilities in the province. He said this is one basic tourism requirement that needs to be addressed to determine the number of foreign and local tourists coming to Biliran province. Oliva said 60 percent of th...
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25Apr2013BARANGAY MAGSAYSAY, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar, April 25 (PIA) -- The troops of the 20th Infantry Batallion 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army has once again scored against the extortion activities of the New People’s Army or NPA at Sitio Dakong Sapa, Buenasuerte, Victoria Northern Samar at 11:20 a.m. of April 23, 2013. In his report to 803rd Brigade Commander Colonel Rolando Malinao, Lieutenant Colonel Noel Vestuir, 20IB’s Commanding Officer, said his troops were able to track ...
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25Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 25 (PIA) -- Four foreign and two Filipino students are here in the province of Biliran to conduct a study on abaca product. The foreign students who are taking up post-graduate studies at the University of Hohenheim in Stuggart, Germany are Frederick Mills of Ghana; Felix Sattler of Germany; Alejandro Bonilla Cardona of Columbia; and Saeyon Park of South Korea. On the other hand, the two Filipino post-graduate students from the Visayas State University (VSU) in Bay...
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25Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- A beneficiary of the OFW Dependents Scholarship Program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Agency graduated Cum Laude from the Naval State University in Naval, Biliran, Ms. Ma. Evangelina Filamor, Chief, Programs and Services Division of OWWA Region 8, said. Ms. Filamor identified the scholar as Zenaida R. Abrigo, sister of an OFW working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management w...
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25Apr2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, April 25 (PIA) -- The municipality of Saint Bernard, this province is one of the nominees for this year’s Sasakawa Award 2013 initiated by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) Public Information Committee Chair Rosalinda Jane Araneta said. “The UNISDRR recognized the nomination which is supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ),...
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25Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) - The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas has intensified its nformation, education and communication campaign on the government’s Supplemental Feeding Program. The DSWD will intensity the implementation of SFP particularly in the region where malnutrition is still prevalent based on the latest National Nutrition Survey conducted by Food And Nutrition Research Institute or FNRI, said Virginia Idano, SWD assistant regional direct...
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25Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- Usa nga opisyal han Regional office ha Commission on Elections (Comelec) in nagpabati hin paglaum nga an piniliay ha Sinirangan Visayas an magigin mahimyang ngan talwas kasunod han mamurayaw nga kahimtang yana han rehiyon tikang han magtikang an pangangampanya han naglabay nga enero 13 yana nga tuig. Ginpahayag ni Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec Acting Regional Director nga naglalaum hiya nga an mahimyang nga kahimtang han rehiyon in mahagos kutob ha ...
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25Apr2013MANILA, April 25 (PIA) -- An Malakanyang nag apelar san mga lokal nga mga kandidato para mabuligan an gobyerno magtirok san impormasyon nga mapatuok an iligal nga operasyon san New People’s Army (NPA), partikular na san buruhaton san pangikil. Sadton lunes nga adlaw, si Presidente Benigno C. Aquino III nagmando san pwersa armada san Pilipinas (AFP) para buhagon an ulang nga ginbutang san NPA labi na dida san lugar nga ira kontrolado. Dida san press briefing sa Malakanyang, si Deputy Presid...
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25Apr2013MANILA, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Pagigi-oson han Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) an mga benepisyaryo han reporma pan-agraryo dida hiton kampanya han departamento pananom hin kakahoyan nga makakasakop hin haros usa ka yukot ka ektarya hin katunaan panpubliko. An mga lugar nga pagtatamnan en aada mismo hiton komunidad han mga benepisyaryo kon diin panuyo hini nga programa nga masurapo an kakablasan ngan mapagarugaan an epekto han global warming. Nagsering hi Undersecretary Rosalina Bistoyong han DA...
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25Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- Ang Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) nagpahibalo nga gibalik niini ang pagpahamtang og mga charges alang sa kadtong ma-ulahi o dili maka-remit sa binulan nga bayranan. Gitumbok sa maong ahensiya nga ang subling pagpatuman sa interest gitumong aron mapalagsik ang premium contribution para sa actuarial sustainability sa National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). Ang pagpatuman sa interest charges sa mga nalangan nga pagbayad, nga maoy ...
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25Apr2013MANILA, Abril 25 – Ginhangyo han Malacañang ha lokal nga mga kandidato nga bumulig hiton gobyerno ha paghikay hin mga impormasyon agud mapuypoy iton iligal nga mga operasyon han New People’s Army (NPA), partikular na an ira panhuthot nga mga akitibidad. Hadton Lunes, ginmando-an ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) nga bungkagon an mga ulang nga ginbubutang han NPA ha kakalsadahan, partikular na dida han mga lugar kon diin nagi-os an rebelde nga grupo. Di...
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25Apr2013MANILA, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Naglalaom an Malacañang nga an pagtambong ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III hiton 22nd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) en magtutugway ngadto hin pakaghurma hin usa nga “Code of Conduct” ha West Philippine Sea. Nagsering hi Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, han pakianhan hiya kon mati-onan-o kakompyansa an Pilipinas ha pagduso hin mga negosasyon para han partikular nga Kodigo, nga naglalaom hira nga magkakaada ini hin prog...
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25Apr2013MANILA, Abril 25 (PIA) -- An Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) en naglunsad dida han Abril 22, 2013, dida han tinuig nga pag-obserbar han Earth Day, han Solid Waste Management Compliance Program nga an panuyo amo an pagbantay han kanan lokal nga pangobyernohan pagsunod han Republic Act (RA) No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000). Dida han iya panguna nga pagyakan han gindumara nga pormal nga seremonyas han paglunsad didto ha OMB Function Room, nakita ni Ombudsman Conchita Carpio ...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) – The Department of Tourism is set to inaugurate and turnover the Jetty Ports project at the premiere natural attraction of Eastern Visayas in Basey, Samar on April 27. DOT Region 8 Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said that Ma. Victoria V. Jasmin, the Undersecretary for Tourism Regulation, Coordination & Resource Generation of the Department of Tourism, will visit Basey for the turn-over ceremony and inauguration of the Jetty Ports at 9:30 in the morning of A...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the region has allocated P165 million the third cycle of its Supplemental Feeding Program. more than 110,000 children will be listed under the program this year—higher than last year’s 106,000, where they will be served “one hot meal” for 120 days, DSWD-8 Assistant Regional Director Virginia Idano said. The program aims to help not only malnourished children, but maintain the nutritional status of tho...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) - The Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD in Eastern Visayas has called on local government units or LGUs to ensure that they liquidate funds used for the implementation of the Supplemental Feeding Program in the past years. The call was made by Assistant Regional Director Virginia Idano of DSWD Eastern Visayas during the Launching of Information, Education and Communication Campaign held today at Robinsons’s Mall Tacloban City. She s...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) – Voters in the Eastern Visayas region were called to vote wisely this time and put into office the deserving candidate. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, Commission on Elections assistant regional director, urged voters to be wise in electing into office the right leaders. He was guest during the Harampang Ha PIA. He said that voting using the conscience should not be the sole basis for choosing the right leaders but more importantly, voters should think wise...
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24Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- Five out of eleven Southern Leyte Provincial Jail inmates passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Test conducted by the Department of Education-Alternative Learning System (DepEd-ALS) late last year. Officer-in-charge Provincial Warden Joselito Magallanes said the A&E exam was conducted last December 9, 2012 at the provincial jail. One passer will be promoted to secondary level while the other four successfully passed the college level, the r...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- “Very manageable.” This is how Comelec Region 8 Acting Director Atty. Veronico Petalcorin described the situation in Eastern Visayas more than two weeks before the day of election on May 13 this year. According to him, so far he has not received any reports of incidents that can be construed as election-related violence since the start of the local campaign period except for some isolated cases such as illegal posting of campaign materials or parapher...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) - Hon. Ma. Victoria V. Jasmin, the Undersecretary for Tourism Regulation, Coordination & Resource Generation of the Department of Tourism, is set to visit Leyte and Samar provinces on April 25 to 27. DOT Region 8 Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said that in the province of Leyte, Usec Jasmin is set to interact with the Local Governance Support Program for Local Economic Development (LGSP-LED) assisted private sector and LGU-NGA stakeholders in Ormoc and Palompo...
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24Apr2013MANILA, April 24 (PIA) -- Ang administrasyong Aquino naga-awhag sa mga politico kinsa nangampanya alang karong Mayo 13 nga piniliay sa pag-salikway sa gikatahung demanda sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF0 pagpabayad og permit-to-campaign fees, usa ka opisyal sa Palasyo nagkanayon. Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda miluwat sa maong pamahayag diha sa regular press briefing sa Malacanang pagka Lunes tapos nang-gawas ang mga ...
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24Apr2013MANILA, Abril 24 (PIA) -- Gintitindugan gud han Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) an iya pagkuntra han mga parapamaligya nga may diri maupay nga pagsingabot han mga kunsumidor ngan ginpapahinumdum hera nga an paghatag hin magka-iba nga mga presyo para ha pagbayad pinaagi hin cash ngan pinaagi hin credit card en estrikto nga gindidiri. Han 2006, nagpagawas an DTI hin Department Administrative Order No. 10, Series of 2006 (DAO No. 10. S 2006) nga nagdidiri han pag-imponer hin surcharge ha na...
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24Apr2013MANILA, Abril 24 (PIA) -- Nanawagan an administrasyon Aquino ha mga politiko nga nangangampanya para han Mayo 13 nga pinili-ay nga igsalikway an nahisumat nga ginsusukot han Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) para hin “permit-to-campaign.” Amo ini an iginpasamwak ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda durante han regular nga press briefing ha Malacañang kakulop kasumpay hin mga report nga nagsusukot hin daru-dako nga kabaraydan...
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24Apr2013MANILA, Abril 24 (PIA) -- Gindayaw han administrasyon ni Aquino an desisyon han Commission on Elections (COMELEC) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. an iya nga diri pagbul-iw ha pwesto yana nga kritikal nga panahon han piniliay, sering hin usa nga opisyal han Palasyo dida han Lunes. Eginpagawas ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda eni nga mensahe dida han regular nga pakigharampang ha mga peryodista ha Malacañang dida han Lunes kasunod han desisyon ni Brillantes nga diri pagbul-iw ha pwesto...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- Children under the age of five in day care centers in Eastern Visayas will again be the beneficiary of the Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) of the regional Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Vina Aquino, DSWD regional information officer disclosed that the social welfare office will implement the SFP on July this year. The department’s Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign launched the SFP April 23, at the Activity...
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22Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Eastern Visayas and other government agencies and private organizations will observe the annual Earth Day today, April 22. In line with this year’s observance of Earth Day is DENR’s heightened campaign to save Mother Earth from further destruction. Amid the frenzy of election activities is the basura (garbage) free campaign this midterm election where candidates are made to mind the proper...
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23Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 23 (PIA) -- With an average of rating of 98 percent, 351 voctech skills trainees passed the three sets of compentency assessment exams conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Southern Leyte in the first quarter this year. TESDA Provincial Office Administrative Officer V Jocelyn Gidal, who is also the designated Information Officer, said “351 out of 354 voctech trainees/students passed the competency assessments cond...
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23Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 23 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Samar collected P59.9 million exceededing its P58.9 million February 2013 goal. “This is a good sign that our tax payers are now complying early. With this year’s target, it is really hard for us to achieve the target considering the difference of the 2012 target,” Revenue District Officer Rolando Espina said. BIR Samar aims to collect P777.472 million this year, which is P179 more over that of the 2012 ta...
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23Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 23 (PIA) – Retailers must price their goods and services uniformly whether paid with cash or credit cards. Department of Trade and Industry Leyte Provincial Director Desiderio Belas, Jr. made the reminder even as he enjoined the public to report retailers who are pegging different prices of goods if paid in cash or credit cards. Director Belas said that in 2006, DTI issued Department Administrative Order No. 10, Series of 2006, which prohibits the levy of a surcha...
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23Apr2013PALO, Leyte, April 23 (PIA) – As part of the observance of Earth Day on 22 April 2013, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) conducted a clean-up activity at the MacArthur Park and Binog Creek in Palo, Leyte at 6:30 a.m. After the said clean-up activity, DENR-EMB conducted an Earth Day Program at the MacArthur Landing Memorial Park Grounds centered on the them “Earth Day Every Day, Everywhere, for Everyone.” During the progr...
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23Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) announced it will resume charges for late or non-remittance of monthly dues. The agency said the renewed imposition of interest was aimed to further enhance collection of premium contribution for actuarial sustainability of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP). The re-imposition of interest charges for delayed payments, which was the subject of Philhealth Circular number 0004 s. 2013, will...
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23Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 23--The army based in Samar condemns the recent killing of a soldier by NPA landmines while the government troops were on their way to Barangay Tigbawon, Gandara, Samar on April 18. The army reported that aside from one soldier, two paramilitary men were injured in the incident. It added that some civilians informed the 52nd Infantry Battalion, 8th Infantry Division (8th ID) in Samar that some armed men were removing posters of local candidates and replacing them...
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23Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 23 (PIA) -- Sa kasagaran nga 98% rating, 351 ka mga voctech skills trainees ang nakapasar sa tulo ka hut-ong nga competency assessment nga eksaminasyon nga gipahigayon sa Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) sa Southern Leyte ning unang tulo ka bulan karon tuiga. Sumala kang TESDA Provincial Office Administrative Officer V Jocelyn Gidal, who is also the designated Information Officer, “351 gikan sa 354 ka voctech trainees og mga highs...
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23Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 23 (PIA) -- Humitaas an produksyon han palay o humay ha Sinirangan Visayas hin 0.4 porsiyento o 514.7 metrico tonelada ha siyahan nga unom ka bulan han tuig 2012. Ginmalatumat han National Economic and Development Authority o NEDA nga ine nga kauswagan nga nahipatik ha Eastern Visayas Regional Economic Monitoring and Analysis (EVREMA) in nagpapakita gihap han paghitaas han produksyon han kada probinsya para ha nasabi nga panahon. Ginpapakita ha postings han EVREMA...
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23Apr2013MANILA, Abril 23 (PIA) -- Gindeklarar ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an bulan han Agusto bali “Philippine Wushu Month” ha panuyo pagpasarang han Wushu diri la dinhi ha nasud kundi ha bug-os nga kalibutan. Eginpagawas han Chief Executive an direktiba pinaagi han Proklamasyon Numero 554 nga pinirmahan ni Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. dida han Pebrero 28, 2013. Nagsering an Pangulo nga an Pilipinas, pinaagi han Wushu Federation Philippines, en mananagbalay han Asian Junior Wushu ...
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23Apr2013MANILA, April 23 (PIA) -- Magkadurudilain nga mga ahensya san gobyerno tig-ob nga nagtatrabaho para iduso an kanan nasud sektor san turismo labi na an paghanap san mga kilala nga mga mag-upay nga lugar ngan pagpakaupay san inpraestraktura, ini an sugad san opisyal san Palasyo. An turismo sa Pilipinas, diri la an nagduduso an Department of Tourism, an nahitatabo yana, in yaun bug-os ngan ginsayo nga pagbulig tikang san magkadurudlian nga ahensya san gobyerno para iduso an turismo. Ini an sugad n...
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23Apr2013MANILA, Abril 23 (PIA) – Kumuha han era senyales tikang han 2009 CNN Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflor, an Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ngan han Department of Education (DepEd) en naglunsad hin bag-o nga ginpauro-upay nga bersyon han “Kariton Klasrum” para han waray mga panimalay nga mga pamilya ha Metro Manila. Gintawag nga K4 o “Kariton, Klasrum, Klinik, Kantin,” an proyekto en may panuyo bagbaton han panguna nga mga panginahanglan han mga kabataan ha kakalsada...
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23Apr2013MANILA, Abril 23 (PIA) -- Naghahangyo an administrasyon ni Aquino ngadto han mga kandidato han tiarabot nga piniliay nga diri sumugot han nahisumat nga ‘permit-to-campaign’ nga bayad ngadto han CPP-NPA-NDF. Hi Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda en nagpagawas hini nga mensahe dida han regular nga pakigharampang ha mga peryodista ha Malacañang dida han Lunes kasunod han mga sumat nga an CPP-NPA-NDF en naaro tikang han mga kandidato hin dagko nga mga kantidad para katugutan hin pangampa...
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23Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Abril 23 – Ginsaad ni Pangulo Benigno Aquino III kakulop nga paghuhusgaran an mga nagpaluyo dida han paggama kan Gingoog City Mayor Ruth Guingona nga ikinasamad hini ngan ikinamatay han duha niya nga tawohan. “Nangangako po ako, sa abot ng ating kapangyarihan at kakayahan, at sa ngalan po ng batas, mananagot po ang dapat managot,” sering han Pangulo durante han iya pakigharampang ngada han lokal nga mga lider ngan han komunidad nga gindumara ha Jose Pelaez Park ha Bal...
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23Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 23 (PIA) --Mga 302 nga mga atleta o magmurulay tikang ha Sinirangan Visayas an naghihingita hin medalya ha 2013 Palarong Pambansa. Ginpahayag ni Deped Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista-Yu nga an mga atleta in lumakat ha aton rehiyon para ha Dumaguete Negros oriental nga amo an lugar para han 2013 palarong pambansa nga nag-abre han naglabay nga domingo ngan matatapos han abril 27. Ginpahayag ni YU nga ha sakob han 302 nga mga atleta tikang ha Sinirangan Vis...
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23Apr2013MANILA, Abril 23 (PIA) -- Igpapahamtang na han Department of Education (DepEd) an Operation Balik Eskwela (OBE) han Mayo 27-31, sugad man an Public Assistance Station (PAS) han Hunyo 1-8 para makaseguro hin maupay nga dalagan ha pag-abri han mga klase para tuig 2013-2014 han Hunyo. An tinuig nga OBE ngan PAS en nagbabaton han mga problema nga kaudgan nagawas ha panahon han pag-abri han klase ngan para seguruon nga an mga estudyante en aadto ha era tagsa-tagsa nga mga classrooms ngan naatubang ...
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23Apr2013CATARMAN, April 23 (PIA) -- Ang Presidente Benino Aquino III gipadayag ang bulan sa Agosto 2013 nga Philippine Wushu Month sa pag’agda pagpauswag sa Wushu dili lamang sa nasod apan usab sa tibuuk kalibutan. Ang Punoan nga Ehekutibo nagpagula ug mando subay sa Proclamation No. 554 nga gipirmnahan ni Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. sa Pebrero 28, 2013. Ang Presidente nagingon nga ang Pilipinas, pinaagi sa Wushu Federation Philippines,tigabiabi sa Asian Junior Wushu Championship gikan...
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23Apr2013MANILA, Abril 23 -- Ang Aquino administration nakadayeg sa desisyon ni Commission on Elections (COMELEC) chairman SixtoBrillantes, Jr. sa pagpabilin sa iyang puwesto niining panahona sa election period, opisyal sa Palasyo namahayag pagka Lunes. Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda mi-isyu sa pamahayag diha sa regular press briefing sa Malacanang pagka Lunes human maka-desider na si Brillantes nga magpabilin sa puwesto alang sa national interest ug sa katawhang Filipino. Pagka Biyernes...
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23Apr2013MANILA, Abril 23 – An Departamento san Edukasyon (DepEd) nagtindog sin Election Task Force (ETF) Operation Center sa Central Office sini sa Pasig para mapaseguro an bug-os nga suporta ngada san mga magturutdo nga magseserbe kumo myembro san Board of Election Inspectors para sa nasyunal ngan lokal nga piniliay yana nga tuig 2013. Si Secretary of Education Armin A. Luistro nagdesignar kan Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Alberto Muyot kumo mamumuni san nasabi nga steering Committee. An E...
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22Apr2013BAYBAY CITY, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture has trained agricultural extension workers and twenty farmer leaders on the production and certification of Open Pollinated Variety of corn seeds in order to ensure the ready and available corn seeds in the Region. DA-8 Regional Executive Director Antonio Gerundio said that the activity is in line with the nationwide campaign of the department to increase the production of high quality corn seeds. The five (5) day intensive ...
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22Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 22 (PIA) – Mining and illegal logging issues were the center of discussion in the recently held provincial candidates forum which was held at the Our Lady of Nativity College Seminary, Baybay Boulevard this city. Candidates expressed their opposition to mining that has plagued some southern communities, so with illegal logging in several parts of the province. However, some candidates hinted, that the illegal mining cannot be totally prevented because se...
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22Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) – The Civil Service Commission in Eastern Visayas said that the results of the frontline service checks made by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) through the Report Card Survey (RCS) in 2012 show that of the 599 government offices surveyed, 50 offices obtained an Excellent rating. Ms. Rosalie Taon, CSC information officer, told the Philippine Information Agency that per information gathered from the CSC Central Office, Excellent is the highest ...
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22Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas is implementing the “Basura-free Election 2013: Kalat Ko Sisinupin Ko” campaign in line with the forthcoming conduct of the May 13 mid-term elections. Through this advocacy campaign, the DENR calls on candidates to show their care for Mother Earth by being conscientious on where to place and throw their trash while campaigning, Ms. Purificacion Daloos, Regional Information Officer ...
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22Apr2013MANILA, April 22 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III mi-deklarar sa bulan sa Agosto 2013 ingon nga “Philippine Wushu Month” sa tinguha nga maduso ang Wushu dili lamang dinhi sa nasud kondi sa tibuok kalibutan. Ang Hepe Ehekutibo miluwat sa direktiba pinaagi sa Proclamation No. 554 gipirmahan ni Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. pagka Pebrero 28, 2013. Miingon ang Presidente nga ang Pilipinas, pinaagi sa Wushu Federation Philippines, maoy mo-host sa Asian-Junior Wushu Champions...
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22Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Education mopalihok na sa Operation Balik Eskwela (OBE) alang sa school year 2013-2014 karong Mayo 27 hangtud 31. Magbutang sab kini og Public Assistance Station (PAS) karong Hunyo 1 ngadto sa 8 para sa hanoy nga pagbukas sa klase dihang ang school year 2013-2014 magsugod na karong Hunyo, ang DepEd miingon sa usa ka pamahayag. Ang tinuig nga OBE ug PAS motubag sa mga problema nga sagad motumaw diha sa pag-abli sa klase ug motan-aw nga ang mga ...
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22Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development is set to launch an intensified Information, Education and Communication campaign on the government’s Supplemental Feeding Program on April 23 at the Robinson’s Place in Tacloban City. DSWD Region 8 Director Remia Tapispisan said the activity aims to build a strong coalition of partners, especially from among the local government units in the implementation of the Supplemental Feeding Program. The camp...
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22Apr2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) – An official of the regional office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) voiced optimism that election in Eastern Visayas would be secure and safe following the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the region since the start of the election campaign on January 13, this year. Lawyer Veronico, Petalcorin, Comelec acting regional director said that he is hoping that the peaceful air in the region would last until the end of the midterm election voting perio...
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22Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Abril 22 (PIA)Papangundahan han Department of Environment and Natural Resources o DENR an selebrasyon han Earth Day ha Sinirangan Visayas yana nga adlaw abril 22, 2013 ha tema nga “Earth Day Every Day, Everywhere, for Everyone”. Ginpahayag ni DENR Regional Executive Director Manolito Ragub nga gintatagan hin importansya han tema han selebrasyon yana nga tuig an panawagan ha kada molopyo nga maghatag hin pagtagad ha Mother Earth ngan sugad man otrohon an panaad nga d...
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22Apr2013MANILA, April 22 (PIA) -- Ang Aquino nga administrasyon nagpadayon sa pagtabang sa walay mga dokumento nga mga trabahante sa Kingdom og Saudi Arabia (KSA) kinsa nagkampo sa gawas sa Philippine consulate sa Jeddah, matud sa usa ka opisyal sa Palasyo kaniadtong Domingo. Si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte mipahayag diha sa pakigpulong diha sa gipadagan sa gobierno nga estasyon sa radyo dzRB Radyo ng Bayan nga ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) nagsugod og paghimo og mga lakan...
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22Apr2013KANANGA, Leyte, Abril 22 (PIA) – An kanan Philippine Army 802nd Infantry Brigade ngan 19th Infantry Battalion en padayon nga nagius para han implementasyon han mga programa parti panginabuhi ngadto han era bag-o la nga gin-organisar nga mga parag-uma ngan mga parapangisda nga mga asosasyon ha mga bungto han Calubian ngan San Isidro han lalawigan han Leyte. Hi First Lt. Rod Vincent F. Babera, an Civil Military Operation Officer han 19th IB, en nagngaran han kanan mga parag-uma ngan mga parapan...
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22Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 22 (PIA) - Ginmamandohan an ngatanan nga ahensya han gobyerno nga magporma hin Performance Management Team o PMT ha ira tagsa tagsa nga mga buhatan nga amo an manginginano ngan magrerepaso han implementasyon han Results-Based Performance Management System o RBPMS. Sumala kan Roselie C. Taon, information officer ngan hepe han Public Assistance and Liaison Division han Civil Service commission ha Sinirangan Visayas, ine nga direktiba an nahipapatik ha CSC Me...
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22Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 22 (PIA) -- Ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) miangan-angan una pagpatuman sa Individual Policy Contract (IPC) alang sa individually paying members (IPMs) niini. Ang pag-defer nalatid sa Philhealth Advisory number 03-04-2013 nga nag-ingon: “in recognition of the need for program enhancements, the Philhealth management has resolved to defer the issuance of the IPC for the Individually Paying Program.” Diha sa samang advisory, pin...
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20Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) would like to inform its concessionaires their schedule of water disconnection which is on April 22-25, in some Leyte municipalities. The schedule of water disconnection in Palo, Leyte will be on April 22-23, 2013. On April 24 to 25, covered municipalities for disconnection are Tanauan, Tolosa, Dagami, Tabon-Tabon, Pastrana, and Sta. Fe, Leyte. Relative to this, LMWD would like to request the concerned water...
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21Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- All government agencies are directed to create a Performance Management Team (PMT) within their respective offices that will monitor and review the implementation of the Results-Based Performance Management System or RBPMS. This directive is contained in CSC Memorandum Circular No. 8, s. 2013 signed by Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Francisco T. Duque III, the Civil Service Commission in Eastern Visayas through Roselie C. Taon, informat...
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21Apr2013KANANGA, Leyte, April 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Army’s 802nd Infantry Brigade and 19th Infantry Battalion continue to work for the implementation of the livelihood enhancement programs to their eight newly organized farmers and fisher folks associations in Leyte’s Calubian and San Isidro towns. First Lt. Rod Vincent F. Babera, Civil Military Operation officer of the 19th IB, identified the farmers and fisher folks associations as Taglawigan Farmers Association, Taglawigan Fisher Folks Orga...
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21Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will lead the celebration of Earth Day in Eastern Visayas on April 22, 2013, with the theme “Earth Day Every Day, Everywhere, for Everyone.” “The theme for this year’s celebration underscores the call for every citizen to pay tribute to Mother Earth as well as to renew their commitment to current efforts to enhance awareness and concern to the worldwide environmental concerns,” DENR Regi...
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20Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- The Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council and its secretariat, the National Economic Development Authority, is currently in the process of updating the Development Plan of the Region. NEDA Region 8 Director, Atty. Bonifacio Uy, said that the 2011-2016 Eastern Visayas Regional Development Plan (RDP), now on its third year of implementation, is due for mid-term assessment and updating. This updating is corollary to the updating of the 20...
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20Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) has defered the implementation of Individual Policy Contract (IPC) for individually paying members (IPMs). The deferment was contained in Philhealth Advisory number 03-04-2013, stating that “in recognition of the need for program enhancements, the Philhealth management has resolved to defer the issuance of the IPC for the Individually Paying Program.” But the same advisory, signed by A...
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20Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways in Eastern Visayas continues to find new ways to promote good governance and to effect the Department's transformation program anchored on transparency and accountability. Recent visitors and clients cannot miss to notice the newly installed tarpaulin strategically located at the lobby of the DPWH Regional Office 8 at Government Center, Palo, Leyte. DPWH Region 8 Director Rolando Asis said that the ta...
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20Apr2013MANILA, April 20 (PIA) -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nanguna kaniadtong Huwebes sa groundbreaking nga seremonya sa P335 milyones nga pag-ugmad nga prohekto sa kadalanan sa tinguha sa pagdasig sa mga langyaw og local nga mga turista sa pagbisita sa mga tourist spots sa probinsya ilabina sa Sungkilaw Falls. Ang Pangulong Ekuhitibo gi-ubanan sa Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas, Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Romeo S. Momo, og uban nga local nga mga opisyales d...
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20Apr2013MANILA, Abril 20 (PIA) -- An Overseas Workers Welfare Administrator nga hi Carmelita S. Dimzon en nakigkita han 115 liason officers han Philippine Recruitment Agencies (PRAs) han National Capital Region para ipahibaro an bag-o nga pamaagi han panrehistro para han paghag-id parti lenguahi para han mga Household Service Workders (HSWs). An meeting nga gindumara han Marso 18, 2013 didto ha Blas F. Ople Development Center ha OWWA Intramuros en gin-organisar han OWWA-NCR nga mga opisyal nga pinangun...
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20Apr2013MANILA, April 20 (PIA) -- Ang Malacanang nalipay sa pagkaapil ni Presidente Aquino sa labing mabuyohon nga tawo sa kalibutan sa 2013 Time Magazine sa iyang papel pagpalig’on ug paghatag kabaskog sa ekonomiya. Ang Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nagpagula sa pahayag kahuman sa pagpagawas sa tinuig nga listahan sa usa ka gatos (100) nga labing mabuyohon nga tawo sa kalibutan sa Huwebes. Ang 100 nga listahan sa Time Magazine gibahin ngadto sa lima: Titan, Leaders, Artist, Pioneers ug...
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19Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – Palay production in Eastern Visayas increased by 0.4 percent or 514.7 metric tons (MT) for the first six months of 2012. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in the region reported the development posted by its Eastern Visayas Regional Economic Monitoring and Analysis (EVREMA) which also showed the per province production growth for the period. The EVREMA postings show Eastern Samar province with a production growth of 29,729 MT; Sama...
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19Apr2013PALO, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – Scholarships for Master’s and Doctorate degrees in priority Science and Technology areas are now available at the DOST-Science Education Institute. Department of Science and Technology Region 8 Director Edgardo Esperancilla said that the scholarships are made available with the implementation of the Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program. The Program, Director Esperancilla said, aims to help improve the country’s global competi...
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19Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 19 (PIA) –The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Southern Leyte Provincial Office conducted a dialogue among Maasin Maternity and Children Hospital (MMCH) employees and the management headed by Medical Director Zenaida Abiera , Tuesday. DOLE Labor Extension Officer III Neil Moraleta said that Dr. Abiera assured MMCH workers of “full pay” in wages “plus all other benefits like Overtime Pay, Holiday Pay, Night Shift Differential and other applic...
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19Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 19 (PIA) -- The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) under the Office of the President conducted a two-day workshop on April 16-17, 2013 at the Governor’s Conference Hall, Capitol Building this city. The workshop was entitled: Multi-Stakeholders in mainstreaming the poor especially the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) beneficiaries to the commercial value chain of coconut and other high value agricultural products in Eastern Samar. The objectives of thi...
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19Apr2013SOGOD, Southern Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – Under the Training and Advisory Visit (TAV) program of the Department of Labor and Employment, the thirty employers who participated the activity have six months to one year to undertake all the corrections on all the deficiencies in the Labor Standards, Labor Extension Officer III Neil Moraleta disclosed in a press statement sent to PIA-Maasin. Moraleta quoted DOLE-Southern Leyte Provincial Head Fe Norma Valuis as saying that the said approach is taken...
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19Apr2013ORMOC CITY, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – The Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Office VIII in coordination with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – 4th Leyte Engineering District (LED) has funded the ongoing construction of additional boardwalk and Batwatch Tower Station in Palompon, Leyte. The DOT funded project has a contract cost of P3,458,098.55 under the ARA Builders and the 4th LED is targeting that said project be fully completed in a period of 45 days. It was learned...
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19Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Regional Office will be conducting a series of trainings for Agency Authorized Officers (AAOs) and Electronic Remittance Form (ERF) handlers on the State-pension agency's streamlined processes. Relative to this, GSIS is inviting the designated AAOs and ERF handlers of all government institutions to a training scheduled on April 25, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Among the modules that will be taken up d...
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19Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) -- Eastern Visayas is sending 302 athletes to vie for medals at the 2013 Palarong Pambansa, the Department of Education here said. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said athletes have left the region for Dumaguete, Negros Oriental which is the site of this year’s Palarong Pambansa that will open on April 21 at the Gov. Mariano Perdices Sports Complex and will go on until April 27. Director Yu said that of the total number of Eastern Vi...
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19Apr2013MANILA, April 19 (PIA) -- Ginhan-ay han Department of Budget and Management (DBM) an mga bag-o nga giya aber ma release hagilayon an retirement perks han mga nag retire nga empleyado han gobyerno. Subay han Budget Circular 2013-1 petsado 12 han Abril yana nga tuig , an mga government retirees in makakakarawat han retirement perks, gratuities ngan iba pa nga benepisyo ha sakob hin 30 diaz tikang han actual date of retirement, kun ngatanan nga rekisitos in ira igin andam ngan iginsumitir 90 di...
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18Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 18 (PIA) -- The Commission on Election (Comelec) assured the public that it will not ignore any complaint regarding any election violations filed with their office in connection with the May 13 elections. Lawyer Veronico Petalcorin, assistant regional director of Comelec regional office 8, said the Comelec is calling for public vigilance to prosecute the erring candidates and initiate actions and apply corresponding penalty commensurate according to the violations an...
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18Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 18 (PIA) – The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) has intensified its campaign against most wanted persons in Samar province and some parts of Eastern Visayas. The campaign is being done to ensure the conduct of secure and fair election (SAFE) in the region this May, 2013 poll. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director said the police force is determined to arrest most wanted persons to prevent them from being recruited by unscrupulous politicia...
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18Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 18 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) –Southern Leyte Provincial Office said there are still 50 slots available for a cash for training program for youth in the province. “Cash for (C4) Training program is now in full swing throughout the province, however, there are still 50 training slots that remains open,” TESDA SoLeyte Administrative Officer V Jocelyn Gidal, who is also the Public Information Officer designa...
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18Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Provincial Office here has allocated P2.165 million for their 40 percent salary counterpart in the payment of 1,584 beneficiaries of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this year. “There are 29 local government units, academe and private establishments who committed to hire students starting the month of January until December this year since the SPES can be availed by the stude...
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18Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 18 (PIA) - Ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) –Southern Leyte probinsiyal nga buhatan nagpahibalo nga adunay 50 ka mga slots nga pwede pa gamiton sa mga batan-on. “Ang Cash for Training program karon tibook na nga gisugdan sa tibook nga probinsiya, hinoon, aduna pay nagpabilin nga 50 ka mga training slots ang nagpabilin nga bakante,” matud ni TESDA SoLeyte Administrative Officer V Jocelyn Gidal, kinsa mao usab ang natudl...
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18Apr2013MANILA, Abril 18 - Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III moduyog sa iyang mga katugbang adto sa 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit nga pagahimoon sa Brunei Darussalam karong Abril 24 ug 25, ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) mipahibawo pagka Miyerkoles. Sa briefing sa Malacanang, si DFA Spokesman Raul Hernandez miingon nga kini nga Summit, nga nag-timaan sab sa ika 46 ka tuig pagkamugna sa ASEAN, magsilbing follow-up sa 21st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits didto sa P...
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18Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 18 -- Naghurma an Department of Education hin Election Task Force (ETF) Operation Center ha Central Office ha Pasig aber masiguro an hul-os nga suporta ha mga magturutdo nga magseserbi isip Board of Election Inspectors para han 2013 national ngan local elections. Gintudlok ni Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro hi Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Alberto Muyot komo Chair han Steering Committee, segun hin usa nga statement tikang ha DepEd. Tatalinguhaon han ETF nga...
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18Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office inked a partnership with a non-government organization, United People of FOBI, Inc (UPFI) for the implementation of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) program in four municipalities and the City of Maasin. UPFI Program Coordinator Sofie Pono said “as an accredited non-government organization with the DSWD based in Maasin City, we will implement the MCCT program a...
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18Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 18 (PIA) -- The province of Northern Samar is set to participate in the inception workshop on Child-Centered –Community Based Climate Change Adaptation (CC-CBA) level indicators on April 18 at Mabini Social Hall, Malacanang Palace in Manila City. Provincial Planning and Development Coordinator of Northern Samar Engr. Romeo M. Cardenas who will represent the Provincial Government in the activity said the inception workshop will be conducted to support the outcom...
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18Apr2013MANILA, Abril 18 (PIA) – Hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III en makikig-usa han iya mga igkasi didto ha 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit nga pagdudumaraon ha Brunei Darussalam tikang ha Abril 24 ngadto ha 25, pasabot han Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) dida han Miyerkoles. Dida hin usa nga haroharampang ha Malacañang, nagsering hi DFA Spokesperson Raul Hernandez nga eni nga Summit, nga nagmamarka gihapon han kanan ika-46 nga pageksister han ASEAN, en magseserbi nga...
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17Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) -- An official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Eastern Visayas region said the agency has joined the Department of National Defense (DND) against the alleged involvement of the New People’s Army (NPA) in illegal drug activities. Liza Baoy, PDEA regional information officer, said in a press statement that the agency and DND have received reports that the NPA have turned to illegal drugs trade as their way to procure weapons to sustain th...
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17Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 17 (PIA) – Civil society organizations and government agencies initiated a Day of Prayer through recollection and peace covenant signing among provincial level candidates on April 15 at St. Claire Monastery, Mondragon, Northern Samar. Among these organizations and agencies are the Diocese of Catarman, NAMFREL, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), COMELEC, PNP, AFP, PIA and Northern Samar Peace and Development Forum (NSPDF). As expressed in ...
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17Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 17 (PIA) —While other youth are engaged in summer classes and sports this summer, other Samarnon youth are learning how to play musical instruments courtesy of Ezer Foundation Performing Arts. Ezer Foundation Performing Arts (EFPA) arrived for the first time in Samar to conduct a three- day musical instrument clinic for free on April 16 to April 17 in Catbalogan City and Paranas, Samar. EFPA’s members are 400 former street children aged 4-17 who have bee...
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17Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, April 17 (PIA) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) here has arrested 11 arrested persons for illegal possession of firearms and ammunitions under the Omnibus Election Code. Major Edwin Barbosa, Deputy Provincial Director for Operations said the successful operations are attributed to the vigilance of the policemen in their respective municipal police office(MPOs) from January 13 to April 15. He also said there are so far no report of untoward incident in PNP/...
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17Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office in Eastern Visayas has allocated P5 million for the repair and rehabilitation of the Philippine Information Agency building in Region 8. DPWH Director Rolando Asis, in a press statement, said that the DPWH Regional Office is now starting the bidding for the P5 million project. According to DPWH Maintenance Division Chief, Engr. Vicente Aletin, the Phase 1 of the project covers the im...
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17Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) – For government to be sure and be assured that rehabilitation will be done by those who will apply for mining operation, President Benigno S. Aquino III has ordered RA 7076 to be used for small-scale mining operations. Dante Operario, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB8) regional information officer, disclosed the information saying that the President issued an executive order mandating the MGB of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ...
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17Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) - The National Council on Disability Affairs is set to conduct training on disaster preparedness for persons with disabilities in Hilongos, Leyte on April 22. Acting Executive Director Carmen Zubiaga said the NCDA is spearheading said activity in partnership with the Civil Defense Action Group, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the municipal government of Hilongos, Leyte, in order to address specific needs of persons with disabilities and sensiti...
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17Apr2013MANILA, April 17 (PIA) -- Ingon nga kabahin sa data-driven nga kampanya aron sa pagtuki sa paglihay sa pagbuhis, ang Department of Finance og ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) nagsunod og nagtuon sa listahan sa nanguna nga mga taxpayers gikan sa nasudnon nga ang-ang hangtud sa Revenue Ditrict Office (RDO) nga ang-ang. Si Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima nagpahayag nga ang nanguna nga mga magbubuhis nga listahan importante kaayo nga diha sa kampanya sa BIR aron sa pag-dugang sa increase sa ...
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17Apr2013MANILA, Abril 17 (PIA) -- Nagsering hi Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz dida han usa ka-adlaw nga temporaryo nga ginpa-ukoy han Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) an pangarawat hin mga babaye nga magtatrabaho para han tiaarabot nga papanrehistro para han Employment Permit System (EPS) Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) nga nakatalaan ha Hulyo ha yana nga tuig. An temporaryo nga pagpa-ukoy en gindumara matapos magsering hi POEA Administrator Hans Leo...
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17Apr2013ORMOC CITY, LEYTE, Abril 17 (PIA) -- An kanan Philippine Army 19th Infantry (Commando) Battalion nga pinamumunuan ni 1Lt Rod Vincent F. Babera en nakigsugbong hin usa nga Bisayan Community Club nga nakabasi ha Victoria, Australia, ha pagdumara hin usa nga medical mission para hadton mga kablas nga mga pamilya ha siyudad han Ormoc dida han Abril 14. An medical mission en gindumara didto ha Claretian Mission Center ha Barangay Milagro, siyudad han Ormoc han mga kasundalohan ngan han mga miyembro ...
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17Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 17 (PIA) - Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office mi-abot sa buhatan sa United People of FOBI, Inc (UPFI) aron sa pagpirma og kasabotan alang sa pagpatuman sa Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) nga programa alang sa upat ka lungsod og sa Siyudad sa Maasin. Sumala kang UPFI Program Coordinator Sofie Pono, “Ingon nga na-akredito nga non-government organization sa DSWD og nga nakabase sa Maasin City, kami magpatuman sa...
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17Apr2013MANILA, April 17 (PIA) - Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nag-abi-abi kang His Majesty Haji Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah sa Brunei Darussalam atoll sa pagpasidungog nga pag-abot sa Malakanyang nga Palasyo. Usa ka 21-gun salute was gihatag agig pasidungog sa Sultan sa Brunei atoll sa pag-awit sa mga nasudnon nga mga awit sa duha ka nasud sa alas 11 sa kabuntagon kaniadtong Martes didto sa Malakanyang nga tugkaran. Human sa mga seremonyas sa pag-abot, ang Presidente nagdala kang Sultan Bolk...
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17Apr2013MANILA, April 17 (PIA) – Ang Presidente Benigno Aquino III sa Martes naghalad sa iyang pag ampo sa mga biktima sa kaluha nga pagbuto sa Boston Marathon sa iyang pagkondenar sa nagpaluyo sa wala’y kalooy nga pag’asdang sa malinawon man unta nga kalingawan sa esport. Ang administrasyon miduyog sa langyaw nga katilingban sa paghatag ug tinuuray nga pagpakigduyog sa mga pamilya sa namatayan sa pagbomba sa Boston Marathon, ang Deputy Spokesperson Abigail Valte nagingon sa iyang pahayag. Sa...
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17Apr2013MANILA, April 17 -- Waray Pinoy han mga nahi report nga dinimalas han usa nga pagbubto kun diin duha an namatay durante han Boston Marathon han Lunes han kulop segun han Department of Foreign Affairs. Iginpagawas gihapon ini ni Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez, ha iya twitter account, “So far, (there were) no Filipino casualties in the Boston bombings, but (our) Consulate in NY continues to monitor with US authorities and Fil-am com leaders.” Ha usa nga mensahe ni Deputy Presidential Sp...
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17Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 17 (PIA) -- The Commission on Election (Comelec) is leading the "Operation Baklas Poster" in this city to send a strong message that the poll body is very serious in implementing the resolution on the proper common poster area for city candidates, City Comelec Officer Jesus Gutay said. “Two days ago, we have gone around the town and I have observed that the candidates (or their supporters) really violate the common poster area directive,” Gutay said. He added ...
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17Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 17 (PIA) -- Barely three years after being organized as a battalion, the 87th Infantry (Hinirang) Battalion led by Lt. Col. Cerilo Balaoro Jr received two citations as it celebrated its 3rd anniversary on April 15 in remote San Jose de Buan town. The 8th ID Commanding General Gerardo Layug awarded the 87th IB under Balaoro Jr as Most Combat Efficient and CENCOM Best Infantry Battalion. The 87th IB was instrumental in the discovery of the biggest NPA bomb fact...
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17Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) -- The Social Security System will launch its AlkanSSSya program in Carigara town, Leyte province, to entice informal workers, private company employees and self-employed individuals to enroll in the government –owned insurance system. Pedicab drivers who are members of a drivers association in the town are the target workers for enrollment in the project. Emilio De Quiros, Jr., SSS president and CEO, during his recent visit to Tacloban City, explained...
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17Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 17 (PIA) -- Most Reverend Crispin B. Varquez, Bishop of Borongan is set to lead a candidates forum on April 19, Friday, at the Nativity of Our Lady College Seminary, Baybay Boulevard, this city. The forum which expects the presence of the provincial candidates would be an avenue where the provincial seats aspirants can “present their platforms of governance and address a wide range of issues that affect the province”. Likewise, it is said that the Pro...
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16Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 16 (PIA) -- “Racing Against Time: Climate Change, Human Development and Localizing a Global Imperative for National Survival” is the theme of the forum set to be held today at the Matapat Hall of the Philippine National Police Region 8 Headquarters spearheaded by the Region Eight Administrators League and the Career Executive Service Board. Department of Budget and Management Region 8 Director Imelda Laceras, the president of REAL, said the topic aims ...
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16Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 16 (PIA) -- A total of 792 students are benefited from the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in the province of Eastern Samar. Most students are deployed in the community for employed as street cleaners through the “Clean and Green Program” of the government, according to Mylene C. Paganos, Labor and Employment Officer of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Under the SPES, any qualified student aging 15-25 can apply in any gover...
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16Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 16 (PIA) -- At least 150 youths will avail themselves of the Special Program for the Education of Students (SPES). The SPEC is an education assistance program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in coordination with the local government unit of Maasin. Vice Mayor Ma. Effie Abiera-Sabandal, the Public Employment Service Officer (PESO) of Maasin City, called on qualified applicants who haven’t submitted yet the requirements to comply and submit ...
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16Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 16 (PIA) -- Some two hundred farmers will benefit from the commercialization of hybrid corn in six barangays in Paranas, Samar. These are the barangays of Lawaan 1 and 2, Tutubigan, Mancal, Salay, Casandig 1 and 2 and Paco. The benefits come in the form of free farm inputs like fertilizer and planting materials like hybrid corn seeds for the 150 hectare land from the barangays. Pioneer Corporation a private entity from Cebu provided the farm inputs and seeds. Th...
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16Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 16 (PIA) – In the next two years, the military will turn over to local governments the principal responsibility of ensuring peace and security in Samar and Northern Samar provinces. The 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army based in Catbalogan City, Samar vowed that all the provinces of Region 8 will become “manageable conflict-affected and ready for development provinces” in 2016. “In the next two years, we will be handing over to the LGUs of Samar and ...
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16Apr2013MANILA, Abril 16 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III gusto nga ang kasabutan sa kalinaw tali sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) mahimo gyod nga buhaton ug naka-angkla sa lig-ong pundasyon nga makalahutay sa pagtuki, opisyal sa Palasyo nagkanayon pagka Lunes. Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda miluwat sa maong pamahayag diha sa regular press briefing sa Malacanang pagka Lunes human mapahigayon ang 37th GPH-MILF Formal Exploratory Talks sa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia sa miagin...
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16Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Abril 16 (PIA) – Iginpaabot ni Undersecretary Jose Mari Oquiñena han Presidential Communications Operations Office dida National Schools Press Conference nga gindumara ha Ormoc City, Leyte an iya pag-aghat han mga peryodista ha maabot nga mga adlaw nga diri la magseguro nga magin mag-upay nga mga manunurat, mag-upay nga mga broadcaster kundi mga magkarit nga may paghigugma han era nasud ngan han katawhan hini. Ha iya makalilipay nga pagpinatawa, nakatutok gud pamati kan...
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16Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, Abril 16 (PIA) – An Civil Service Commission (CSC) ha Sinirangan Bisayas en nagpapahinumdum han mga opisyal ngan empleyado han gobyerno han talaan ha pagsumite han era mga Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN) han Abril 30. Hi CSC Rehiyon 8 Director Raymund Gonzales en nagsering nga ha Section 17, Article XI han 1987 Constitution en nag-oobligar “han mga pampubliko nga mga opisyal ngan mga empleyado pagsumite han era SALN ha era pagsulod ha op...
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16Apr2013MANILA, Abril 16 (PIA) -- Nagsering an Malacañang dida han Domingo nga napabilin an respeto ngan suporta han mga Pilipino ngadto han Pilipino nga boksingero nga hi Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire ha luyo han iya kaperdi ngadto han taga Cuba nga boksingero nga hi Guillermo Rigondeaus dida han era super bantamweight bout nga gindumara ha New York City dida han Sabado han gab-i. Dida hin usa nga deklarasyon nga ginbasa ha kahanginan han ginpapadalagan han gobyerno nga estasyon han radyo ...
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16Apr2013ORMOC CITY, LEYTE, April 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine Army’s 19th Infantry (Commando) Battalion led by 1LT Rod Vincent F. Babera has partnered with a Bisayan Community Club based in Victoria, Australia, in the conduct of a medical mission to poor families of Ormoc City on April 14. The medical mission was conducted at the Claretian Mission Centre at Barangay Milagro, Ormoc City by army soldiers and the members of Share-Me-A-Dream, a Bisayan Community Club in Victoria, Australia. The whole day...
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16Apr2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, April 15 (PIA) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has conducted an Investment Scam Prevention information dissemination in the province of Leyte. Atty. Lindeza Rogero-Gavino, Director of the SEC-Cebu Extension Office said that on April 11, the activity was conducted in Tacloban City with the non-stock corporations accredited by DSWD Region 8. On April 12, a similar activity was conducted at the Philippine National Police Regional Office at Camp Rupert...
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16Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 16 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Probinsyal nga buhatan dinhi naggahin og igo nga kantidad alang sa tugbang nga suhulan sa pagbayad ngadto sa 1,584 ka mga benepisyaryo sa Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) karong tuiga. Sumala kang Senior Labor and Employment Officer Mario Tictic, “Adunay 29 ka mga local nga pangagamahanan, tunghaan og pribado nga mga establisamento kinsa misaad sa pagpatrabaho og mga estudyante su...
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16Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 16 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission in Eastern Visayas reminded the government officials and employees that the deadline of filing their Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN) is on April 30. CSC Region 8 Director Raymund Gonzales said that Section 17, Article XI of the 1987 Constitution requires “public officials and employees to file their SALN upon assumption to office and as often as may be required by law,” which under Section ...
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16Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Abril 16 (PIA) – Maabot 9,000 nga mga Taclobanon nga natikang han iba-iba nga mga barangay en nakatagamtam han Self Employment Assistance Program (SEAP) han pangobyernohan han siyudad. An SEAP en usa nga prayoridad nga programa han lokal nga pangobyernohan han siyudad ha ilarum han pamunuan ni Alkalde Alfred Romualdez. Pinadadalagan pinaagi han City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) ha ilarum han liderato ni Miss Liliosa Baltazar, an SEAP en usa nga non-coll...
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16Apr2013MANILA, April 16 (PIA) -- Ang Malakanyang mihimo og pasalig kaniadtong Sabado nga kini kanunay nag-andam sa paghatag og tabang ngadto sa mga Pilipino nga nangayo og tabang sa Saudi Arabia ilabina kaniadtong walay dokumento og gusto nga mobalik ngadto sa Pilipinas. Mokabat og labing menus 7,000 ka mga Pilipino ka mga trabahante nga nagtinguha sa pagpa-uli gikan sa Saudi Arabia human ni King Abdullah nga nagmando og tulo-ka bulan nga pagkalangan kalabot sa paggukod batok sa illegal og sobra nga...
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14Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 14 (PIA) -- Si Undersecretary Jose Marie Oquinena sa Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) midangilag sa espiritu sa mga kabatan-onan, nagpasunod kanila sa kinabuhi sa pag-pangalagad alang sa Ginoo, sa nasud, ug alang sa ubang mga kaigsoonan. Namulong atubangan sa kapin sa 4,000 ka mga batan-on nga nagtapok sa city gym Huwebes sa gabii pagbukas sa Regional Youth Day nga kalihokan sa Simbahan, si Oquinena, kinsa mao usab ang Director-Genera...
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14Apr2013PALOMPON, Leyte, April 14 (PIA) -- The establishment and development of Aquasilviculture at the town of Palompon, Leyte is envisioned to mitigate the ill effects of climate change. With this as the goal and in support of the National Greening Program of the government, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has partnered with the Aqua Peace Farm for the development of an Aquasilviculture project in Barangay Mazawalo, Palompon, Leyte. DENR Regional Executive Director Manolito Ragu...
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14Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 14 (PIA) -- Around 9,000 Taclobanons from several barangays availed of the Self Employment Assistance Program (SEAP) of the City Government. The SEAP is a priority program of the City local government unit under the leadership of Mayor Alfred Romualdez. Being managed by the City Social Welfare and Development Office under the leadership of Miss Liliosa Baltazar, the SEAP is a non-collateral loan available to market vendors, residents of depressed and farming bara...
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14Apr2013BARANGAY, MAGSAYSAY, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar, April 14 -- An abandoned camp believed to be of the New People's Army was discovered by government security forces at Happy Valley, San Isidro, Northern Samar at around 10:30 a.m. April 13. Lieutenant Colonel Noel A. Vestuir, 20IB’s Commanding Officer, in his report to 803rd Brigade Commander, Colonel Rolando Malinao, said the camp was seized by the operating troops of 20IB led by 1Lt. Florencio Tayo III. The camp has 15 bunkers that can ...
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13Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 13 (PIA) --The The Environment and Management Bureau (EMB) of the DENR in Eastern Visayas calls on all candidates to ensure that this year's election is 'garbage -free'. Under the joint memorandum circular (JMC) signed and issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Commission on Elections (COMELEC), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), these agencies are tasked to ensure the strict implementation of a garbage free cam...
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13Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 13 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO), Biliran Provincial Office together with other provincial offices of NSO nationwide is currently undertaking the April 2013 Labor Force Survey (LFS). On Monday, April 8, NSO has started interviewing respondents of sample households for this particular survey. According to Rose Marie Lumbre, NSO-Biliran director, the interview period for the April 2013 LFS will continue until April 19. She said the activity aims to provide ...
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13Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 13 (PIA) -- Nine violators of election gun ban were apprehended and detained by Northern Samar Philippine National Police as reported by the Provincial Director Police Senior Superintendent Isaias Tonog covering the period January 13 to March 4. According to the report, nine firearms were confiscated and 15 ammunitions were seized by police operatives in separate operations under manhunt Charlie, by the mobile patrol, police response, and intelligence network ope...
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13Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 13 (PIA) -- Undersecretary Jose Marie Oquinena of the Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) ignited the spirit of young people, leading them to a life of service for God, country, and for others. Speaking before over 4,000 youths that converged at the jam-packed city gym here last night for the start of the church-based Regional Youth Day, Oquinena, who is also the Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), literally led ...
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13Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 13 (PIA) -- Undersecretary Jose Mari Oquiñena of the Presidential Communications Operations Office set the tone of the National Schools Press Conference now ongoing in Ormoc City, Leyte by exhorting the future journalists to aspire not only to become good writers, good broadcasters but to become great ones who love their country and its people. USec Oquiñena, with his wit and contagious humor, kept the audience alive, continuously clapping their hands and bursting...
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13Apr2013MANILA, Abril 13 (PIA) -- Nanawagan an Malacañang ha katawhan Pilipino nga magbayad han ira buhis ha husto nga paagi ngan ha tukma nga panahon ngan iginpahinumbom nga hiton Lunes na, Abril 15, iton katubtoban hiton pagsasalawad han ITR o income tax returns. Dida han ginbuhat nga press briefing ha Malacañang kakulop, nagsering hi Secretary Ramon Carandang han Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) nga ginklaro nira Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III ngan Bure...
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13Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 13 (PIA) -- Twelve private colleges in Eastern Visayas application for increase of tuition fee this coming school year is still under review, the Commission on Higher Education in the region said. Liberty Garcia, Ph.D, CHED regional director said the application for tuition fee hike is from 5% to 10% and that the increase sought is still within the allowed increase by the Commission. The CHED top official also said that of the 12 schools applying for increase, four...
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13Apr2013MANILA, Abril 13 -- Iginproklamar an mga Sanggunian han Catarman , Northern Samar, Limasawa, Southern Leyte, Ormoc City ug Calbayog City nga mga daugan dida han paisan-isan nga ginbuhat para han Local Legislative Awards para han 1st ug 3rd Class Municipality, 4th ngadto 6th Class Municipality, HUC ug Independent Component City. Dida han programa ha di pala maiha, gin-aghat ni DILG Regional Director Pedro A. Noval Jr. an mga daugan nga mga taga sanggunian nga igpasigi an ira kinabag-o nga mga ...
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13Apr2013MANILA, Abril 13 -- Pasigi nga ginbabantayan han goberno Pilipinas an ano man nga bag-o nga hitabo ha Korean Peninsula, labi na gud ha North Korea, diin mayda plano nga poroybahan an ira hinimo nga missile, sumala ine han Malacanang ha di pala maiha. Ha usa nga press conference ha Malacanang, nagsabi hi Secretary Ramon Carandang han Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) nga naalarma iton Palasyo hine nga plano hiton North Korea. Sugan man ginpapanmatia...
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13Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District, Tacloban City would like to inform its concessionaires that there is a schedule of water service disconnection in Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte for the period April 15 – 18, 2013. Areas covered for water disconnection on April 15-16, will be in Tacloban City in the following areas: Zones 081-118 (Sagkahan) 62-A, 62-B, 63, Km 4, Mangga, Bliss, Pleasant Ville & Fatima Village; (Calanipawan) Brgy. 96, Cluster II and IV Blis...
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13Apr2013MANILA, Abril 13 (PIA) -- Naghahangyo an Malacañang ngadto ha mga Pilipino nga katawhan nga magbayad hin tuhay han era mga buhis ngan ha tama nga oras kay tikaherani na an talaan pagbayad han buhis para ha mga kita yana nga Lunes. Dida hin usa nga pakigharampang ha mga peryodista dida han Huwebes, nagsering hi Secretary Ramon Carandang han Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) nga an Pangulo ngan han Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Hen...
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12Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 12 (PIA) -- Women in Samar carrying the burden of silent suffering vented their pent up feelings in a creative workshop facilitated by Sulong Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL). The organizers heard stories of women in conflict in Samar, some were hesitant to do so, and others are still in trauma. Sulong CARHRIHL visited Samar for the second time to reach out to these women and hear the traumatic stori...
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12Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 12 (PIA) -- The recent stop-over of MS Europa at Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte, was a happy development for the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Eastern Visayas. Karina Rosa S. Tiopes, DOT regional director said that the stop-over was a positive sign for tourism in the region. She said that MS Europa is one of the best cruise ships in the world and the inclusion of Kalanggaman Island in its cruise destination could bring in more tourists to the region. MS Euro...
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12Apr2013MANILA, Abril 12 (PIA-8) -- An gobyerno han Pilipinas en padayon nga nagbabantay han dalagan han mga panhitabo ha Korea Peninsula lab-i na gud han kanan North Korea plano para hin usa nga missile test, sering han Malacañang dida han Huwebes. Dida hin usa nga pakigharampang ha mga peryodista ha Malacañang, nagsering hi Secretary Ramon Carandang han Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) nga an Palasyo en naaalarma han kanan North Korea plano nga millile ...
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12Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 12 (PIA) -- Women have played significant roles in the progress of the farming sector. This was emphasized by Dr. Wilson Cerbito, Department of Agriculture Technical Director for Research and Regulations in Eastern Visayas, during the two-day Program Implementation Review, Planning and Budgeting Workshop of the Gender and Development (GAD) Technical Working Group held on April 4-5, at Patio Victoria, San Jose, Tacloban City. “If we try to think more deeply, wome...
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11Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 11 (PIA) -- The Farmers’ Field School (FFS) on Palay Check System has empowered more women farmers from Barangay Parina, Jiabong, Samar. Yesterday, the FFS graduated 24 women farmers, which is seven more than the male graduating class. Concepcion Mabilangan, barangay chairman, who was part of the graduating class acknowledged the learning she acquired during the season-long FFS classes. “Makakabulig gud an amon hibabruan (Our new learning will really help us...
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11Apr2013CARIGARA, Leyte, April 11 (PIA) – Taking advantage of the good weather condition and early funding releases, the Department of Public Works and Highways Second Leyte Engineering District has already started the implemention at least 28 projects which are now in full-blown as of end of first quarter. District Engineer Maria Margarita Junia disclosed that of the 33 projects programmed under the regular budget for this year, 28 are now being implemented with 25.39% accomplishment rate as of Mar...
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11Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with partners from the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) conducted a one-day Micro Small and Medium Enterprises forum and caravan in Villa Josefa, Ubanon, Catbalogan City, Wednesday. Acting Deputy Executive Director DTI-PTTC Elizabeth Manuel shared her own success story in the business and other success stories of famous businessmen in the country today. The director said the entrepreneurial mindset seek...
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11Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) here announced recently the passing of some 62 examinees of the Accreditation and Equivalency (A & T) Test which the department gave last year. Mr. Jun Nilou Dulfo informed PIA, that among these 62 is barangay Chairman Mariafe Apar Apura of brgy. Can-abong who can now enroll in any college course if she opts to. Mrs. Apura is about 50 years old, he said but if she decides, she can pursue a college course, while...
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11Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 11 (PIA) – The top official of the regional office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said he is waiting a copy of the suspension order by the Sandiganbayan against Mayor Diego Lim of Taft, Eastern Samar. Dr. Pedro Noval, DILG regional director, said that he learned of the suspension order against the mayor only through the banner story of a local newspaper last April 7. Mayor Lim was slapped with a 90-days suspension order by the graft bo...
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11Apr2013MANILA, April 11 (PIA) -- Ang gobyerno mosiguro nga ang mga balaod sa nasud ikapatuman. Mao ni ang sulti ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III agig reaksyon niya sa labing ulahing pagkasangad sa Tubataha Reef nga naglambigit og sakyanang panagatan sa mga Insik, sa interbyu didto sa Roxas City Airport pagka Miyerkoles. Ang Presidente miingon ang kagamhanan mopalihok sa Republic Act 10067 nga nag-ingon ang si bisan kinsang mosulod sa protected zone paga-isipon nga nangawat. “There are penalti...
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11Apr2013MANILA, Abril 11 (PIA) – Nagporma hin grupo an Philippine National Police (PNP) nga matutok hiton mga kaso hin nagkakawawara nga mga kabataan. Nagsering hi PNP spokesman Chief Supt. Generoso Cerbo, Jr. nga ginmando-an ni Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director Chief Supt. Frank Uyami hi Supt. Emma Libunao, an hepe han CIDG women and children protection division, nga tutokan gud an nahisumat nga mga kaso. Ginkompirmar ni Libunao nga ginto-inan hiya nga pannginano-on hin lag...
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11Apr2013MANILA, Abril 11 (PIA) – An kanan Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program o 4Ps en kinahanglan nga maghatag hin hurohilaba nga bulig ngadto han kanan ha yana nga mga benepisaryo embis nga dugangan an kadamo han iya mga benepisaryo nga mga pamilya. Dida hin usa nga pag-estudyo ha diri pala maiha, ni PIDS Senior Research Fellow Celia Reyes ngan Supervision Research Specialist Aubrey Tabuga, eginrerekomendar an pagpauro-iha han bulig ngadto han ha ...
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11Apr2013MAASIN CTIY, Southern Leyte, April 11 (PIA) -- Around 2,500 to 3,000 participants are expected to participate in the Regional Youth Day to be held in Maasin City, April 11-14, 2013, Fr. Merwin Kangleon, Committee Chairman on Transportation of the activity said. At least 10 diocese throughout Central-Eastern Visayas regions are coming to participate in the 4-day event, particularly from Cebu, Dumaguete, Tagbilaran, Talibon and Maasin City, to name a few, Fr. Kangleon disclosed. He said that th...
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11Apr2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Abril 11 (PIA) – Nagsering hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III han Miyerkoles nga nakagdumara na hin action plan an gobyerno para epektibo nga makuntrolar an smuggling ha nasud. Dida hin usa nga panmaki-an ha Roxas City, Capiz kun diin pinangunahan niya an pormal nga seremonyas han groundbreaking han Roxas City Airport Development Project, nagsering an Chief Executive nga an bag-o nga ginhimo nga pitad en makakasolbar han problema ha smuggling. “Pero maaram hi Commissioner ...
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11Apr2013MANILA, Abril 11 (PIA) – An Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) en nagpahibaro ngadto han era mga memorial planholders nga pwede na hera maghangyo pagpakumberter han era mga plano ngadto ha cash nga diri maubos han nakakontrata nga presyo tubtub ngadto han Agusto 31, 2013. Gintawag nga GSIS Enhanced Optional Exit Mechanism (EOEM), an programa en nagtutugot han mga planholders nga makarefund han era mga ginbaydan depended han klase han era memorial plan. Nagsering an GSIS nga an EOEM e...
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11Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, Abril 11 (PIA) – Kaudgan han 149 nga mga local government units (LGUs) nga nakumponi hin unom nga mga lalawigan, pito nga mga siyudad, ngan 136 nga mga bungto ha Sinirangan Bisayas en nagpakakarawat han Seal of Good Housekeeping ha pagka-Enero 16, 2013, sering han Department of Interior and Local Government ha Rehiyon. Hi DILG Rehiyon 8 Director Pedro Noval, Jr. en nagpahibaro nga damo nga mga LGUs en na-uupgraded unta ngadto ha Silver nga kategoreya pero kulang pa hera h...
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10Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 10 – Some seven young men and women from Eastern Visayas are included in 276 newly selected cadets to compose the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) class of 2017. One comes from Catbalogan City, one from Burauen, Leyte, three from Tacloban City, one from Carigara, Leyte and one from Isabel, Leyte. PMA formally welcomed 276 new cadets, where 192 are males and 84 females, in a Reception and Oath-Taking Rites on April 1, at PMA, Fort General Gregorio del Pilar,...
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10Apr2013PILAR, Bataan, Abril 10 (PIA) – Eginpasamwak ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III dida han Martes an kanan gobyerno epektibo nga implementasyon han Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Law. Dida han iya pagyakan han komemorasyon han Ika-71 nga Araw ng Kagitingan nga seremonyas ha Mt. Samat Shrine dinhi, an Chief Executive en nagsering nga maabot 18,700 nga Pilipino nga mga beterano en natagan na han era mga kumpensasyon nga matotal ha US$ 224 milyones ha pagka Enero han yana nga tuig. “Nakatu...
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10Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 10 (PIA) -- Ang total nga gidaghanon sa mga nakalista nga mga bumoboto ning lalawigan alang sa Mayo 13, 2013 nga piniliay miabot og 254,389 ka mga katawhan, record nakuha gikan sa provincial office sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) nagpakita. Ang maong numero nag-representar og pagsaka balig 5% itandi sa October 25, 2010 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, nga nakatala og 241,707 ka mga rehistradong botante. Sa 19 ka mga local government units s...
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10Apr2013PILAR, Bataan, April 10 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III mibutyag kagahapon mahitungod sa dugang mga kaayohan alang sa mga nagka-tigulang na nga mga beterano diha sa pagsaulog sa Araw ng Kagitingan dinhing dapita, gitumbok niya ang kabayanihan sa mga war heroes dili matupngan. Namulong atubangan sa liboan ka mga beterano, mga batan-on ug mga diplomats sa Mt. Samat Shrine, ang Presidente miingon nagkahiusa ang tibuok nasud pag-saludar sa nilibo ka mga beterano kinsa way kukahadlok ng...
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09Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, April 9 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) would like to inform its concessionairs in the municipalities of Dagami, Tabon-Tabon, Tolosa, Tanauan, Palo, and Pastrana, Leyte of their schedule of water bill collection. On April 19 – 27, the collection will be in Palo, Leyte; April 21-29, in Tanauan; April 22-30, in Dagami; April 25 in Tolosa and Tabon-Tabon; and on April 26, in Pastrana, Leyte. LMWD calls on concerned water concessionairs to pay their accounts ...
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09Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Abril 9 (PIA) -- Jasumpay han Labor Force Survey (LFS) nga pagdudumaraon tikang han Abril 8 ngadto ha Abril 30, an National Statistics Office han Sinirangan Bisayas en nananawagan han kuoperasyon han mga panimalay nga mahitutungdan han nasabi nga survey. Nagsering hi NSO-8 Regional Director Raul Dones nga sugad han iba nga mga survey nga gindumara han NSO, an impormasyon nga mahihikay en tratrataron nga sekreto ngan diri igpapakita maski kankanay labot la han otorisado ...
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09Apr2013MANILA, April 9 (PIA) -- Diri nababalhin an desisyon san gobyerno pagsugod sadton mga nagpapalusot, diri nagbabayad san buwis ngan iba pa nga krimina pinaagi sin pagsang-at sin makusog nga kaso para maseguro nga ini nga naghihimo sin diri tama mapriso, ini an sugad san opisyal san Palasyo. Pagbaton san panawagan sa mga magbaralaod para pakusgon an pag ato kontra san pag esmagol, si Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte nasugad nga an gobyerno wara pagluya nga diri maipatuok an pagpalus...
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09Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 9 (PIA) - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp (Philhealth) has instituted stringent measures to curb fraudulent claims committed by a few unscrupulous among the many upright hospitals and doctors. Atty. Michael Troy Polintan, Philhealth Attorney V disclosed the information during the forum organized by the state insurance agency’s Fact Finding, Investigation, and Enforcement Department (FFAID) and Philhealth regional office. Over reports of incidence of fraud, t...
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09Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 9 (PIA) -- Three high school girls from the Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School (ESNCHS), this city is set to fly to Houston, Texas, USA, to join in the Investigatory Project Competition. Kimberly Badocdoc, Nenalyn Cesista and Gel Ann Dacoro, all senior students of ESNCHS will be leaving by the end of this month together with their teacher-coach Mrs. Sandra Sagaoinit Parena, in order to present to the world a new discovery. School Principal, Mr...
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08Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 8 (PIA) – An Malakanyang naghangyo sa publiko nga i report ngadto sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) adton mga politiko nga gin-gagamit an Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Programa para san katuyuanan pamolitika dida san pagtikang san pangampanya san mga local nga mga kandidato. Yaun mga local government units nga nagrereklamo matungod sini nga report nga nasugad nga adton mga politiko nga nagkakampanya in nagamit san programa pag aghat san mga bo...
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08Apr2013MANILA, April 8 (PIA) -- Giawhag sa Malacanang ang publiko sa pagtahu ngadto sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa mga politico nga nag-gamit sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program alang sa ilang politikanhon nga katuyoan samtang ang kampanya sa mga local candidates nagsugod na. Pipila ka mga local government units ang nag-reklamo sa mga tahu nga nag-ingon ang mga politico nga nanagan alang sa public office ning gamit sa programa aron pagdani og mga botante. Si Deputy Presi...
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08Apr2013MANILA, Abril 8 (PIA) -- An mga nahimo ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III para makakuha ngan mapauro-upay an panlawas han ngatanan nga mga Pilipino an panguna nga tatagan hin atensyon dida han komemorasyon han World Health Day 2013 nga pagdudumaraon ha World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office para han Western Pacific ha Manila yana nga Lunes. Dida hin usa nga pahimatngon, nagsering hi WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Shin Young-soo nga kaangayan la igselebrar an World Heal...
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08Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 8 (PIA) -- Maabot 200 nga mga estudyante en nagpakatagamtam han kanan siyudad Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), sering han Public Employment Service Office (PESO). Sering han Tacloban PESO nga an pangempleyohan han SPES ngan mga magtatrabaho en nagtikang dida han Abril 1 ngadto han iba-iba nga mga departamento han pangobyernohan han siyudad ngan ngadto han mga barangay han siyudad. Adton mga nanhingangadto ha mga barangay an magdudumara han impl...
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08Apr2013MANILA, April 8 (PIA) -- Nagsering an Malacañang kakulop nga diri kinahanglanon an pagsalawad hin protesta diplomatiko kontra han Estados Unidos tungod nga komitido man ini pagrehabilitar han nadestroso nga kagurabaan ngan pagbayad para han kompensasyon. Amo ini an iginpahayag ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte dida hin usa nga mensahe ipinaagi hin text. Basar han pag-ebalwar nga gindumara han Pilipinas ngan hin mga otoridad han Estados Unidos, maabot hin 2,345.67 ka metro kuwa...
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08Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 8 (PIA) -- Most of the 149 local government units comprising of six provinces, 7 cities and 136 municipalities in Eastern Visayas are recipients of the Seal of Good Housekeeping as of January 16, 2013, the Department of Interior and Local Government in the Region said. DILG Region 8 Director Pedro Noval, Jr. bared that several LGUs could have been upgraded to the Silver categories but they still lack documents like the bid results for the first Quarter of 2013, No Ph...
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08Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Apr. 8 (PIA) -- The total number of listed voters in this province for the May 13, 2013 elections reached 254,389 individuals, records obtained from the provincial office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) showed. The figure represents an increase of 5% compared with the October 25, 2010 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls, which recorded, 241,707 registered voters. Out of 19 local government units in the province, this city has the highest number of re...
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07Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 7 (PIA) -- In line with the Labor Force Survey which will be conducted from April 8 to April 30, the National Statistics Office in Eastern Visayas is calling for the cooperation of the sample households. NSO-8 Regional Director Raul Dones saidd that like any other surveys undertaken by NSO, the data that will be gathered will be held strictly confidential and will not be divulged to any person except to authorized NSO personnel. The data will not be used for taxatio...
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07Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 7 (PIA) -- The National Statistic Office will conduct the April 2013 Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) in selected provinces nationwide. NSO Region 8 Director Raul Dones said that in Eastern Visayas, the Survey will only be conducted in the provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Samar, and Eastern Samar. Dones said that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) contracted the NSO to conduct the Survey to get comprehensive information on the business conditions of the co...
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07Apr2013CALUBIAN, Leyte, April 7 (PIA) -- Two farmer-organizations from Calubian and San Isidro, both from the province of Leyte, reiterated their continuous support to the 802nd Infantry Brigade’s call for peace during the 12th Anniversary of the“Balik-uma” (back to farm) held at Barangay Jubay this town on Wednesday, April 3. First Lt. Rod Vincent F. Babera, of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, identified the two organizations as the Samahan sa Mag-uuma sa Calubian (Samaca) and Kahugpungang Mag-uuma...
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07Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 7 (PIA) -- Mga sakop sa Philippine National Police midakop sa usa ka tawo gumikan sa illegal niini nga pagkupot og armas, kalapasan sa gun ban nga gipatuman nunot sa midterm elections. Si Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Amando Bulalin mibutyag sa interview sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA) diha sa sideline sa Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting nga ang iyang mga sakop maoy nakasikop sa maong tawo. Nakuha gikan sa posesyon sa suspetsado mao an...
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06Apr2013TERNATE, Cavite, April 6 (PIA) – Ang Presidente Aquino III gipahimatngonan sa miembro sa Department of Public Works and Highways-Bureau of Construction nga gipangunahan ni Secretary Rogelio Singson sa kahimtang sa gitukud nga Ternate-Nasugbu road project sa Huwebes. Ang proyekto, nga nagkantidad ug P860,000,000 sa pagtukud, sinakpan sa gihimo nga 303-meters langub-agianan, ang labing hitaas sa PIlipinas, nga moagi sa Puerto Azul resort sa Nasugbu, Batangas nga magsumpay sa Ternate, Cavite...
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06Apr2013STA CRUZ, Laguna, April 6 (PIA) -- Ang gobyerno magpatuman ug pipila nga short-term ug long-term nga mga paagi pagpauswag sa kahimtang sa katilingban sa daplin sa Laguna Lake, labi na ang mangingisda. Sa pagpakighisgot kahuman sa miting sa mga local nga lider ug sa katilingban didto, ang Presidente nagingon nga kini nga mga paagi apil ang pagguba sa 30,000 ka hektarya nga supak sa balaod ug gibiyaan nga fish pen nga nakasalmot sa pagbanlas sa danaw. Duna usab karon cash-for-work program a...
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06Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 6 (PIA) -- An Civil Service Commission Northern Samar Field Office magkukundukto san Career Service Examination Paper and Pencil Test (Professional and Sub-Professional Levels) ngadto sin 2,111 examinees sa April 14, 2013. CSC Director II Emmanuel L. Fuentes nasugad nga ini an promero nga higayon nga umabot subra dos mil an makuha san nasabi nga eksaminasyon kon diin sa mga naglabay nga tuig naabot la sira subra mil. Resulta ini, sugad ni Fuentes san pinakus...
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06Apr2013ORMOC CITY, Leyte, April 6 (PIA) – Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office has been invited to keynote the 2013 National Schools Press Conference which is set to be held on April 7 to 11 at the Queen Pineapple City of Ormoc in the western part of Leyte. Secretary Coloma is set to talk on the theme of this year’s NSPC “Campus Journalists: Championing Ethics in Social Media,” which underscores the government thrust to develop a new breed...
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05Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 5 (PIA) – An official of the Civil Service Commission(CSC) here urged examinees in the April 14 Career Examination to report to their examination rooms as early as 6 a.m. “The examination will start officially at eight o’clock in the morning, but it is better if they can get inside ahead of time, so they can well-prepare themselves, physically and emotionally,” Ms. Tolentino said. “The gate closes at 8 a.m.” She also said the listing of the ...
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05Apr2013MANILA, April 5 (PIA) -- Ha masobra l162,663 nga bakante nga katatrabahuna nga nakapahamtang ha Abril 3, 2013, an Phil-Job.net en diri harayo nga magin kanan nasud panguna nga online nga makukuhaan hin impormasyon parti mga opurtunidad hin pangempleyohan yana nga 2013. Sugad man, ha maabot 8,439 nga eginpasamwak nga skills for hire ngan 117,323 nga mga aplikante, an site en nagin kanan nasud panguna nga ginkukuhaan han mga mangengempleyo han mga magtatrabaho para masudlan an era mga bakante par...
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05Apr2013DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite, Abril 5 (PIA) -- Iginpatapod ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III nga an maglain-lain nga mga proyekto, lakip an Light Rail Transit Line 1 Cavite Extension ngan road projects, en mahuhuman durante hiton iya termino. Ini en agud daw umuswag pa an mga industriya pankomersyo ngan panturismo dida han probinsya. Dida han iya pamulong kakulop durante han iya pakigharampang ngada han lokal nga mga lider ngan han komunidad nga gindumara didto han Football Field han Dasmariñas Nat...
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05Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 5 (PIA) -- Ang syudad andam na alang sa pagpanguna sa 2013 National Festoval of Talents gikan sa April 6 hangtud sa 10. Si Edgar Tenasas ang supervisor sa Department of Education o DepEd nagkanayon nga ang maong Festival of Talents, usa ka espesyal nga program sa DepEd diin ang mga estudyante makapakita sa ilang kahibalo ug abilidad kabahin sa arte, populasyon ug pagpalambo sa teknolohiya ug livelihood education. Ang maong lugar sa skills exhibition mao ang Tagisan ...
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05Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 5 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Northern Samar is now conducting a two-day orientation on strategic management performance system (SPMS) on April 4 and 5 at Ibabao Hall, Provincial Capitol in Catarman. CSC Provincial Director Emmanuel Fuentes said that performance management is a two-pronged approach: the individual and organizational. Performance of individual employees in an organization is as crucial as the performance of the organization a...
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05Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 5 (PIA) -- Philippine National Police (PNP) has arrested a man for illegal possession of firearm in violation of the gun ban during the midterm election period. Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Armando Bulalin disclosed his men in the field made the disclosure in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) on the sidelines of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting. Recovered from the suspect was a .38 caliber revolver. He was char...
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05Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, April 5 (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Office No. VIII will award a “Woman with Distinction Plaque” to women leaders in Eastern Visayas during DSWD’s Women’s Month Culmination Program today at the Leyte Park Convention Center, Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City. This is part of the Women's Month celebration activities which kicked off last month. To receive the major awards from DSWD Regional Director Remia T. Tapispisan, assisted...
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05Apr2013
Cebuano news: Palasyo nagpasalig andam ug tagana ang gobyerno moharong sa krisis sa Korean Peninsula
MANILA, April 5 (PIA) -- Miluwat og pasalig ang Malacanang pagka Huwebes nga ang kagamhanan adunay contingency plan enkaso ang kasungi sa Korean Peninsula moulbo pa sa grabeng kasamok. Si Presiddential spokesman Edwin Lacierda miingon sa press conference sa Malacanang pagka Huwebes nga siya nagtuo ang North Korea wala pa magbaton og mga nuclear weaons segun sa labing ulahing assessment. Matud ni Lacierda gibuhat na ang mga contingency plans sa higayon mograbe ang sitwasyon. Sa samang higayon,... -
05Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 5 (PIA) -- The University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Northern Samar First District Engineering Office (NSFDEO) led the groundbreaking ceremony, March 25, for the construction of a two-storey building for the College of Law. This was learned from DPWH regional office in a statement sent to the Philippine Information Agency. The construction of the building at the College of Law premises has an allotment of ...
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05Apr2013MANILA, April 5 (PIA) - Mokabat og 162,663 ka mga bakante nga trabaho sumala sa Abril 3, 2013, ang Phil-Job.net dili halayo gikan sa pagkahimo nga nanguna nga online nga tinubdan sa impormasyon kalabot sa pagpanarbaho alang sa mga nangita og trabaho sa nasud. Usab, mokabat og 8,439 ka mga advertised skills nga mga trabaho og 117,323 ka mga aplikante sa trabaho, ang maong site nahimo na nga daku nga tinubdan sa mga trabahante nga gipangit sa mga employers sa nasud aron sa paghulip sa ilang m...
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05Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 5 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)- Southern Leyte nagpahigayon og edukasyon sa pamuo aron sa paghatag og kalamdag sa mga 40 ka mga establisamento sa negosyo gikan sa mga lungsod sa Sogo dog Libagon. “ Pinili nga mga estalisamento sa negosyo nga adunay menus napulo ka mga trabahante ang gidasig sa pag-ugmad sa kahimtang sa pamuo lakip ang pagbayad sa minimum nga suhulan ngadto sa iyang mga trabahante, og uban pa,” matud ni Senior Labo...
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05Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)- Southern Leyte conducted labor education seminar to 40 business establishments coming from the municipalities of Sogod and Libagon. “Selected business establishments with less than 10 workers were encouraged to augment labor working conditions to include the payment of the minimum wage to its workers, among others,” Senior Labor and Employment Officer Mario Tictic said in an interview. Tictic sai...
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05Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 5 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission Northern Samar Field Office will conduct Career Service Examination Paper and Pencil Test (Professional and Sub-Professional Levels) to 2,111 examinees on April 14. CSC Director II Emmanuel L. Fuentes said this is the first time the CSC gathered this number of applicants. Previous years have only around 1,000 examinees. Dir. Fuentes said this is the result of massive information dissemination and the opening of service ...
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05Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 5 (PIA) -- Six local government units (LGUs) will continue to implement the students assistance program dubbed Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Ms. Fe Estrella, head, Department of Labor and Employment Provincial Office said this is amidst COMELEC’s directive for LGUs, to submit application for exemption from the election ban on employment, in favor of their student-beneficiaries. The DOLE local head further informed that, of the 11 L...
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04Apr2013ORMOC CITY, April 4 (PIA) – The personnel and staff of the Department of Public Works and Highways – Fourth Leyte Engineering District headed by Engr. Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez recently underwent a half day fire and earthquake simulation drill spearheaded by the Ormoc City Fire Department. The activity started with the lecturer presenting the four standard operating procedures (SOP) on what to do during occurrence of fire. It was bared that the first thing to do when fire occurs is to re...
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04Apr2013MANILA, April 5 (PIA) -- Nagpadayag og positibong panglantaw ang Malacanang nga ang Transition Commission (TransCom) makahimo na sa iyang mandato pag-gambalay sa gisugyot nga Bangsamoro Basic Law agad sa Framework Agreement nga gika-uyonan tali sa Philippine government ug sa Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa miaging tuig. Sumala ni Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda sa press briefing sa Malacanang pagka Miyerkoles, ang mandato sa TransCom mao ang pag-umol sa batakang balaod subay sa 20...
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04Apr2013ORMOC CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- The road upgrading project of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Leyte (DPWH) leading to Lake Imelda of Ormoc City, which is a tourist attraction, is ongoing. District Engr. Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez said the road improvement project, which is from gravel to paved, took off January 28 and cost P14,425,000 taken from the DPWH CY 2013 fund. The project, which is handled by the MAC Builders and is targeted to be completed by May 27, 2013, is foreseen to h...
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04Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 4 (PIA) -- Around 200 students availed themselves of the city’s Special Program for the Employment of Students, the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) said. The Tacloban PESO said the deployment of SPES workers started April 1 to different departments of the city government and city barangays. Those who will be assigned in the barangays will undertake the implementation of the Skills Registration Program of the local PESO. According to Tacloban PESO Manager ...
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04Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- The highways department based in Calbayog City will construct an access road from the highway leading to Bangon Falls, Calbayog City’s prime tourist destination. In a statement, the department said that the project stems from a Convergence Program Coordination Meeting of three government agencies – Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and local government units of Samar province on March 21. The event was org...
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04Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 4 (PIA) -- The city is all set to host the 2013 National Festival of Talents from April 6-10. Edgar Tenasas of the Department of Education (DepEd) supervisor, said the Festival of Talents, a special program of the DepEd, is a venue where the students can best show their knowledge and skills in the field of arts, population and development and technology and livelihood education. The area of skills exhibition are Tagisan ng Talino – Filipino; Broadcasting exhibiti...
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04Apr2013MANILA, April 4 (PIA) -- Ang Presidente Benigno Aquino III nagmando sa Department of Justice, nga gipangunahan ni Secretary Leila de Lima, nga usisahon ang kalabotlabutan nga magtultol sa pagkawala sa aktibisita nga si Jonas Burgos, ang Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nagingon sa Miyerkules. Sa pahamatngon sa mga magbabalita sa Malacanang, si Lacierda nagingon nga ang Presidente nagpagula sa iyang mando pagtuman sa saad sa Presidente nga ang pagdawat ug bag’o nga ebidensya nga magt...
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04Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- Of 879 test takers of the the 2012 Accreditation and Equivalency (A & E) Test for Secondary conducted in Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School (ESNCHS), Borongan City, December 9 last year, 429 or 48.80 percent passed the exams. According to Bonifacio A. Ramento, Education Program supervisor (EPS) - Alternative Learning System (ALS), among the test passers are four jail inmates who availed themselves the Literacy Behind Bars of ALS pr...
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04Apr2013MANILA, Abril 4 (PIA) -- Utro nga eginduduso ni Secretary Del Rosario an United Nations (UN) para hin “dugang ngan mas makurokusog” nga mga pitad para han katalwasan ngan seguridad han UN peacekeepers, lab-i na gud adton aadto han United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) ha Golan Heights. Dida han iya pakigkita kan UN Under Secretary-General Herve Ladsous didto ha UN Headquarters dida han Abril 01, gindayaw ni Secretary del Rosario “an UN ngan han ngatanan didto han internatio...
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04Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- With summer officially on, so is the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Samar. Four hundred and sixty five poor but deserving students are now in the LGUs they were assigned. Seven LGUs accepted the program in Samar that included Pagsanghan, Gandara, San Jose de Buan, Sta Margarita, Paranas, Hinabangan, and Tagapul-an employing 417 youth to work for one month or more. LGUs pay 60 perce...
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04Apr2013MANILA, Abril 4 (PIA) -- An suok nga relasyon ha butnga han Pilipinas ngan han Malaysia en napabilin nga pareho la gihapon ha luyo han diri pala maiha nga pagkadeperensya parti ha Sabah, sering han Malacañang dida han Miyerkoles. “Waray may natabo nga pagbabag-o ha relasyon ngadto ha Malaysia,” sering han tagapagyakan han Pangulo nga hi Edwin Lacierda ngadto han mga peryodista dida han press briefing nga gindumara ha Malacañang dida han Miyerkoles. “Waray tension ha butnga han aton re...
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04Apr2013MANILA, Abril 4 (PIA) -- Utro nga eginduduso ni Secretary Del Rosario an United Nations (UN) para hin “dugang ngan mas makurokusog” nga mga pitad para han katalwasan ngan seguridad han UN peacekeepers, lab-i na gud adton aadto han United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) ha Golan Heights. Dida han iya pakigkita kan UN Under Secretary-General Herve Ladsous didto ha UN Headquarters dida han Abril 01, gindayaw ni Secretary del Rosario “an UN ngan han ngatanan didto han internatio...
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04Apr2013MANILA, Abril 4 (PIA) -- An mga magtatrabaho han Bureau of Immigration (BI) ha ngatanan nga mga paluparan han eroplano ngan mga mulye ha bug-os nga nasud en ginmanduhan nga arestuhon an ngatanan nga mga estranghero nga hidakpan nga nag-iiginagawasan han nasud nga may dara nga peke nga mga immigration stamp ngan peke gihapon nga mga permiso hin utro nga pagsulod ngan paggawas han nasud. Dida hin usa nga memorandum nga iginpagawas han nakalabay nga semana, ginmanduhan ni Immigration Commissioner ...
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04Apr2013MANILA, Abril 4 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno C. Aquino III nag-aghat san mga midwives sa nasud nga igpadayon an kaabtik subay san global standards ngan isakinabuhi an maupay nga pamatasan nga yaun integridad, propesyunalismo ngan responsabilidad. An mga midwives kumo pangunahon nga naghahatg serbesyo pag ataman san mga nanay ngan mga bag-o nga anak, mao an ada sa prente ug unhan san pagkab-ot san gin-uungara para san napakusog ngan produktibo nga katawhan. Ini an mensahe san Presidente ngada ...
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04Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- Ten scholarship slots are up for grabs for government employees’ children in Samar and Leyte said John Vianny Ocaña, acting manager of Government Service Insurance System(GSIS) here. Ocana said P20,000 tuition fee allowance will be afforded to each scholar, in addition to the P2,000 monthly stipend for any four to five-year college course in any accredited school. At present, two scholars are enrolled at the Eastern Samar State University (ESS...
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04Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 4 (PIA) -- The Archdiocese of Palo in Leyte has enjoined voters in the diocese to refrain from accepting money from any candidate seeking for elective posts this midterm election. Fr. Amadeo Alvero, spokesperson of the diocese, said that the act of accepting money is an indication of voting for the candidate from whom the money comes. He said that the popular saying prevailing in the region which says “accept the money but vote according to your conscience” does...
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04Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 4 (PIA) -- An advisory from the Department of Health in Eastern Visayas states that human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) can be transmitted in four modes. The press statement said that HIV-AIDS can be transmitted through mother and child mode, sexual contact, blood transfusions, and infected (hypodermic) needles. An infected mother who gets pregnant and delivers a baby is discouraged to breastfeed the baby to lessen the possibil...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- Starting the first quarter of this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is piloting the door-to-door delivery of social pension for indigent senior citizens in 10 remote municipalities of the region using services of the Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost). The three-month pilot-testing will be for the deliver, on time, of cash grants, and for the efficient and cost-effective door-to-door delivery, DSWD Region 8 Director Remia...
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03Apr2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, April 3 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Northern Samar has created 1,721 small and medium enterprises in the province in 2012. This was learned from Amelia Roma Trade and Industry Development Specialist. Roma said that small and medium enterprise grant is a cash grant, made available as an investment incentive to promote the growth of local investment. The grant is available to new investment as well as expanding operations, and is based on a...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) is confident that the generally peaceful situation since the start of the campaign period bodes well for a secure and fair election this May 2013 election. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director, expressed this observation based on the “no election-related violent incident recorded in the region since the start of the campaign period for national and local bets for elective posts.” The camp...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas had issued an advisory on the diseases that may occur during summer as well as the precautions and treatment against the diseases. The advisory mentioned the diseases that usually occur during summer - sunburn, sore eyes, colds and cough, diarrhea, and dog bite. The public is advised to use sunscreen with at least 30 percent sun protection factor (SPF) to avoid sunburn and to drink at least eight to 12 glasses ...
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03Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- All BIR-authorized agent banks will be open on two consecutive Saturdays - April 6 and April 13 - to accept returns or payments in line with the 2012 filing of income taxes. Bureau of Internal Revenue Eastern Visayas Director, Atty. Diosdado Mendoza said this is pursuant to Bank Bulletin No. 2013-03 dated February 7, 2013 issued by BIR Commissioner Kim Henares. The same directive ordered the BIR-authorized agent banks to extend their banking ho...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office in Region 8 (NSO-8) had a fruitful and meaningful observance of Women’s Month, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 224 and 227 and Republic Act No. 6949. Various activities were conducted by the office, the latest of which were Gender and Development (GAD) Seminar and Lenten Recollection as culmination activities for the Women’s Month Celebration, NSO Region 8 Director Raul Dones said. Conducted on March 25-26 at...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Eastern Visayas is closely monitoring the construction of the $214.44 million Secondary National Road Project in Samar Island municipalities to ensure adherence to the Environmental Compliance Certificate issued by the DENR Environmental Management Bureau. DENR Regional Executive Director Manolito Ragub said that a Multi-partite Monitoring Team (MMT) has been organized to monitor compliance to ...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) – The peaceful conduct of the May 13 election rests on the shoulders of the candidates themselves. Simply following all election-related laws of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would ensure a peaceful midterm election. Atty. Veronico Petalcorin, Comelec assistant director in Eastern Visayas, expressed these thoughts to the media saying that candidates should refrain from mudslinging but should focus on issues and discuss what they intend to accomplis...
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03Apr2013MANILA, April 3 (PIA) – Ang Presidente Benigno Aquino III nagpasalig sa local nga pamunoan sa Manila sa padayon nga suporta sa gobyerno, ubus sa timon ni Mayor Alfredo Lim nagtrabaho paghatag ug punoan nga kinahanglanon ug panginabuhi sa katawhan. Ang Presidente naghatag ug pasalig sa iyang paghatag pakigpulong sa proclamation rally sa mga kanidadto sa Liberal Party nga gihimo sa Bonifacio Shrine sa Manila sa Lunes. Ingon niya kini ang angayan nga pasidungog kan Mayor Lim, gikan sa iyan...
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03Apr2013MANILA, Abril 3 – An Malakanyang nagpahamtang sin pagpatapod nga yaun nakaplastar na nga pitad pagkurba san pagpalusot san produkto san asyete sa nasud. Dida san press conference sa Malakanyang, si Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda nasugad nga kaapi san mga pitad mao an tax regulation nga nagseseguro nga an ecozone locators nakakuha san tax exemption. Ini kadugangan san mga pagbisita ngan inspections nga ginhihimo san Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of Customs (BOC) ngan Bureau of In...
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03Apr2013MANILA, Abril 3 (PIA) – Ha pagselebrar han World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) kakulop nga adlaw, Abril 2, gin-aghat ni Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman an publiko nga suportahan an “Light It Up Blue” nga seremonya nga gindumara ha SM Mall of Asia ha Pasay City dida han 5:30 p.m. Pinangundahan ni Secretary Soliman an aktibidad kaupod en maabot 20 nga mga nagpartisipar tikang ha mga ahensya han gobyerno, mga pribado nga sektor, ngan civil society nga mga grupo....
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03Apr2013MANILA, Abril 3 (PIA) – Aasisteran han gobyerno han Pilipinas en diri dokumentado nga mga Pilipino nga ma-aaresto dida hiton operasyon han Saudi Arabia pandakop hin iligal nga mga trabahante, pahayag han Department of Foreign Affairs (DOF) Martes. Ha diri pa la maiha, nanronda hin mga buhatan ngan nagbutang hin immigration checkpoints palibot han ira nasud an mga otoridad ha Saudi Arabia kon diin masobra hin Un milyon nga dokumentado ngan diri dokumentado nga mga Pilipino en nagtratrabaho did...
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03Apr2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- An Police Regional Office 8 en ha diri pala maiha nagdumara han era first quarter earthquake and fire drills bali kaparti han era padayon nga gius pagpahiro-hitaas han hibaro han publiko ngan pag-aghat hin aktibo nga hibaro parti proteksyon ngan seguridad kuntra linog nga sunog. Hi Police Region 8 Director Elmer Soria en nagsering nga an first quarter drill en kaparti gihapon han pag-obserbar han Fire Prevention Month kun diin an Philippine ...
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03Apr2013MANILA, Abril 3 -- Miluwat og pasalig ang Malacanang pagka Martes nga duna nay igong mga lakang nga gihimo aron masanta ang oil smuggling dinhi sa nasud. Sa press conference sa Malacanang pagka Martes, si Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda miingon nga lakip sa mga lakang nga gihimo mao ang tax regulation nga nag-siguro kadtong mga ecozone locators maka-angkon og tax exemption. Kini dugang pa sa mga pag-bisita ug pag-inspeksyon nga gibuhat sa Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of Customs ...
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03Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- Kap-atan og unom ka mga mag-uuma sa humay sa duha ka bukirang barangay ning siyudad puno sa pahiyum ang mga panagway samtang gidawat nila ang mga certificates timaan nga malamposon nilang gitapos ang 16 ka weekend classes diin gitudloan silag bag-ong mga kaantigo pag-kultibar sa humay. Ang culmination program gihimo sa Barangay Laboon pagka Martes sa miaging semana alang sa 30 ka mga mag-uuma gikan sa barangay Lunas ug 16 ang gikan sa Laboon, ang ...
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03Apr2013MANILA, Abril 3 – “An kanan Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Legal Service en sobra ha pagdumara han iya bahin para an DOLE en padayon nga makatapo han iya kakumitido paghatag hin dagmit, organisado, ngan dayon nga paghatag hin mga serbisyo ngadto han katawhan.” Eni en ginpahimatngon ni Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz dida han nakalabay nga adlaw matapos hi Atty. Sherilyn G. Malonzo, OIC Director han Legal Service en magpasabot nga an era Public Assistan...
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03Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced that there will be a tentative power interruption in Eastern Visayas area. Elmer D. Cruz, NGCP Visayas CorpComm and Public Affairs Officer informed through electronic mail the tentative schedule of NGCP maintenance activities in Leyte-Samar area is set on April 6 in Northern Samar for maintenance activities maintenance activity along the 69kV Palanas Cara - Catarman – Bobolosan/ ...
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02Apr2013TALOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 2 (PIA) -- The top official of Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) in Eastern Visayas disclosed that the office will embark on abaca disease eradication campaign in 3,800 hectares of farms in nine areas in the region. FIDA regional director Jeffrey Espeña said in a statement that the abaca disease eradication campaign, on a budget of ₱7.6 million, will prioritize areas treated in the past to prevent recurrence and newly infested areas to avert spread. Espe...
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02Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 2 (PIA) -- Arnaldo T. Amosco Jr., S & T Director of the Eastern Samar Provincial Science and Technology Center, revealed recently the 28 examinees who qualified in the 2013 DOST-SEI Undergraduate Scholarship program. Amosco said these qualifiers who took the test last November 18, 2012, will receive privileges for tuition and other school fees, books, transportation and uniform allowances, monthly stipends and health insurances for their four to five year-c...
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02Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 2 (PIA) -- Four barangays in Mondragon town in Northern Samar will benefit from an International Labour Organization (ILO)-funded program. Beneficiaries of the program are children of families enrolled in the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of government. Exequil Sarcauga, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director, revealed the information saying that the villages of Eco, Imelda, Makiwalo, and Nenita are the target of a convergence program a...
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02Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 2 (PIA) -- The top official of the association of water districts here in Region 8 has strongly appealed for government leaders to look into their financial predicament that affect the delivery of potable water supply to the public. “I admit that the efficient and effective delivery of potable water supply to the public is hampered by the lack of financial capacity of the water district,” said Cyril Luis L. Arradaza, president of the Eastern Visayas Association of Wate...
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02Apr2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, Abril 2 (PIA) -- Si Obispo Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, pangu sa kapin sa tunga sa milyon ka mga Romana Katoliko sa Dyosesis sa Maasin, nanawagan sa kagamhanan nga pagaan-gaanan ang kahimtang sa mga kabus. Ang Dyosesis sa Maasin naglangkob sa tibuok Southern Leyte province hasta na ngadto sa Baybay, Leyte. Sa iyang keynote address nga nag-timaan sa ika 492 nga kasaulogan sa Unang Misa dinhi ning makasaysayanong isla kagahapon, si Cantillas, ang guest speaker, mihagit...
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02Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 2 (PIA) -- “Seven public high schools in the province of Biliran will serve as model or pilot schools in the implementation of the K to 12 program of the Department of Education (DepEd),” said Medarlou A. Genoguin, K to 12 coordinator of the Department of Education-Division of Biliran in an interview. Genoguin said these public secondary schools are the following: Cabucgayan National School of Arts and Trades (CNSAT) in Cabucgayan town; Maripipi National Vocational Sch...
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02Apr2013MANILA, Abril 2 – An Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), an bangko nga gintatagyaun san estado naglunsar sin 2-bilyones ka pesos nga espesyal nga pautang nga programa nga abrido ngada san mga eskwelahan ngan iba pa nga institusyon para sa pagpautang san mga pobre pero kaangayan nga estudyante. An DBP Higher Education Loan Program for Students o DBP HELPS, in pankabug-usan nga pasilidad pagpautang pinaagi san kualipikado nga institusyon san pag aradman kumo kabungyod san pagloan san esd...
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02Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 2 (PIA) -- Forty-six rice farmers in two upland barangays of this city wore their best smiles as they received their certificates for having successfully hurdled the 16-weekend classes in which they were taught new techniques in cultivating rice. The culmination program was held in Barangay Laboon Tuesday last week for the 30 farmers coming from Barangay Lunas and 16 from Laboon, the ceremonies attended by Councillor Vivencio Costillas, chairman Sangguniang ...
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02Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 2 (PIA) -- Although Samar province has 87 percent cure rate on tuberculosis, its health officials are urging the public once more to be attentive to the treatment of TB. This develops as patients do not complete the treatment for six months. “Patients stop taking medicines in the middle of the treatment as they begin to feel better,” said TB provincial coordinator Edel Uy. Provincial health officer Dr. Dulce Cernal said the fight to stop TB will only be suc...
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02Apr2013MANILA, Abril 2 (PIA) – An kanan gobyerno Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) en naglunsad hin usa nga P2-bilyones espesyal nga pagpautang nga programa ngadto ha mga eskwelahan ngan iba pa nga pan-edukasyon nga mga institusyon para magpautang ngadto han mga kablas pero kaangayan nga mga estudyante. An DBP Higher Education Loan Program for Students, o DBP HELPS, en usa nga wholesale nga pagpautang nga pasilidad nga nagamit han mga kwalipikado nga mga pan-edukasyon nga mga institusyon bal...
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02Apr2013MANILA, Abril 2 (PIA) – Tungod nga apiki na iton panahon para hiton pagdudumaraon nga eleksyon hiton Mayo, iginpatapod han Malacañang nga magtutudlok ha gilayon nga panahon hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III hin duha nga bag-o nga mga komisyoner para ngadto ha Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Ginpahayag kakulop ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte ha mga peryodista nga nagsurat na ngadto ha COMELEC an Office of the President (OP) pinaagi han Office of the Executive Secretary (O...
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02Apr2013MANILA, Abril 2 (PIA) – Ha nakikita han kakinahanglanon han situwasyon yana nga an nasud en mayda na la masobra usa ka-bulan para magpreparar para han tiarabot nga piniliay, an Malacañang en nagpatapod nga hi Pangulo Benigno Aquino III en ha diri maiha magtutudlok hin duha nga mga bag-o nga commissioner para han Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Sering ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte ngadto han mga reporter dida han Lunes nga an Opisina han Pangulo (OP) pinaagi han Office ...
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02Apr2013MANILA, Abril 2 – Hi Commission on Audit Chairman Grace Pulido-Tan en natudlok para hin unom katuig nga termino bali external auditor han Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) han United Nations, pahibaro han Malacañang dida han Miyerkoles. “Hi kita (Pilipinas) en natudlok para hin unom katuig nga termino ngan gusto ko lamanohon hi Chairman Grace Tan nga amo la an babaye nga external auditor dida han bug-os nga UN system,” sering han tagapagyakan han Pangulo nga hi Edwin Lacierda dida...
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02Apr2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, April 1 (PIA) --The Police Regional Office 8 recently conducted its first quarter earthquake and fire drills as part of its continuous effort to increase public awareness and encourage proactive approach to earthquake and fire safety. Police Region 8 Director Elmer Soria said the first quarter drill was also in observance of the Fire Prevention Month wherein the Philippine National Police participated in the massive information dissemination, distribution of ...
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01Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 1 (PIA) - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is urging farmers and rice traders not to use national highways as solar dryers to avoid road accidents. “We have widened the national highways to facilitate smoother flow of traffic especially in major arterial roads and not to be used as solar dryers for palay of corn and copras, ” DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said in a statement. As the infrastructure arm of the government widened a...
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01Apr2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, April 1 (PIA) -- Bishop Precioso Dacalos Cantillas, leader of more than half a million Roman Catholics in the Diocese of Maasin called on the government to ease the plight of the poor. The Diocese of Maasin covers the entire Southern Leyte province up to Baybay, Leyte. In his keynote address marking the 492nd observance of the First Mass in this historic Island yesterday, Cantillas, the guest speaker, challenged the civil leaders in the barangays, cities, municipali...
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01Apr2013MANILA, Abril 1 (PIA) – Bali pag-andam han tikahirani nga piniliay ngan para maseguro nga diri mahihiabutan han election ban an panhatag han ayuda, mas turo-temprano nga makakarawat han mga benepisaryo an Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program an ira mga cash grants, eni an ginseguro han Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). “Maaram kita nga an mga benepisaryo han Pantawid Pamilya en natikang han mga kablas nga mga kumunidad ngan an nakukuha nira nga bulig tikang dida han progra...
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01Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 1 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) nag-awhag sa mga mag-uuma og mga rice traders sa dili pag-gamit sa mga national highways ingon nga mga tigpa-uga aron sa paglikay sa mga aksidente sa kadalanan. Sa usa ka press release, si DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson mipahayag, “aton nga gipalapdan ang national highways aron sa paghatag og mas hapsay nga pagdaloy sa trapiko ilabina diha sa mga dagko nga arterial nga mga kadalanan og dili pa...
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01Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, April 1 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) announces to it concessionaires that they have scheduled water disconnections for the period April 1-4, 2013 in Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa, Dagami, Tabon-Tabon, Sta. Fe, Pastrana, and Tacloban City. On April 1 and 2, the disconnection will be in Zones 171-224 and Zones 191-208 in the municipalities of Palo, Tanauan, and Tolosa, Leyte. On April 3, the municipalities affected are Dagami, Tabon-Tabon, Pastrana, and Sta. Fe Le...
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01Apr2013
Waray news: Nasud nag-ani sa mga bunga sa reporma sa gobierno, matud ni Aquino sa Easter nga mensahe
MANILA, April 1 (PIA) - Ang nasud nagka-uswag og daku sa diha nga ang tinood nga gahum sa gobierno gihatag og balik ngadto sa mga katawhan, matud ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III diha sa iyang mensahe sa Easter kaniadtong Sabado. Sa iyang mensahe, ang Presidente mipahayag nga ang pagkabanhaw ni Hesu-Kristo nagsalamin sa pagla-um sa katawhang Pilipino sa pag-isa gikan sa mga dautang epekto sa korapsyon og pagka-desperado. “Mula nang naibalik sa mga Pilipino ang tunay na lakas ng pama... -
01Apr2013MANILA, April 1 (PIA) -- Mga Pilipinong mipauli gikan sa nagkagubot nga nasud sa Syria, nakadawat og pinansyal nga tabang nga nagkantidad ngadto sa napulo ka libo-an ka pesos (10,0000.00) matag usa gikan sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office XII kaniadtong Enero 2, 2013. Ang maong tabang usa sa pinasahi nga programa sa ahensiya diin kini nagtumong sa paghatag og tabang sa tanan nga nangawala og nagkaproblema nga mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa tibook nga k...
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01Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Abril 1 (PIA) -- An Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ha Sinirangan Bisayas en nagmando han Energy Development Corporation (EDC) nga dayon nga magdumara hin slope stabilization nga mga pitad pagrehabilitar dida han apektado nga mga lugar han natabo nga pagtimpag han tuna dida han Marso 1. An direktiba en ginpagawas kasunod han diri maupay nga epekto han pagtimpag nga natabo ha may EDC Geotherman Plant ha Kananga, Leyte, sering ni DENR Regional Executive Direc...
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01Apr2013MANILA, Abril 1 -- Umursa an nasud ha pagbalik han tinuod nga poder han gobyerno ngadto ha katawhan segun kan Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III ha iya Easter message. Ha iya mensahe, ginsabi ni Presidente nga an resurrection ni Hesu Kristo in nagpakita han paglaum han mga Pilipino nga tumindog ha luyo han maraot nga epekto han korapsyon ngan pagtur-aw. “Mula nang naibalik sa mga Pilipino ang tunay na lakas ng pamahalaan, at naiwaksi ang kultura nang pagkakanya-kanya at panlalamang, nagawa n...
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01Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 1 (PIA) -- Five Motiong (Samar) barangays received P130,000 from the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Catbalogan to maintain a tree nursery, and plant 10,000 seedlings for a total of 20 hectares of forest/ timberland. This is a part of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Barangay Forestry Program, in which Motiong LGU, barangay and DENR signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on March 27. This is the result of the t...
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30Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 30 (PIA) -- The 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army based in Camp Vicente Lukban, Catbalogan City announces the Army Officer’s Courses and Candidate Soldiers Course Pre Entry examination. If you are 21-31 years of age, Filipino citizen (natural-born), single, at least 5 ft. in height (male or female) Baccalaureate degree holder, and will be able to pass the Philippine Army Aptitude Test Battery (PAATB) with a minimum score of 110 points, you can join the Proba...
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29Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 29 (PIA) -- All roads lead to Palo, Leyte which is about seven kilometers from Tacloban City, on Good Friday as the faithful from all over Eastern Visayas flock there for the observance of Holy Week traditions that have been kept alive all through the years. Aptly, Palo was declared in the Diocesan Synod of 1910 as a center of faith and religiosity in Eastern Visayas. At center of the activities is the Archdiocese of Palo under the pastorship of Archbishop John Du and the p...
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30Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 30 (PIA) – Nagpahimatngon an Department of Health-National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) ha publiko nga magbabakasyon yana nga semana santa bahin han mga summer diseases sama han diarrhea, sore eyes, sakit han ulo ngan trangkaso. Segun kan DOH-NCR Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo ini nga mga sakit in dara han summer season. Paghimo kita hin pitad nga malikayan an mga sakit aber dire kita ma ospital yana nga semana santa segun kan Janairo. Mag siguro gihapon kita han fo...
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29Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 29 (PIA) -- The Media and Gender Equality Committee (MGEC), chaired by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) launched on March 22 at the National Telecommunications Office, the three document-outputs, landmarks toward gender-fair mass media. This was disclosed by PIA Region 8 Director Olive Tiu during the Media Forum on Gender and Development hosted by PIA on March 27 as the concluding activity for this year’s Women’s Month celebration of the E...
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28Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 28 (PIA) --The Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge has transformed this rustic Dinagan barangay into a bustling community. Since March 23 with the opening of the GK Bayani Challenge, Dinagans (part of Calbayog) have never seen so much visitors. “Sobra pa hin fiesta san kadamo san tawo ngan mga buruhaton,” (The number of people here now far exceeds the number of guests and events during fiestas.)Barangay Chairman Felecisimo Daguman told this writer in an interview. ...
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29Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 29 (PIA) --The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas directed the Energy Development Corporation to conduct immediate slope stabilization and rehabilitation measures in the areas affected by the landslide on March 1. The directive was made following the damaging effect of the landslide which occurred at the EDC Geothermal Plant in Kananga Leyte, DENR Regional Executive Director Manolito Ragub said. RED Ragub added that he also ordered th...
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29Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 29 (PIA) -- The role of policewomen in governance and peacekeeping was underscored by the top official of the Police Regional Office (PRO8). Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director paid tribute to the 120 policewomen-participants of the Women’s Month Forum and Gender and Development (GAD) planning workshop held at the PRO8 Matapat Hall, Monday, March 25. Soria told his women audience that his leadership “acknowledges the importance of str...
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29Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 29 (PIA) -- Tulo ka mga sudlonon nga mga barangay ning siyudad ang nakadawat og pahat sa congressional allocation ni Senator Teofisto Guingona III alang sa mga construction projects pagpa-anindot pa sa ilang mga barangay offices. Kini naglakip sa mga barangay sa Lunas, Dongon, ug Mantahan, matag barangay local government unit naka-angkon og P 300,000 nga tagana gikan sa priority development assistance fund (PDAF) in Sen. Guingona. Laing duha ka mga barangay,...
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28Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 28 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), showed that there are more women with higher educational attainment than men in the province. Provincial Statistics Officer (PSO) Mae Almonte said that “ 41.6 percent of the household population aged five years and over had attended or completed elementary education, 33.2 percent had reached or finished high school, 8.0 percent were college undergraduates a...
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28Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 28 (PIA) -- Three hundred youths from the first district of Samar marched at the Samar College Auditorium, Catbalogan City, Wednesday to recieve their Cash for Training Program (C4TP) certificates worth P20,000. Rolando Juanillo, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director in his speech said that the government through its Daang Matuwid thrust aims to empower the youth with skill for wage or self employment. “We wish you to get skills ...
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28Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Eastern Samar State University have inked a memorandum of agreement in a bid to protect and develop the ecologically rich Monbon and Batan Islets in Barangay Bungtod, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. In a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed last March 18, the DENR grants rights to ESSU for the special use of the 21.8 hectares Monbon/Batan Islets and pursue the implementation of activities related to susta...
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28Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 28 (PIA) -- Local health personnel in Maasin City joined the Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge as they conducted medica-dental mission in Barangay Cagnituan, this city and other nearby barangays. The health team was composed of dentists and rural health nurses headed by GK Provincial head, Dr. Jerome Paler with the GK organizers. “The day activity was in line with the city of Maasin’s commitment to support the Bayani Challenge's five-day undertaking,” Maas...
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28Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 28 (PIA) -- Governor Conrado B. Nicart, Jr. and Major General Garardo T. Layug, Commander of the 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army jointly declared the entire province as manageable conflict-affected area in a simple ceremonial signing that took place at the Capitol lobby. Gen. Layug said, the declaration followed after the municipal local government units were successively declared as development ready. But this does not exactly mean that the areas ar...
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27Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, March 27 (PIA) – Some 35 policewomen from the municipal police stations of the province trooped to the Provincial Police Office today to join the closing program of the month-long celebration of the International Women’s Month. A short program was held at the Conference Hall of the PNP Provincial Office which was highlighted with some inspirational insights and thoughts from PIA-Eastern Samar as their invited guest of honor and speaker. For his part, PNP...
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27Mar2013MANILA, March 27 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Agriculture kusganong mo-suporta sa mga inisyatibo aron maghatag katakus sa mga mag-uuma nga mag-baligya sa ilang abot direkta ngadto sa mga institutional buyers. Si Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala miluwat sa maong pasalig diha sa farmers’ forum nga gipasiugdahan sa Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), ug National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC), diin hagbay rang nagpatuman og Farmer Entrepreneurship ...
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27Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 27 (PIA) -- Three interior barangays in this city became the recipients of Senator Teofisto Guingona III’s congressional allocation on construction projects intended for improvement of their barangay offices. These included barangays Lunas, Dongon, and Mantahan, each village local government unit getting P 300,000 share taken from the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) of Sen. Guingona. Two other barangays, one in Saint Bernard and another at S...
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27Mar2013MANILA, March 27 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagmando sadton Martes ngada kan Transportation and Communication Secretary Josepp Emilio Abaya ngan Philippine Coast Guard Commander Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena nga pakusgon an seguridad ngan emergency proceduressa mga pantalan para maseguro an katalwasan san mga pasahero. An namumuno san nasud nag isyu sin direktiba matapos an iya pagbisita sa Pier 12 sa Port Area sa Manila, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) ngan Victory L...
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27Mar2013MANILA, Marso 27 (PIA) – Ginmando-an ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III kakulop hira Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya ngan Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena nga pakaupayon iton seguridad ngan mga pamaagi nga pagbubuhaton ha panahon hin emerhensiya ha mga pantalan agud maseguro an katalwasan han mga pasahero. Iginpagawas han Pangulo an mao nga direktiba kataliwan han iya pasingadto han mga lugar han Pier 12 ha Port Area, Manila, Ninoy A...
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27Mar2013MANILA, Marso 27 -- Si Secretary of Budget and Management Florencio B. Abad nagduon nga an state universities and colleges (SUCs) in wara pag antos sin pag iban yana nga tuig, lugod natagan sin total nga 37.1 bilyones ka pesos sa 2013, 44 porsyento nga hitaas kaysa san total nga alokasyon sa 2012. Ini ginpamatud-an ni Abad sa butnga sa diri pala maiha nga nahitalaan nga nag aalegar nga yaun iban an budget san SUCs. Sa pagsugad nga gin-ibanan an budget para san SUCs in diri eksakto. Ngani, an a...
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27Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 27 (PIA) -- The results of the last National and Local Elections conducted in May 2010 showed that women occupy only 25.4% or one-fourth of electoral positions in Eastern Visayas region. The National Statistical Coordination Board in Region 8 said that men dominated all electoral positions at 74.6%, but largely the congressional, gubernatorial and vice-gubernatorial positions at 83.3%. On the other hand, a considerable proportion vice mayors are women at 27.3%, mayo...
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27Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 27 (PIA) -- Cancer is just a disease and like any disease it can be cured. Thus said Dr. Noreza C. Costibolo, Internist/Oncologist, when she discussed the topic on breast cancer to an audience of women during the Women’s Congress held Tuesday, March 26 at the Social Hall of the Department of Education (DepEd) City Division in Tacloban City. People normally associate cancer with death but according to Costibolo the disease can be cured with early diagnosis and prop...
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27Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 27 (PIA) -- The DPWH Northern Samar Second District Engineering Office (NSSDEO) has activated its task force on ‘Lakbay Alalay’ to assist motorists and travelers during the observance of the Lenten season. This is in compliance to the memorandum of DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson and Region 8 Director Rolando Asis, Rey Orsua, DPWH NSSDEO PIO Unit said. Secretary Singson directives ensures the following activities: provision of proper signages and warning...
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27Mar2013MANILA, Marso 27 (PIA) -- Gin-alerto han Bureau of Immigration (BI) an iya mga tawo ha tanan nga mga international airports ngan seaports ha bug-os nga nasud nga pagmintinar han pinakahitaas nga pagigin mabinantayon miyentras an nasud en nag-oobserbar han Semana Santa. Dida hin usa nga memorandum, ginmanduhan ni BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. an kanan ahensya mga superbisor nga kitaon gud hin maupay an ngatanan nga mga naabot ngan nalakat tipagawas han nasud. Ginmanduhan gihapon hera nga da...
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27Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Marso 27 (PIA) -- Ang National Director sa Gawad Kalinga nag-awhag sa mga ming-apil sa Bayani Challenge ning siyudad Domingo sa gabii nga kinahanglan sila magmakanunayong tipik sa paningkamot pagpapas sa kakabus sa nasud. Namulong sa public plaza atubangan sa gatosan ka mga volunteers kinsa nagpabuwad sa init sa adlaw aron lamang mahakot ang mga materyales gikan sa highway paingon sa Josefina II GK village sa gilay-ong usa ka kilometro, si GK Executive Director Lu...
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26Mar2013CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, March 26 (PIA) – Eastern Visayas Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria cited the female members of the Philippine National Police in the region for being at the forefront of eliminating discrimination in the workplace through recognition, protection, fulfillment and promotion of women’s rights within its ranks. Director Soria made the declaration during the Women’s Month Forum and GAD Planning and Budgeting Workshop held at the PNP 8 Matapat Hall on March 25...
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26Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- The National Executive Director of Gawad Kalinga urged participants to the Bayani Challenge here Sunday night to be consistently part of a nationwide effort to wipe out poverty in the country. Speaking at the public plaza here before hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers who braved the searing heat of the sun so aggregates can be transported from the highway up to Josefina II GK village a kilometer away, GK Executive Director Luis Oqueniana reminded...
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26Mar2013ORMOC CITY, March 26 (PIA) – The employees and staff of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte Fourth Engineering District headed by Engr. Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez attended an orientation seminar on the proper preparation of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth facilitated by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) represented by Director Michael M. de la Cruz of the CSC satellite office of Ormoc City. During the orientation, Dir. De la Cruz said that under the gov...
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26Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 26 (PIA)—The ongoing Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge 2013 is drawing more volunteers, even as a fiesta-like atmosphere can be felt in host site Barangay Dinagan, a farming community in Calbayog. The organizers said initially there were only 200 people who signed up for the event. Within days, more and more volunteers showed up not only from Samar but even from the neighboring province of Leyte. Rosalia Canaman one of the Barangay Kagawad said she is happy with t...
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26Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, March 26 (PIA) – The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) has scheduled water service interruptions on March 27 due to two water interconnection activities that will be conducted in the intersections of Apitong Road/Maharlika Highway and in Imelda Avenue and Paterno St., Tacloban City. From 8:00 p.m. of March 26 to 7:00 a.m. of March 27, there will be water service interruption at the North Maharlika Highway from Apitong Intersection to Diit. On March 27, after 7:00 a.m...
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26Mar2013MANILA, Marso 26 (PIA) -- An Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) en opisyal nga naglunsad dida han Marso 22, 2013 han OPLAN Ligtas Biyahe: Kwaresma 2013 para makaseguro hin maupay nga pagpahamtang, maarakus, matatapuran, organisado, ngan talwas nga pagbiyahe para han mga motorista ngan mga nambibiyahe yana nga panahon han Kwaresma o Holy Week. Sering han DOTC, an programa en may kalabutan han panguna nga mga ahensya han transportasyon ha ilarum han Departamento, ngan eni en ...
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26Mar2013MANILA, Marso 26 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Budget and Management (DBM) nag-aprobar na pagpagawas sa hiniusang P 1.92 billion ngadto sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ug sa Department of Agriculture (DA) alang sa pagpatuman sa flood control ug mga farm-to-market road projects, kada usa. Si DBM Secretary Florencio Abad mimatuod sa press report nga P 1.23 billion sa maong kantidad ang gipagawas ngadto sa DPWH aron kapundohan ang flood management projects para magaan-gaan ang kan...
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26Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 26 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) is inviting qualified Filipino youth, between 18 to 30 years old to represent the Philippines in the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP). Twenty eight participants will be chosen, according to Mr. Philip Ariane Oledan of Biliran Province, who has been chosen as one of the finalists last year to represent the Philippines to the 39th SSEAYP. The SSEAYP is an annual youth cultural exchange among you...
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25Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, March 25 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urges owners business owners in Leyte to attend seminars on current consumer laws and policies. Recently, the Consumer Welfare Division of DTI-Leyte conducted a Capability Building Seminar and Knowledge Management Sharing for Consumer Desk Officers. Said seminar was held at Stephanie’s Smokehaus in Marasbaras, Tacloban City last March 18, 2013. It was learned that the seminar was participated in by 40 representati...
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25Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, March 24(PIA) – Most Reverend Monsignor Crispin B. Varquez, Bishop of Borongan, led today the Peace Covenant among provincial and city candidates. In coordination with the provincial and city Police Office, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), COMELEC and Department of Education (DepEd) the signing of the Peace Covenant was held inside the Borongan cathedral with hundreds of parishioners, candidates’ supporters and members of media who witness...
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25Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 25 (PIA) - Gawad Kalinga Executive Director Luis Oquiṅena urged volunteers to continue to help in nation-building. “What is your stake for nation building?” Oquiṅena asked the participants as he urged them not depend solely on the government, but to take active part thru volunteerism. Among the local volunteers professionals and students. More than a thousand volunteers have signed up this year. There were only a hundred volunteers when GK began ...
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25Mar2013ORMOC CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte Fourth Engineering District recently had its formal turnover of completed road projects in Brgy. Aguiting to Sitio Avocado, Sitio Ulan FMR, Brgy. Aguiting, Kanaga, Leyte and another road project in Brgy. Sto. Niño, Kananga, Leyte. Present during the formal turnover of the completed construction and improvement of roads in Brgy. Aguiting, Kananga, Leyte were 4th District Engineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzale...
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25Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 25 (PIA) -- PLAN International Inc., Hernani Chapter conducted the Climate Change Sensitization for barangay officials on March 21 at Panay Beach Resort in Barangay Garawon, Hernani, Eastern Samar. Some 40 barangay officials who are members of Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (BDRRMC) attended the said activity. The purpose of this activity was to increase awareness of the Local Government Unit (LGU) on Climate Change and its link t...
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25Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 25 (PIA) – Youth volunteers in Maasin City, particularly Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) members and students from Maasin City College (MCC), showed their talents through murals during the Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge held in Maasin City. The youth volunteers showed their talents through murals painted at the Maasin City Central School’s walls along Espina Boulevard in Maasin City, in the afternoon of March 24. The participants covered the previous paintings ...
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25Mar2013MANILA, March 25 (PIA) -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagpahimangno sa mga negosyante sa pagbayag sa iksakto nga bushisan. Center sa MOA, Pasay City. Si Presidente Aquino nagpahayag atoll sa tinuig nga tigum sa asosasyon nga sa dili pa lang dugay nga imbestigasyon nga nagdala ngadto sa “katingalahan” og wala paabota nga resulta nga 8 porsiento lang sa mga membro –nga mga kompaniya sa Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce ang nagbayad og buhisan. “Based on your own 2011-2013 direct...
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25Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 25 (PIA) -- Sobra sa duha ka libong mga volunteers, ma-batan-on man o hamtong, nag-abot pagka Sabado sa buntag Marso 23 sa Anatalio Gaviola Plaza ning siyudad alang sa binuksang kalihokan sa lima ka adlaw nga Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge pagpanday og mga komunidad. Duyog sa singgit nga “Walang Iwanan” tubagon sab og “O-Ha!”, bali-bali, ang mga emcess sa ginama nga tablado atubangan sa lima ka gatos ka tuig na nga Maasin Cathedral nagdasig sa ka...
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25Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Marso 25 (PIA) -- Tabangi ang gobyerno sa pagsilsil unsa ka bililhon ang pag-uma para mabihag ang mga batan-on. Kini mao ang puno sa emosyon nga awhag ni Rep. Mercado ngadto sa mga sakop sa local media diha sa press conference pagka Lunes human dayon sa State of the City Address (SOCA) ni City Mayor Maloney Samaco. Namalihug ang magbabalaod nga unta ang mga sakop sa local nga prensa motabang pag-kumbinsir sa mga kabatan-onan mahugawan ang ilang mga kamot diha sa ...
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25Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, Marso 25 (PIA) – An Department of Public Works and Highways Second Leyte Engineering District (LED) en nagre-aktibar han ira Lakbay Alalay nga grupo tinikangan dida han alas’6 han aga han Marso 24 tubtub ha alas’12 han udto han Abril 1 nga may kalabutan han pag-obserbar han Semana Santa. Sering ni District Engineer Ma. Margarita Junia nga an Lakbay Alalay nga grupo en mag-aasister han mga motorista ha pag-antisipar han pagtikadamo han mga mambibyahe. Tulo nga mga Lakbay ...
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25Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 25 (PIA) -- Some 1,118 establishments and enterprises in Southern Leyte will be given questionnaires for another census for establishments and enterprises this year. “The National Statistics Office (NSO) -Southern Leyte Provincial Office will start the distribution of the questionnaires for the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (2012 CPBI) to the different establishments and enterprises in the province on April 1, 2013,” Provincial Sta...
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25Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, March 25 (PIA) -- Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) District Engineer, Ric Odita said that as of March 15, this year, about 2.66% had already been implemented by the contractor of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Road Project, Package-3. Odita referred to the stretch from barangay Locso-on, this city, to barangay Maramag of Llorente town, which is contracted by McBuilders and Kianjin. The DE however admitted that, some factors delay the ...
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24Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 24 (PIA) -- Over 2,000 volunteers, young and old alike converged on Saturday March 23 at the Anatalio Gaviola Plaza to join the opening of the five-day Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge to build communities. With shouts of “Walang Iwanan” the audience responding with “O-Ha!”, and vice-versa, emcees at the makeshift stage fronting the five-century old Maasin Cathedral literally led the crowd into a festive atmosphere as everyone danced the Unity D...
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24Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 24 (PIA) -- Help government inculcate the value of tilling the soil among the young. This was the impassioned appeal made by Rep. Roger Mercado to local media practitioners in a press conference Monday shortly after the State of the City Address (SOCA) of city Mayor Maloney Samaco. “Please help in convincing our young people to have their hands dirtied in agricultural undertaking,” the lone district lawmaker said. Mercado said he believes poverty can be...
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24Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 24 (PIA) -- The police here (PRO-8) has reported the preparations of the office in anticipation of the Holy Week observance. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director, disclosed the police has prepared the necessary security preparations for the expected influx of people to the region and other places of convergence. He said that assistance desks will be set up in places such as bus terminals, seaports, and along major traffic routes to help t...
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24Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 24 (PIA) -- To ensure that teachers are well-versed on the use of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, the regional office of the Commission on Elections in Eastern Visayas are training more than 10,000 teachers who will serve as Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) in the region this coming May 2013 election. Earlier, the pool of trainers composed of provincial election supervisors, and board of certifiers went through the same training which was also done by...
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23Mar2013BORONGAN CITY,Eastern Samar, March 24 (PIA) -- Pascual Azura of the Coconut Federation (Cocofed) here said the Cocofed scholarship program then, had the best financial assistance the students ever had in the province. According to him, there were 75 scholars in the province who availed of the program, and are now working productively, in their chosen fields. Among them is the two-termer mayor, of Quinapondan, Atty. Nedie Campoto, the other is Dean Victor Aseo of Visayas College of Agriculture...
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24Mar2013MANILA, March 24 (PIA) -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nanguna diha sa groundbreaking alang sa gisugyot nga Jesse Robredo Museum sa siyudad sa Naga kagahapon. “Inilulunsad natin ang simula ng pagpapatayo ng monumento at museo ni Jesse Manalastas Robredo,” matud sa Presidente diha sa iyang pakigpulong human sa groundbreaking nga seremonya. “Hindi lamang upang magbalik-tanaw at gunitain ang kanyang buhay kundi upang maisakonkreto rin ang paninindigang ipagpatuloy ang mga adbokasi...
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23Mar2013CANDAHUG, Palo, Leyte, March 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office No. VIII through its Science Education Institute (SEI) has already released the results of the 2013 DOST Undergraduate Scholarship Examination held last November 18, 2012. According to DOST, out of the 25,696 who took the examination nationwide, 3,597 passed. And out of the 3,597 who passed the examination, 172 are from region 8, wherein 156 are under the Science and Technology Scholarship ...
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23Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 23 (PIA) -- Ang nasudnon nga nakadaug nga Lupong Tagapamayapa, Barangay Hingatunggan sa Silago nakakuha sa mga bunga sa ilang mga paningkamot, ang nasyonal nga pagka-ila og salaping ganti. “Ang Barangay Hingatunggan naglusad og mga plano alang sa mga pag-ugmad sa ilang Lupon nga edipisyo og pagdugang sa ilang mga kahibalo sa pagpadagan sa barangay nga sistema sa hustisya gikan sa mga insentibo nga salapi nga ilang nakuha gikan sa pagka-proklama ingon nga nat...
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23Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Match 23 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District has scheduled water disconnection in Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte. On March 25, areas scheduled for disconnection in Tacloban City are Zones 141 to 147, which covers Brgy. 95 in Caibaan, Villa Corazon, Basilan Subd., GB Homes, Imelda Village, Delgado Subd., Brgy. 59 & Picas, Sagkahan; Brgys. 78, 79, 80 & 81 in Marasbaras & Villa Dolina. Also included are Zones 148 to 158 in Palo, Leyte, which covers Pawing, Candahug, Gove...
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23Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 23 (PIA) -- Some 200 volunteers in the island of Samar will join the nationwide movement to “conquer the real enemies of the country,” today March 23. From March 23-27, homes will be built, schools will be repaired, health missions will be held, along with other activities under Gawad Kalinga’s Bayani Challenge 2013 that aims to combat poverty and injustice through volunteerism. According to Bryan Gapasin, the event head for Gawad Kalinga in Samar, the vol...
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23Mar2013MANILA, Marso 23 (PIA) -- Trenta y uno (31) nga mga Pilipino, nga tanan kababayen-an, en umabot ha Manila dida han Marso 20. An grupo an pinaka-una nga grupo nga ginpapanguli mahitungod han kasamok nga natatabo ha pagkayana ha Syria ha bulig han Philippine Embassies ha Damascus ngan Beirut. An mga pinapanguli en umabot ha Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal dida han 3:55 han kulop sakay han Qatar Airways flight QR 646. Han ira pag-abot, an suma total han ngatanan nga mga pinapa...
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23Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, March 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways Second Leyte Engineering District is set to reactivate its Lakbay Alalay team starting 6 a.m. of March 24 until 12noon of April 1 in line with the observance of Holy Week. District Engineer Ma. Margarita Junia said that the Lakbay Alalay team will provide assistance to motorists in anticipation of the influx of motorists. Three Lakbay Alalay centers will be installed along the national roads within the area of the ...
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23Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 23 (PIA) -- This year’s National Schools Press Conference for elementary and high school campus journalists will be hosted by the Ormoc City government in April 7-12. This was revealed through a Department of Education (DepEd8) order which also informed that the NSPC will be attended by about 5,000 elementary and high school journalists who are regional winners of press conferences. Alejandrino Yman, DepEd 8 curriculum learning management division chief disclosed ...
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23Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 23 (PIA) -- Today’s celebration of World Water Day carries the theme “Surety on Water, Surety on Food”. The Department and Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Eastern Visayas is ensuring that the celebration will put a dent on the importance of water conservation and urges residents of the region to work together to conserve water. Purification Daloos, DENR regional information officer said that while the region has abundant sources of water supply, pe...
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22Mar2013PAWING, Palo, Leyte, March 22 (PIA) – The National Food Authority in Eastern Visayas continues its aggressive palay procurement in order to augment domestic inventory of the basic staple commodity. NFA Regional Manager Vilma H. Zarraga said that for the first quarter of this year, the agency had a total procurement of 13, 979 bags region wide. “This is a 233 percent accomplishment since the Agency targeted 6,000 bags only for the first quarter," she said. Director Zarraga further said...
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22Mar2013MANILA, March 22 (PIA) -- The Media and Gender Equality Committee (MGEC), chaired by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) is set to launch on March 22 at the National Telecommunications Office, the three document-outputs. The three documents are: the Gender Equality Guidelines, Guidelines to Protect Women against Discrimination in Media and Film, and Code of Ethics for Media formulated by the MGEC to achieve gender-fair and sensitive portrayal in mass media and art product...
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22Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 22 (PIA) -- Northern Samar hosted the joint regional and provincial tatsulo advisory council meeting of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Catarman on Tuesday. The council is in charge of DSWD’s poverty reduction programs; Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and the Sustainable Livelihood Program and the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan: Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-Cidss). This is a convergence progr...
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22Mar2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, March 22 (PIA) -- Sa lima ka mga munisipyo nga nahimutang sa pacific area ning probinsiya, ang mga molupyo sa mga ka-barangayan puno sa pagdayeg kalabot sa pag-gama sa duha ka school buildings ug pag-pang-semento sa mga provincial roads sa upat ka lain-laing lokasyon diha sa kutay sa inagurasyon pagka Martes. Si Punong Barangay Virgie Kuizon sa barangay Bankas B sa Hinunangan, namulong sa ngalan sa iyang mga ginsakopan, miingon ang pag-semento sa Bankas B paingon sa barangay A...
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22Mar2013NAGA CITY, Marso 22 (PIA) – Karuyag seguradohon ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III nga talwas gamiton an mga riles han Philippine National Railways (PNR) ugsa bumalik an operasyon hini por lo menos tikang ha Naga City ngadto ha Legazpi City. Kataliwan mag-agi hin rehabilitasyon, ginpruybahan padalaganan an mga riles han PNR tikang ha Naga City ngadto ha Legazpi City. “Hindi natin papaandarin hanggang hindi tayo 1,000 percent sure na safe ito. Nakita naman n’yo nadiskaril kamakailan,” ser...
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22Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 22 (PIA) -- The national awardee Lupong Tagapamayapa, Barangay Hingatunggan of Silago got the fruits of their labor, the national recognition, and cash award. “Barangay Hingatunggan has laid down plans for the improvement of their Lupon building and upgrading of their skills to operationalize the barangay justice system out of the cash incentives they got from being acclaimed as a national awardee at the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA) in 2012...
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22Mar2013MANILA, March 22 (PIA) -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagpirma ingon nga balaod ang us aka balaodnon nga “magpahibalik ” sa operasyon sa gobierno nga telebisyon nga estasyon PTV-4 (People’s Television Network, Incorporated) aron mahimo nga makatugban sa global nga mga standards kauban sa mga programming nga importante ngadto sa kapanahonan, matud ni Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. Si Coloma, sa usa ka press conference nga gipahigayon didto sa Malakanyang kaniadtong Miye...
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22Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 22 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Southern Leyte Engineering District kaniadtong Marso 18 nagtimaan sa tinuig nga kasaulogan sa Women’s Month. Atol sa pagsugod nga mga kalihokan sa 2013 nga Women’s Month nga kasaulogan, si Assistant District Engineer (ADE) Manolo Rojas mipahayag nga “ang pagkunhod sa mga insidente sa korapsyon sa departamento gikan sa -51 ngadto sa -20 nga porsiento mao ang resulta sa tingog “ Daang Matuw...
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21Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 21 (PIA) -- Southern Leyte is one of the34 sites where the Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge will be conducted, specifically in Maasin City. In a phone interview over radio station DyDM, GK head Dr. Jerome Paler said that the eighth Bayani Challenge will start on Saturday, March 23 until the 27, a synchronized activity throughout the identified sites in the country. He disclosed that the kick-off activity will be at the Anatalio Gaviola Plaza, Maasin City on the...
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21Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 21 (PIA) -- Six types of gynecological cancer were among the subject tackled in Calbayog City, Samar as part of the celebration this Women’s Month. St. Camillus Gynecologist Dr. Flora Rosales explained that gynecological cancer is any cancer that starts in a woman's reproductive organs. The six gynecologic cancers begin in different places within a woman's pelvis, which is the area below the stomach and in between the hip bones. Each gynecologic cancer is uni...
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21Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 21 (PIA) -- An official of the Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas affirmed that 22 candidates have sought security detail this coming mid-term election. Inspector Romuel Nacar, PNP-8 information officer, said that those who requested for security detail were candidates for governors, congressmen, and several mayors in the provinces of Leyte, Samar and Northern Samar and one in Biliran province. There were no candidates from Eastern Samar and Southern Leyt...
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21Mar2013MANILA, Marso 21 (PIA) -- An administrasyon ni Aquino en nagpagawas hin kalipay han ipagawas an resulta han pinakabag-o nga Pulse Asia survey nga nagpapakita han kan Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III padayon nga pakatagamtam han hitaas nga pagtapod ngan hitaas nga ranggo ha pagdumara han serbisyo, sering hin usa nga opisyal han Palasyo dida han Miyerkoles. Iginpagawas ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda eni nga pahayag dida han regular nga pakigharampang ha media ha Malacañang kasunod h...
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21Mar2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, March 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police in Eastern Visayas has mapped out extra patrol operations and police assistance desks in preparation for the observance of Holy Week. The move is in line with the expected exodus of people to the region and to the traditional visitations to churches and other places of convergence during the Holy Week observance said Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PNP Region 8 director. Soria said police assistance ...
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21Mar2013MANILA, March 21 (PIA) -- Ang Aquino government nagpadayag og paglaum nga makab-ot na niini ang tumong nga dili na mo-import og bugas sa 2014, usa ka opisyal sa Palasyo nagkanayon pagka Martes. Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda miingon sa regular press briefing sa Malacanang nga ang Department of Agriculture, ubos sa pagpanguna ni Agriculture Secretary Proseso Alcala, nagpabiling lig-on sa mga paningkamot pag-abot sa 100% rice self sufficiency sa sunod tuig. Si Lacierda miingon nga n...
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21Mar2013PALO, Leyte, Marso 21 (PIA) -- An Mines and Geosciences Bureau han Department of Environment and Natural Resources han Sinirangan Bisayas en nagrekomendar han dayon nga pag-establisar han bakilid ngan mga pitad pagrehabilitar han danyos han nagtimpag nga tuna dida han bukid dida han kanan Energy Development Corporation PAD 403 ha may Upper Mahiao, Barangay Lim-ao, Kananga, Leyte. Eni en magseserbi bali non-structural blockade ha pagbaha ha oras hin makusog nga mga uuran ngan mga bagyo, labot...
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21Mar2013MANILA, Marso 21 (PIA) -- Ginrekognisar ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an papel han mga doktor komo mahinungdanon nga mga kasugbong han gobyerno ha pagpapahamtang hin mauruupay nga mga serbisyo pankahimsogan ha katawhan ngan pagpapanalipod ha ira kontra hiton tarhug han sakit nga kanser. Dida han iya mensahe durante han ika-tulo nga katitirok han Philippine Society of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the Asian Society of Head and Neck Oncology (ASHNO), nagsering an Pangulo nga an ...
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21Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 21 (PIA) -- The celebration of the 2013 World Water Day this March 22, Friday, will be highlighted by the clean-up of all adopted water bodies in Eastern Visayas. Highlighted during the event are the water bodies adopted by local government units, industries and non-government organizations donor partners in at least 11 towns and cities in the region. Maribel Munsayac, information section chief of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), said the clean-up will be ...
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21Mar2013CANDAHUG, Palo, Leyte, March 21 (PIA) -- Section 7 of the Omnibus Rules Implementing Book V of Executive Order No. 292 says that each government employee should have undergone at least one human resource development intervention during the year. Relative to this, the Civil Service Commission in Region 8 is inviting government institutions to name their nominee to be a part of the human resource development trainings scheduled on its second quarter training calendar. The scheduled trainings ar...
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21Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 21 (PIA) -- Despite Samar listed as one of the 15 priority provinces, Samar Police Provincial Director Eusebio Mejos is confident that the election 2013 will be peaceful. The police official was confident because other agencies involved in the elections have planned early and have implemented activities towards a peaceful election. According to the director, they have organized the Special Operations Task Group - Samar (SOTG-Samar) a Tracker Team of the Police R...
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MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 20 (PIA) – The 2013 State of the City Address of Mayor Maloney L. Samaco was conducted at Maasin City gymnasium, March 18 which focused on his 13-point agenda accomplishments last year and as a launching pad of his re-election bid on May 13, 2013, thus his address was dubbed as 13-13-13. The report of accomplishments was based on his two terms of office most particularly starting the year 2011, being his first term as city mayor until the present. It starte...
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20Mar2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Eastern Visayas called on all taxpayers to pay their taxes promptly and correctly. BIR Eastern Visayas Regional Director Atty. Diosdado R. Mendoza made the call as he recently led the launching of the 2013 Tax Campaign carrying the theme “ I love the Philippines, I pay taxes correctly.” Director Mendoza said that the tax campaign is a call to encourage taxpayers to pay their taxes correctly and promptl...
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20Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- Training on different kinds of services is already part of alleviating poverty, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) OIC Provincial Director Rodrigo Lacaba disclosed during the Foot Spa Training held at the Maasin City Livelihood and Training Center March 19. At least 30 inspired women participated the livelihood training, as one of the activities lined-up by the city Social Welfare Services Office celebrating Women’s M...
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20Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) – A simultaneous clean-up of all adopted bodies of water in the region will highlight the celebration of World Water Day on March 22 in Eastern Visayas, the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau said. EMB Region 8 Director Leticia Maceda said eighteen (18) water bodies adopted by local government units, industries and non-government organization donor partners in at least 11 municipalities and cities in Eastern Visayas, will be the site of the clean-up acti...
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20Mar2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- In the five municipalities situated at the pacific area of this province, rural folks greatly appreciated the construction of two school buildings and concreting of provincial roads in four separate locations during the series of inauguration held Tuesday. Punong Barangay Virgie Kuizon of barangay Bangkas B in Hinunangan, speaking for her constituents, said the concreting of Bangkas B to Ambacon provincial road costing P 1 million was a big help in addressing ...
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20Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 20 (PIA) —One thousand women from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and women’s organization joined the women’s day celebration at the Calbayog City convention center on Sunday. March is Women’s Month, and the city government thru City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) conducted one day activity to honor its women with the theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan.” Proclamation No. 224 declares every first week of Marc...
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20Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 20 (PIA) -- Foreign and local tourists will no longer find it hard to look for a place to buy for souvenir items once they visit the capital town of Biliran province as the town formally opened the Pasalubong center, a place where they could buy items they could bring back home. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here in Biliran province led by provincial director Celerina T. Bato, through the department’s Rural Micro Enterprise Promotion Program (RuMEPP), formal...
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20Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas recommended the immediate slope stabilization and rehabilitation measures at the landslide- damaged area of Energy Development Corporation’s PAD 403 at Upper Mahiao, Barangay Lim-ao, Kananga, Leyte. This will serve as non-structural blockade to flooding during heavy rains and typhoons, aside from the construction of dikes, retaining walls, groins and break...
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20Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- Pedestrians couldn’t help but notice the new look of the old and mature native trees at the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources along Santo Niño Extension in Tacloban City. The curious minds got the answer. Old trees can be rejuvenated or rehabilitated. Several staff revealed that tree rehabilitation which includes activities like tree surgery, sanitation cutting, pruning and cleaning have been conducted from January ...
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20Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways – Tacloban City District Engineering Office (DPWH-TCDEO), under the supervision of Margarito E. Fabillo Jr., an engineer, is currently undertaking various infrastructure projects in Tacloban City. These projects include: concreting the roadway at Brgy. 36; construction of the flood control structure at the Eastern Visayas State University and Brgy. 5-A; construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of the mul...
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20Mar2013MANILA, Marso 20 (PIA) -- An gobyerno Aquino en nagpatapod hin padayon nga paghatag hin daro-damo pa nga mga scholarship programs para han mga kablas pero kaangayan nga mga estudyante, kun diin sering niya nga an edukasyon en napabilin nga usa han mga prayoridad han gobyerno pagbulig pagsuporta han pagpatubo han kanan nasud ekonomeya. Hi Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda en nagsering dida han gindumara nga regular nga pakigharampang ha mga taga media ha Malacañang dida han Martes nga an...
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20Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- In its goal to collect and generate information on the performance, levels, structure and trends of economic activities of the formal sector in the entire country, the National Statistics Office, Regional Office 8 joins the nationwide conduct of Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) for 2012. This was learned from Director Raul F. Dones of NSO-Region 8 who said that the CPBI, which will begin on April 1, 2013, is the 15th in the series of econ...
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20Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- An Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) en ginpasidunggan han Anvil Award of Excellence didto han 48th Anvil Awards nga gindumara dida han Marso 6 ha Makati Shangrila Hotel. Hi PCOO Undersecretary George Syliangco an kumarawat han pasidungog kaupod an iba nga mga opisyal han PTV, nga amo hera: Atty. Jennifer Jimeno-Atienza, namumuno han PTV Corporate Communications, News Overseeing Officer Ed Finlan, Public Affairs Overseeing Officer Maria Cristi...
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20Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Sering ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III nga an mga lokal nga pangobyernohan en makaka-antisipar nga an era gobyerno nasyonal en magigin kasugbong para makab-utan an kanan ira tagsa-tagsa nga mga mulopyo mga inop ngan mga ambisyon para han ira mga bungtohanon ha iya paggarantiya paghatag hin tuptup, pinanigurohan nga pagtrabaho ha iya nga bahin. Dida hin usa nga pakigharampang ha mga lokal nga lider dida han Domingo, nagsering an Pangulo nga an iya administrasyon...
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20Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) is currently conducting the nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) for 2012 which started last February 25 and expected to end on April 13, 2013. This was learned from Director Raul F. Dones of NSO-Region 8 who said this is the sixth in a series of decennial agriculture census and the fifth in the decennial census of fisheries in the country. According to Director Dones, the 2012 CAF is a large–scale g...
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20Mar2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- The Regional Gender and Development Committee of the Regional Development Council of Eastern Visayas is set to conduct a community immersion at the island Barangay of Maliwaliw in Salcedo, Eastern Samar on March 20. National Statistical Coordiination Board Regional head Evangeline Paran said, the community immersion will allow the members of RGADC to interact with the village people regarding the successful project implemented in the area by the...
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20Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, Marso 19 (PIA) -- An nagkakausa nga Department of Tourism (DPT) ngan han Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) en nag-aprobar han pag-upod dida han prayoridad nga lista han P446 milyones nga ginproponer nga pagpauro-upay han kalsada nga mga proyekto nga nagdadalan ngadto han mga distinasyon panturismo ha Ika-duha nga Dsitrito han Leyte. Eni nga mga proyekto nga aada ha sulod han Ika-duha nga Distrito han Leyte amo an P336 milyones nga pagpauro-upay han Burauen-Mahagna...
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20Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 20 (PIA) -- No less than the top official of the women’s organization in Biliran province has emphasized in a radio program of what women should have to be amidst modern complexities. “The woman of today must be more empowered,” Dr. Cecillle M. Espina, said during her appearance as guest to the PIA Kapihan at Pulong-Pulong ng Bayan at Radyo Natin-Naval recently. Espina, president of the Provincial Council for Women’s Welfare Incorporated (PCWWI) in Biliran provinc...
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19Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- Consumer complaints under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) jurisdiction can be resolved in seven days through mediation. This was revealed by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional director Cynthia Nierras where she also said that cases escalated to arbitration will be decided within 20 days after filing. DTI has implemented a harmonized mediation and arbitration procedure to provide speedy redress on consumer complaints on violations o...
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19Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 19 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Region 8 (OWWA-8) announces the opening of application for Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) and Overseas Filipino Workers – Dependent Scholarship Program (OFW-DSP) for the next school year 2013-2014. In a statement released by OWWA-8 through Al M. Peṅaflor, OWWA will award 100 scholarships to qualified dependents of OFW-members who will enroll in any four or five-year baccalaure...
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19Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Marso 19 (PIA) -- An Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) en nananawagan han iya mga miyembro pagsumite han mga nominado para han GSIS Scholarship Program para han Academic Year (AY) 2013-2014. Hi GSIS Tacloban Manager Rene Cinco en nagsering nga tikang ha Marso 12 ngadto ha Abril 30, an gudtiay an kita nga mga magtratrabaho han gobyerno en pwede na magnominar han ira mga kabataan ngadto han ginpahiro-hilawig nga College Scholarship Program han GSIS kun diin 200 slot...
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19Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- Duha ka gatos kapitoan og upat ka mga batan-on ning siyudad nagsipagkadawat sa ilang mga scholarship vouchers aron maka-enroll sa mga short-term vocational-technical courses diha sa paglusad sa Cash for Training Program (C4TP) sa Ampil Pensione dinhi pagka Biyernes. Ang C4TP gipundohan sa nasudnong pangagamhanan pinaagi sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) uban ang hugot nga pagtambayayong sa Technical Education Skills Development...
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19Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- “Operation Baklas”, a program of work implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas seek to secure free, orderly, honest, and credible election without harming the environment. The move of the DENR is the protection of trees from being harmed through nailed posters and stapled campaign materials this midterm election. Manolito Ragub, DENR regional executive director disclosed that their office has implanted ...
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19Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 19 (PIA) --Two former rebels are about to receive P50,000 each from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) under the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), according to Imelda Bonifacio of OPAPP. The two rebels named Edgar and Glenda (not their real names) will be receiving their checks as the Joint Validation and Authentication Committee (JVAC) convenes on Monday, March 25. The JVAC is a special team of the Samar Provincial ...
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19Mar2013MANILA, March 19 (PIA) -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III mipahayag mga local nga pangagamhanan makapa-abot sa ilang nasyonal nga pangagamhanan ingon nga katugbang diha sa pagkab-ot sa ilang tagsatagsa ka mga katawhan nga mga damgo og ambisyon alang sa ilang mga local samtang iyang gisaad sa paghatag og matinud-anon, paningkamot gikan sa iyang buhatan. Sa usa ka tigum kauban sa mga local nga mga pangulo kaniadtong Domingo, ang Presidente mipahayag sa iyang administrasyon nagtrabaho og doble ...
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19Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Southern Leyte Engineering District today marked the annual celebration of Women’s Month. During the kick-off activity of 2013 Women’s Month celebration, Assistant District Engineer (ADE) Manolo Rojas said “the drop in the incidence of corruption in the department from -51 to -20 percent has been the outcome of the battle cry, “Tuwid na Daan” of President Benigno S. Aquino III." He s...
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19Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- The members of the Leyte Provincial Board recently passed an ordinance that calls for the promotion of responsible dog-ownership in the control and elimination of rabies in the province. The passage of the ordinance authored by First District of Leyte Board Member Ryan Lawrence Tiu is in time with the observance of Rabies Awareness and Control Month in March and is in accordance with the Philippine Rabies Control Program vision to declare the Philippines ...
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18Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 18 (PIA) -- Ed Castillo, Bureau of Internal Revenue District officer (BIR) here reiterated the call to the public to ask receipts from business establishments every time they enter into a transaction with monetary consideration. He said this in connection with the mandate of BIR to issue business establishments with the BIR official receipt as a form of revenue generation. BIR likewise has recently started its campaign for the April 15 deadline of Income Ta...
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18Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 18 (PIA) -- The deputized agencies and organizations of the Commission on Election (Comelec) in Biliran province this early have already set plan of action in preparation for the May 13, 2013 national and local elections. The Comelec deputies in Biliran, composed of concerned national government agencies, local government units represented by the treasury offices of the eight towns including the provincial treasury office, military, and the religious group were formed into ...
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18Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 18 (PIA) -- Preparations are being set for the commemoration of the 492nd Anniversary of the First Mass in the Philippines in the island town of Limasawa, Southern Leyte on March 31, 2013. History books have it that on a Saturday, March 16, 1521, the ship of Portuguese circumnavigator Ferdinand Magellan,reached Homonhon, Eastern Samar. “The natives seemed to be friendly. Unlike other people who were fearful of white men, the Visayans approached them on their...
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18Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, 18 March (PIA) -- Six hundred twenty-eight residents from northern Samar are availing of the cash-for-training program said Virginia Idan, DSWD-8 assistant regional director during the launching here. This was confirmed by Cleta Omega, Tesda-8 acting regional director as the major implementor of the Program. The Program, according to PGNS Information Officer Arlyn Tepace, entitles each beneficiary a training voucher of P20,000 for the training, toolkit, assessment fe...
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18Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 18 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System calls on members to submit nominees to the GSIS Scholarship Program for Academic Year 2013-2014. GSIS Tacloban Manager Rene Cinco said that from March 12 to April 30, low-income government workers may start nominating their children to the enhanced College Scholarship Program of the Government Service Insurance System (GSP) where 200 slots are available for school year 2013-2014. The scholarship program aims to e...
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18Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Commission on Women is set to conduct a one-day local level validation session for the formulation of Women’s Empowerment, Development and Gender Equality Plan or simply Women’s EDGE Plan for 2013-1016, on March 21, at the Tiara Oriental Hotel in Makati. PCW Chairperson Remedios Rikken said the local level validation aims to localize the strategic gender issues, outcomes and strategies and identify LGU programs that are relevant to or ...
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17Mar2013GUIUAN, Eastern Samar, March 17 (PIA) -- With a two-storey galleon-like structure and the Magellan Cross as the backdrop, the town of Guiuan, Eastern Samar recently commemorated the 492nd celebration of the landing of Portuguese circumnavigator Ferdinand Magellan on Homonhon Island on March 16, 1521 which led to the discovery of the Philippines. Mayor Annaliz Gonzales-Kwan said the celebration was highlighted by a commemorative mass at Sitio Cantilado in Barangay Pagbabangnan with Eastern Sama...
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17Mar2013BURAUEN, Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The Road Board is rolling out P11 million worth of road slip protection project in Burauen-Mahagnao road leading to Mahagnao Volcano Natural Park here. This was learned from Second Leyte Engineering District (2nd LED) chief Engineer Ma. Margarita Junia who lauded the board for heeding the clamor to build protection wall in the road section with imminent road slips. Junia said the project is a big help to the 2nd LED as it serves as a preparatory work for road...
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17Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, March 17 (PIA) -- The joint team of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has approved the inclusion in the priority list of P456 million proposed road development projects leading to tourist destinations in the Second District of Leyte. These projects within the 2nd LED are P336 million upgrading of Burauen-Mahagnao Road in Burauen, P48 million concreting of road from Barangay Pagalaum to Sition Canbahian Falls in Carigara, P48 ...
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17Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 17 (PIA) --The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), in coordination with its partner government line agencies conducted an information caravan with social services package from the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) projects in the municipality of Maslog and Barangay Hinolaso and Aroganga, in Dolores E. Samar on March 12-14. Maslog is a fifth class municipality of Eastern Samar. It cab be reached by a three to four hours travel ...
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17Mar2013MANILA, Marso 17 -- Pormal nga gindayaw ni Secretary of Justice Leila M. De Lima an National Bureau of Investigation Forensic Team mahitungod han ira komendabli nga gindumara gawas han ira obligasyon ha pagbaton han trahedya nga dara han bagyo “Pablo” nga nakahibang hin mga kinabuhi ngan nagpakaruba hin mga propyedad ha Davao Oriental ngan Compostela Valley. “Amo eni an mga kalalakin-an ngan kababayen-an nga padayon nga nagius hin diri nagpapalawag pero nagpapakita hin waray wantas nga de...
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17Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 17 --An Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) en nakadara han Anvil Award of Excellence dida han 48th Anvil Awards nga gindumara han Marso 6 didto ha Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Hi PCOO Undersecretary George Syliangco en kumarawat han pasidungog kaupod han iba nga mga opisyal han PTV nga hera: Atty. Jennifer Jimeno-Atienza, nangungulo han PTV Corporate Communications, News Overseeing Officer Ed Finlan, Public Affairs Overseeing Officer Maria Cristina Mariano ngan...
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17Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 17 (PIA) -- Two hundred seventy-four youths of this city received their scholarship vouchers for enrolment in short-term technical-vocational courses during the launch of the Cash for Training Program (C4TP) at Ampil Pensione here, Friday. C4TP is funded by the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in close linkage with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda), and the five Tesda-accredited...
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17Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar March 17 (PIA) -- The government's Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) project which is being implemented by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process may well fulfill Maslog’s town long time dream of being connected to a major road network. The absence of road network that will connect this remote town to the national highway has hindered the development of this town with vast potential for agriculture. Maslog town, with 4,781 populatio...
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16Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 16 (PIA) -- The ecologically important bird species, the Philippine Eagle with the scientific name of Pithecophaga Jefferyi naturally inhabits the rich forests of Samar. The recent citing of the Philippine Eagle at the Taft Forest Wildlife (Philippine Eagle) Sanctuary confirmed this, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Executive Director Manolito Ragub said. “The sighting of the Philippine Eagle is something which the people of Eastern Visayas...
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16Mar2013BURAUEN, Leyte, March 16 (PIA)-- An official of the civic military operations (CMO) of the Philippine Army cited the Department of Public Works and Highways Second Leyte Engineering District for the ongoing road concreting of Burauen-Albuera road as it provides them easy access to rebel-infested areas. Captain Ian Fabillon, Philippine Army 78th Infantry Battalion CMO officer tagged the infrastructure project as road for peace that will be instrumental in significantly minimizing the influence o...
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16Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 16 (PIA) -- Kuyog ang walo lamang ka kaubanan nga nag-alagad ning lalawigan, diin duha o tulo ka lungsod ang paga-sagubangon sa usa ka officer, ang probinsiyal nga buhatan sa Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) nangahas pagpangayo og tabang gikan sa mga local governments. Kini ang gipadangat nga pangindahay ni Emiberto Acasio, Provincial Coconut Development Manager (PCDM). Lakip sa mga programa nga ang PCA nagkinahanglan og tabang mao ang coconut replanting p...
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16Mar2013MANILA, Marso 16 (PIA) -- Nagsering an Malacañang dida han Huwebes nga an Pilipinas en padayon nga “mamimiling hin higayon paghingita hin opurtunidad nga magkaada hin magkausa nga pagitapod ngan kuoperasyon” ha People’s Republic of China kasunod han pormal nga paglingkod han bag-o nga pangulo nga hi Xi Jinping. Dida hin usa nga pamulong nga nagpapaabot han iya ‘sinsiro nga pagpahalipay’ ngadto han bag-o la nga lumingkod nga Chinese lider, hi Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda en n...
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16Mar2013MANILA, Marso 16 (PIA) -- Kaparti han selebrasyon han International Women’s Day, an Permanent Delegation of the Philippines para ngadto ha United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), en nag-organisar hin usa nga mini fashion show dida han Marso 07 kun diin iginpakita an mga himo han Filipino fashion designer nga hi Ms. Dita Sandico-Ong. An okasyon en gindumara han Salon des Delegues ha UNESCO Miollis ngan an Guest of Honor amo hi Madam Brigitte Ayrault, an asawa...
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16Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar March 16 (PIA) --Gawad Kalinga (GK) representatives Marvin Obon, and volunteer workers Jiffy Baltazar, Zytel Santos and John Edward Baltazar invited the DPWH Samar First Engineering District to participate in the Gawad Kalinga’s Bayani Challenge. This is a team building activity at Tomasino Gomez Dinagan GK Village, Brgy. Dinagan, Calbayog City, Samar on March 23-27, 2013. Baltazar said that Gawad Kalinga’s mission is to build a nation empowered by empowered by peop...
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16Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 16 (PIA) -- The Archdiocese of Palo like the 1.2 billion Catholic faithful around the world welcomed the election of Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio as the new Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church with jubilation and celebration. The new Pope has chosen the name of Francis and will be known as Pope Francis. Fr. Amadeo Alvero, spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Palo in Leyte said that all Masses scheduled yesterday within the Archdiocese was made in celebrati...
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15Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- The labor office does not interfere in the employment of students under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Lawyer Exequil Sarcauga, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director, said that local governments are the ones that implement the SPES program. Sarcauga said that students need to follow the requirements and guidelines provide by the office in the program. He also said that “summer jobs are meant for students ...
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15Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 15 (PIA) -- On the first day of the nationwide National Achievement Test (NAT) Tuesday, an official of the education department, in this town, aimed for a better performance of his district for this year’s NAT. Roberto G. Manuel, Dep-Ed district supervisor of Naval in Biliran province, said the Department of Education (DepEd) scheduled March 12 and 13 for the nationwide examination of the NAT for grades three and grade six pupils in the elementary level. Manuel discl...
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15Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is pouring P41.91 million in concreting three road projects that will connect the towns of Tabontabon in the first district and Julita in the second district of the province of Leyte. The said projects have been in full swing since January, said Margarita Junia, engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Junia said the projects are expected to be completed before the end of June 2013. The constr...
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15Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- With a manpower base of only eight personnel in the province, where two or three towns are handled by one officer, the provincial office of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is constrained to ask help from local governments. This was the appeal aired by Emiberto Acasio, Coconut Development Manager. Among the key programs that the PCA need help are in the coconut replanting, fertilization, and the putting up of parasitoid labs in each of th...
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15Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology in Region 8 (DOST-8) said that trainings are now available for the second quarter of 2013. According to Ramil T.Uy, Science and Technology HRD Promotion and Information Center Manager, six trainings are available: Mushroom Culture and Spawn Production, Calibration of Volumetric Wares, Integrated Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Fish and Shellfish Processing, Charcoal Briquetting, and Thermal Processing or Canning o...
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15Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) would like to inform its concessionaires in Tacloban City of their scheduled conduct of water disconnection for March 18-21. On March 18-19, zones covered in Tacloban City are 061-068; 071-078; 081-088; 091-098; & 101-108. Areas covered are: J. Luna, Perichohon, Dadison, Lukban, El Reposo, Youngfield, Utap, P. Burgos, Real & Interior Real, Independencia, Magallanes, & Arellano Sts.; Imelda & Esperas Avenues 2...
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15Mar2013PAWING, Palo, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- A flurry of infrastructure projects in this province is not only benefiting the residents in terms of economic progress, it is also doing good in terms of answering the labor problems of Leyte - many are being hired in these projects. Residents from the area who need employment have been hired under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte First Engineering District, headed by OIC-District Engineer Angel A. Sia, Jr. Said projects inc...
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15Mar2013Quezon City, March 15 -- Malalauman han mga Katoliko ha bug-os nga kalibutan nga an bag-o nga Santo Papa in mangunguna ha basic nga pag aradman, Bibliya ngan tradisyon. Ha usa nga interview, iginpahayag ni Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Executive Secretary Father Francis Lucas nga hi Pope Francis I in usa nga theologian nga ginkita han Conclave nga amo an angay maging Santo Papa nga mabaton han mga ayat han moderno nga panahon. Labot la han ka eksperto han mga pag wali ginduga...
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15Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Marso 15 (PIA) -- Dugang mga eskuylahan ug mga kolehiyo nga nagbaton sa gitawag mga green practices ang makahimo pa pagsalmot sa 2013 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools kay ang tagal pagdawat sa aplikasyon gisibog ngadto sa Abril 16. Ang kaplag nagtumong pagpaisa sa pamatyag kalabot sa environmental protection sa mga estudyante, mga magtutudlo, ug sa ilang mga komunidad ingon man magdasig sa mga tunghaan pagduso og mga environmental programs. Ang Department...
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15Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- The implementation of 81 percent of 2013 infrastructure projects is now in full swing in Leyte. Construction of 27 out of the 33 projects for this year of the Department of Public Works and Highways Second Leyte Engineering District is already in full swing as of the end of February, said District Engineer Ma. Margarita Junia. Juania said that the early bidding and timely release of budget this year have contributed to the full implementation of projects in...
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15Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Marso 15 (PIA) -- Iba-iba nga mga nahitutungdan ha Sinirangan Bisayas en nakatalaan pag-urosa ha Robinsons Place han Marso 15 para manmirma hin usa nga memorandum of agreement ha pagsuporta han Earth Hour Commemoration ha Sinirangan Bisayas han Marso 23. An aktibida en pangungundahan han JCI Candahug Liberation nga pinamumunuan han iya Pangulo nga JCI Member nga hi Clark Cabelin, ngan han World Wildlife Fund for Nature- Philippines. Ha mga nakikita nga maatinder han pagpi...
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15Mar2013SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte, March 15 (PIA) -- Ang ulan dinhing dapita way puas ang pagbundak pagka Martes, usahay mohinay-hinay unya mokusog, apan wala kini makabalda sa inagurasyon sa lima ka mga infrastructure projects. Upat sa lima niining naasoy nga mga proyekto ang gi-implementar sa Department of Public Works and Highways -- Southern Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-SLED), ug ang usa sa provincial engineering office. Sa tinamban, duha ka titip nga pagka-guba sa dalan daku na og kausa...
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15Mar2013MANILA, March 15 (PIA) -- Ang Malacanang sa Huwebes nagingon nga ang Pilipinas padayon nga nagtinguha sa tanan nga higayon pagtabang pagtukud ug klima sa tagsatagsa nga pagsalig ug pagtinabangay kauban ang Peole’s Republic of China sunud sa pormal nga pagkapot sa katungdanan ni Xi JinpIng isip ba’o nga presidente. Sa pahayag pagpaabot sa tinuud nga pagpahalipay sa bag’o nga gipili nga presidente sa China, ang Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nagpahayag nga ang PIlipinas kahiusa s...
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14Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 14 (PIA) -- Eastern Visayas joins the entire country as it celebrates for the first time the World Consumers Rights Day, an event dedicated to the consumers, on March 15. Department of Trade and Industry Region 8 Director Cynthia Nierras said a symposium on March 15 at the DTI Regional Office which will be attended by different consumer organization officers in Region 8, ConsumerNet members, and DTI officials. The activity will adopt this year’s theme as, “Consumer Jus...
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14Mar2013SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- The rains here came non-stop Tuesday, alternating between soft drizzles and heavy downpours, but this did not deter the inauguration of five infrastructure projects. Four of those five projects were implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways -- Southern Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-SLED), and one from the provincial engineering office. In particular, two steep national road slippages got major facelift , one at Barangay Le...
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14Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 14 (PIA) -- The celebration of World Water Day this March 22 focuses on Water Cooperation as 2013 has been declared as the International Year of Water Cooperation. The aim of the declaration is to draw attention to the benefits of cooperation in water management. This was revealed by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Eastern Visayas in a press statement. The celebration of World Water Day is putting premium on good management of water as rapid urbanizatio...
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14Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- The Gender and Development (GAD) code of Northern Samar upholds the rights of women and recognizes its full potential and contribution for the development of the area. This was learned from Governor Paul Daza in an interview conducted with Philippine Information Agency. Governor Daza said the code has mainstreamed gender concerns in development plans, policies and programs and intensify awareness advocacy and campaign in gender issues and concerns. ...
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14Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- Samar province has been assessed as peaceful and orderly as compared to Eastern and Northern Samar. Police Regional Office 8 reported that based on reports in the peace and order situation in Samar Island covering the period from January to December 2012, Western Samar recorded the lowest crime incidence. It disclosed that Samar (Western) recorded the lowest crime volume with 608 incidents while Northern Samar recorded the highest crime volume at 813 i...
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14Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- The Catbalogan City local government, launched “Women in Housing” with a general assembly of identified beneficiaries as it celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 at the City Plaza, Catbalogan. Councilor Stephany Tan led the program and tackled issues of the urban poor sector and discussed concerns related to housing delivery. This concern, this year, will be addressed as the city government is focused in providing a comprehensive hou...
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14Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 14 (PIA) -- Various stakeholders in Eastern Visayas are scheduled to converge in the Robinsons Place on March 15 to sign a memorandum of agreement supporting the Earth Hour Commemoration in Eastern Visayas on March 23. The activity will be led by the JCI Candahug Liberation headed by its President JCI Member Clark Cabelin, and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature-Philippines. Among those expected to attend the MOA signing include representatives from the departments ...
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14Mar2013MANILA, Marso 14 (PIA) – Nagpatapod an Malacañang nga gintatagan hin igo nga ayuda an mga Pilipino nga naapektaran han nagpapadayon nga sumpaki ha Sabah pinaagi hin pagbuligi hini ha ira nga makabalik ha nasud ngan pagpakaon hadton mga nagkabalik ha Mindanao. Dida hin usa nga press briefing ha Malacañang kakulop, ginpahayag ni Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman nga mayda 500 nga mga indibiduwal nga nagkabalik ha Tawi-Tawi tikang ha Sandakan, Malaysia pinaagi han pag-asister hini ha ira ...
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14Mar2013MANILA, Marso 14 (PIA) – Hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III en nagtudlok kan Roman G. del Rosario bali Presiding Judge han Court of Tax Appeals. Dida hin usa nga transmittal letter nga petsado Marso 13, 2013, ginpasabot ni Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa hi Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno nga hi Del Rosario an lumiwan kan Presiding Judge Ernesto D. Acosta nga nagretiro han nakalabay nga Disyembre. An Chief Executive, en nagtudlok gihapon kan anay Cadiz City mayor lawyer Rowena V....
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14Mar2013MANILA, March 14 (PIA) -- Ginpakusog han Philippine Embassy ha Kuala Lumpur an serbisyo paghatag ayuda ha mga Filipino nga apektado han nahitatabo ha Sabah. Naniniguro daw hira nga mas damo an maabot nga Filipinos ha eastern Sabah hagilayon, ha mensahe ni Philippine Ambassador ha Malaysia J. Eduardo Malaya. Nakipag tuhay na daw hira aber makabalik an naruruyag pag uli nganhi ha nasud, naabat daw hira han mga kabaraka han mga kababayan didto. Bisan pa man kun nahulat pa han approval tikang ha...
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14Mar2013MANILA, Marso 14 (PIA) -- Igingawad ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an Order of Sikatuna nga may rango nga Datu Katangiang Ginto (Grand Cross, Gold Distinction) ha tigawas nga pangulo han Asian Development Bank (ADB) nga hi Haruhiko Kuroda, dida hin usa nga simpli nga seremonyas didto ha Music Room han Malacañang Palace dida han Miyerkoles. Iginpresentar han Chief Executive an pasidungod ngadto kan Kuroda, ha pagrekognisar han iya kuntribusyon para magin importante nga kasugbong an ADB han ad...
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14Mar2013MANILA, Marso 14 (PIA) -- An gintatag-iyahan han gobyerno nga Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) en naglunsad hin P5-bilyones nga kapasidad nga an panuyo amo an pagpautang hin pundo para mga proyekto nga magpapasarang hin dekalidad ngan excellent higher education ha nasud. An Financing for Higher Education (FHE) nga pasilidad pagpautang en magpupundo hin iba-iba nga mga inisyatiba nga makakaseguro han kahulugan ngan pagbaton han mga programa ha edukasyon ngan pagpasarang han maupay nga p...
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13Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 13 (PIA) -- Women’s groups from Maasin City kicked off Women's Month celebration by exhibiting their livelihood products yesterday at the city’s gymnasium here. Among the participating group were the Rural Improvement Club (RIC), women’s association from barangays Manhilo, Dongon, Asuncion, Bogo, Tunga-tunga and Bilibol. Among the products featured were hand-made coco products, candles, headbands, hats, leis, food products like suman, slabat, vegetabl...
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TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 13 (PIA) – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Tacloban City continue to intensify its campaign for a fire-free community as the country celebrates Fire Prevention Month. With the cooperation of the community, the City Fire Department of Tacloban responded to a fire call Tuesday evening, the third fire incident this month, from the barangay chief of Brgy. 69, Rawis, Anibong, Tacloban City, said Fire Officer 3 Rhamie Ramirez in an interview. Ramirez said Baranga...
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13Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 13 (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture expressed appreciation for Eastern Visayas local government support for the institutionalization of the agricultural related on-line project. Dr. Wilson Cerbito, DA-8 Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations and the concurrent AGRO-Project manager, announced during a recently-held gathering of local government units and various stakeholders that the regional office has come up with its new official website, ...
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13Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 13 (PIA) -- The series of armed fights and encounters by the military with the New People’s Army (NPA) in the provinces of Samar and Northern Samar were the result of reliable information relayed by the local residents to the military. Lt. Col. Noel Vestuir, commanding officer of the 20th Infantry Battalion, 8ID, Philippine Army, said rebels have been harassing local residents by coercing them to pay revolutionary taxes in return for security in the community. Thi...
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13Mar2013PALO, Leyte, Marso 13 (PIA) – An Region Eight Administrators League en magdudumara han iya 1st Quarter General Assembly and Leadership Seminar han Marso 21 didto ha Matapat Hall, PNP Headquarters ha Camp Ruperto Kangleon, Campetic, Palo, Leyte. An aktibidad en igkakatuman han kanan yana nga tuig Women’s Month Celebration nga may tema nga “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan” para tagan an mga Pilipino nga kababayen-an han kaangayan nga respeto ngan rekognasyon ha pagbulig han...
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13Mar2013MANILA, Marso 13 (PIA) – Gin-aghat ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an ngatanan nga mga ahensya ngan mga instrumentalidad han gobyerno nga sumuporta ngan makig-api han “KABISIG Philippine Government Expo and Trade Fair 2013.” Ginpagawas an direktiba pinaagi han Memorandum Circular No. 45 nga ginpirmahan ni Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. hadton Pebrero 22. Gintukod an KABISIG People’s Movement (KABISIG) Program pinaagi han Proclamation No. 650 (s. 1990) agud mapasilitar, mako...
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13Mar2013MANILA, Marso 13 (PIA) – Gintagan hin duon ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III ngadto hin potensyal nga mga imbestor an kamapamaagi, dedikasyon, ngan lealtad han Pinilipino nga klase hin pagtrabaho kon diin amo daw ini nga mga kalidad nga ginbibiling hin mga kompaniya dida hiton ira mga empleyado. Dida han iya pamulong durante han pag-abre han Philippine Investment Forum 2013 nga ginbuhat kakulop ha Peninsula Manila, ginhingadayan han Pangulo an business process outsourcing (BPO) nga industriya...
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13Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 13 (PIA) -- An official of the Philippine Information Agency underscored the role of women in nation building during the Northern Samar women leaders’ forum at Ibabao Hall, Provincial Capitol in Catarman, Friday. PIA-8 Regional Director Erlinda Olivia P. Tiu said this year's theme for the National Women's Month celebration gives the Filipino women due recognition in helping the PNoy administration tread the path towards transparent, accountable and inclusive ...
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13Mar2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 13 (PIA) – The Region Eight Administrators League will hold its 1st Quarter General Assembly and Leadership Seminar on March 21 at Matapat Hall, PNP Headquarters at Camp Ruperto Kangleon, Campetic, Palo, Leyte. The activity coincides with this year’s Women’s Month Celebration and adopts its theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan” to give the Filipino women due respect and recognition in helping the P-Noy administration tread the pat...
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13Mar2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 13 (PIA) – The Region Eight Administrators League will hold its 1st Quarter General Assembly and Leadership Seminar on March 21 at Matapat Hall, PNP Headquarters at Camp Ruperto Kangleon, Campetic, Palo, Leyte. The activity coincides with this year’s Women’s Month Celebration and adopts its theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan” to give the Filipino women due respect and recognition in helping the P-Noy administration tread the pat...
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13Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will strictly implement road right of way (RROW) clearing in national roads in Northern Samar. In a recently conducted media forum at DPWH, Engr. Sandy Pua said that their office has informed the land owners to clear obstruction in their areas because the government will use the space for road widening. In the province, lot owners along national roads are advised to remove obstruction 10 meters from...
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13Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 13 (PIA) -- Pinasidunggan han Department of Public Works and Highways an Regional Office ha Eastern Visayas komo pinakamaaupay ha pagpatuman han information, education ngan communication (IEC) program han ahensiya. Sumala kan DPWH Director Rolando Asis, an regional office ha Eastern Visayas in gindayaw dara han tapuran ngan padayon nga panalingkamot ha pagsuporta ha IEC programs han Departamento. Dugang pa ni Asis nga pinasidunggan gihap in lima han mga district offices ha...
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13Mar2013MANILA, Marso 13 (PIA) -- Ginpanawagan ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an mga potensyal nga mga kapitalista nga igkunsiderar an pagpahirohilawig han ira tagsa-tagsa nga mga negosyo ha Pilipinas kun diin sering niya nga an nasud en aada yana ha mauro-upay nga posisyon hin mas nga paghatag ngan andam pagtapo han ira mga ginkikinahanglan para an ira mga igpupundar en umuswag. Iginpahamtang han Pangulo an iya imbitasyon dida han iya pormal nga pagyakan dida han pag-abri han Philippine Investment ...
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13Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 13 (PIA) -- Mga babayeng kasado kinsa napugos pagbuhat sa butang nga supak sa ilang kabubut-on, o kaha nahimo nang punching bags makahimo na karon pagpadangat og reklamo, diha sa Republic Act 9262, kon ang Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Act of 2004. Alang sa wa pa masayod, sa milabayng siyam ka tuig na nga mi-epekto ang balaod, ang gitawag kaniadto og away-pamilya tali sa bana ug asawa, kon “LQ” o lovers’ quarrel nga nahimong violente, usa na...
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12Mar2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 12 (PIA) -- The Tacloban City Sub-Engineering District Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Eastern Visayas is now a regular district office. DPWH Region 8 Director Rolando M. Asis said this is by virtue of Department Order No. 25 signed by DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson on February 22, 2013. Henceforth, it will now be named as Tacloban City District Engineering Office, Director Asis said as he congratulated District Engineer Arnaldo Bo...
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12Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 12 (PIA) -- The Regional Office in Eastern Visayas of the Department of Public Works and Highways has been cited as best in implementation of information, education and communication program of the agency. DPWH Director Rolando Asis said the regional office in Eastern Visayas was recognized for its efficient and consistent effort in support to the information, education and communication programs of the Department. Asis added that five of the district offices in Region 8 wer...
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12Mar2013MANILA, Marso 12 (PIA) – An National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) en nananawagan hin makuro-kusog nga partisipasyon han Metro Manila local government units (LGUs) parti han pagpauro-upay han paghapil han basura pinaagi hin paghimo han ira tagsa-tagsa nga Solid Waste Management (SWM) Plans. “An maluya nga pagsunod ha mga LGUs ha paghimo han ira tagsa-tagsa nga SWM Plans en usa nga panguna nga isyu nga nakakaulang ha pag-establisar hin usa nga kaangayan ngan masustiner nga SWM ng...
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12Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 12 (PIA) -- Local governments in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) are happy that they are able to identify and make known their wish list through the bottom-up planning and budgeting approach being implemented for 2014. Department of Interior and Local Government Region 8 Director Pedro A. Noval Jr.said majority of the projects identified by the LGUs in the region are construction of farm-to-market roads and provision of agricultural facilities. Director Noval said this...
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12Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 12 (PIA) – The Australia Awards is looking for scholars from Leyte and Samar. This was announced by the team who was in town recently to encourage government employees who have at least rendered service for two years, to enroll in their one-year program in post graduate studies. The following areas of study are open for applications: Basic Education, Climate Change Adaptatin, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Foreign Relations, Organizational Devel...
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12Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 12 (PIA) -- Five officers of the Consumer Association of Naval (CAN) will attend the one-day symposium cum mini-workshop on Friday, March 15 at the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pawing, Palo, Leyte. Celerina T. Bato, engineer and provincial director of DTI-Biliran, said in a letter-invitation that officers and members of the different consumers’ organizations in Region 8 will attend the symposium cum mini-workshop. Bato added that the a...
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12Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 12 (PIA) -- The needy youth of Northern Samar will now be given a chance for a better future with the launching of the cash-for-training program (C4TP) for the youth in the area. Northern Samar launched C4TP, a national scholarship program given through a training package for needy youth. The launching of the program in the province became the regional launching and was done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technic...
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12Mar2013PALO, Leyte, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Waray kuntaminasyon an tubig ha Kananga River nga resulta unta han pagtimpag han tuna tikang ha bukid kun diin usa en naruba nga steam pipeline han Energy Development Corporation, pagpatapod han Department of Environment and Natural Resources han Sinirangan Bisayas. Basi ha panguna nga pag-analisar han tubig nga ginkuha tikang ha Bao River ha Kananga, Leyte, mayda hamubo hin duro nga tolerabli nga kadamo han boron pasabot ni EMB-8 Director Leticia Maceda. Serin...
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12Mar2013MANILA, March 12 (PIA) -- Ginklaro han Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nga an nagkaabot nga 288 nga mga Pilipino nga ginpapanguli tikang ha Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia dida han Marso 4, 2013 en waray kalabutan han ha Lahad Datu, Sabah nga insidente. Sering ni DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman nga hera en ginpapanguli han mga awtoridad ha Malaysia mahitungod nga kulang o waray hera mga legal nga dokumento miyentras nagtratrabaho ha Malaysia. An mga ginpapanguli en ginbubuligan ha pag...
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11Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Married women who are being forced into submission against their will or, worse, who had become punching bags, can now seek redress, specifically Republic Act 9262, or the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Act of 2004. For starters, in the past nine years that the law took effect, what used to be called family quarrel between husband and wife, or “LQ,” or lovers’ quarrel that turned violent, is now a public offense, so the concerned...
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11Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 11 (PIA) -- In celebration with the Fire Prevention Month, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Maasin City Station Fire Marshall reminded everyone, “Everyone’s safety is everyone’s concern,” during the short program conducted after the evacuation and fire drill held at Maasin City hall building, Friday. BFP Senior Inspector Leonel Aurelia who led the fire fighters in the evacuation and fire drill in the morning of March 8 disclosed that fire prevent...
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11Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 11 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) of Tacloban City would like to inform its water concessionaires in Pastrana, Sta. Fe, Palo, and Tacloban City that a low supply of water of no water will be experienced today, March 11 and tomorrow, March 12. In anticipation for any water interruption, LMWD advises the affected water concessionaires in the above mentioned areas to store enough water to avoid inconvenience. To make sure that the consuming publi...
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11Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- To increase revenue collection and to achieve the 2013 target, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) District 87 introduced the Integrated Tax System or ITS during the awareness tax campaign on March 8, at Samar State University Gymnasium, Catbalogan City. ITS is a set of related systems and processes, which runs and facilitates the Bureau's core business functions. It provides maximum automation and minimum manual intervention in BIR operations. ITS ...
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11Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 11 (PIA) -- There is no contamination of the Kananga River as a result of a landslide-induced busted steam pipeline of the Energy Development Corporation, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas assured. Based on the initial analysis of the water taken from the Bao River in Kananga, Leyte, there is only low concentration or tolerable amount of boron disclosed EMB-8 Director Leticia Maceda. Maceda said that...
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11Mar2013MANILA, Marso 11 (PIA) – Ginpasalamatan ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an mga miyembro han Presidential Security Group (PSG) nga nagserbi dida han administrasyon han iya nanay, an nawara nga anay Pangulo Corazon C. Aquino, ha pagrekognisar niya han kanan grupo kuntribusyon ha pag-uswag han nasud. “Gagamiton ko na la gihapon ini nga higayon para ipaabot an akon kinasing-kasing nga pagpasalamat han iyo pagbantay han amon pamilya ngan han iyo pakigpasag ha paniguro namon nga magdara hin pagb...
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11Mar2013MANILA, Marso 11 (PIA) – Nagpagawas han iya kalipay hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III parti han notisya nga ginpaabot ha iya dida han Domingo nga an 21 nga mga Filipino peacekeepers nga lugos nga gindara ha Syria han nakalabay nga upat ka-adlaw en pinanbuhi-an na, sering ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte. Dida hin usa nga pahimatngon nga ginpawas han ginpapadalagan han gobyerno nga dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, nagsering hi Valte nga an mga opisyal han Pilipinas en ha pagkayana suok ng...
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11Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- It couldn't get any better than this for Pinays. In Region 8, it is goodbye to whole day of household chores every last Saturday of every month for women in Northern Samar, as this day has been declared as the Northern Samar Women’s Day for women to engage in leisure and recreational activities of their choice. The declaration is contained in Ordinance No. 49 series of 2003 otherwise known as the Northern Samar Gender and Development Code, accor...
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11Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Marso 11 (PIA) -- Ang rehiyonal nga buhatan sa Department of Agriculture maoy nanguna pagka Huwebes sa provincial launching kabahin sa National Year of Rice (NYR) sa Ampil Pensionne ning siyudad. Gitambongan ang maong paglusad sa kapin sa 200 ka mga dunay kalambigitan sa maong buluhaton nga naglakip sa mga lider sa mga mag-uuma ug irrigators’ associations, agriculture officers, ug pipila ka mga provincial, municipal, ug city officials. Si City Mayor Maloney Sam...
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11Mar2013
Cebuano news: Palasyo miila sa mga natampo sa mga kababayen-ang Filipino alang sa nasudnong kalabuan
MANILA, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- Gihatagan og pag-ila sa Malacanang ang mga nahimo sa mga kababayen-ang Filipino alang sa reform agenda sa kagamhanan ug nasudnong pag-asenso, kini samtang gisaulog karong bulana ang National Women’s Month. Si Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, sa iyang pagtimbaya sa mga kababayen-an diha sa iyang mensahe pagka Biyernes, nagkanayon ang Pilipinas misagop sa tema “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan” aron paghatag gibug-aton sa mahinungdanong papel sa Fi... -
11Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Marso 11 (PIA) – An mga opisyal ngan miyembro han 60 nga mga Agrarian Reform Beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) en pumakadto ha Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office compound dida han Marso 7 para personal nga kumarawat han makantidad P19 milyones nga mga higamit ha pag-uma tikang kan DAR Undersecretary Felix Perry Villanueva. An tigda nga pag-uran en waray makapaundang han seremonyas miyentras an duro an kalipay nga ARBOs en pumirma han mga dokumento han pagka...
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11Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- In line with the provincial government’s enhanced program against malnutrition, a series of workshop are currently being conducted at the Eastern Samar Development Foundation (ESADEF) conference room. In a brief interview, Sallie Jabinal, Nutrition Action officer, emphasized the importance of nutrition program in every barangay and municipality. Jabinal urges municipal mayors and barangay captains to give importance to the nutrition programs of...
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11Mar2013CALBAYOG CITY, Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) admitted six writers coming from Eastern Visayas to represent Region 8 to the 2013 Taboan National Writers Festival last February 7-9 in Dumaguete City. Among the delegates from Leyte were Dr. Victor N. Sugbo, Prof. Merlie M. Alunan (Professor Emeritus) and Prof. Joycie D. Alegre of UP Tacloban, while from Samar were Phil Harold L. Mercurio of NwSSU, Herminigildo Sanchez of Katig Writers Network Inc...
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10Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 10 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in the province of Southern Leyte conducted a three-day seminar-workshop on community-based hazard mapping and contingency planning in the identified barangays of the municipality of San Juan. OCD-Provincial Civil Defense Officer Marichu Tan reported that at least three barangays participated in the said activity that included barangays of San Jose, Sto. Niṅo, and Sta. Cruz, all of San Juan town, on March 5-7. Par...
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10Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 10 (PIA) -- Mga elemento sa kapolisan ning siyudad nagtaud na og mga checkpoints sa pipila ka mga dapit dinhi isip kabahin sa mga pagpangandam alang sa Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE), kon sigurado ug patas nga bugnong lugaynon, sumala pa ni Police Superintendent Elwin Fernandez, hepe sa kuwerpo’s kapolisan. Hinuon, sukad gisugdan ang maong kalihokan, walay mga seryoso nga mga kalapasan may kalabutan sa election, sama sa pagdala og armas, nagkanayon si Fer...
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10Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Agriculture led Thursday the provincial launching of the National Year of Rice (NYR) at Ampil Pensionne, this city. The launch was attended by more than 200 stakeholders that included leaders of farmers’ and irrigators’ associations, agriculture officers, and some provincial, municipal, and city officials. City Mayor Maloney Samaco welcomed the participants, saying the gathering was timely inasmuch as r...
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10Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, Marso 10 (PIA) -- Gilusad sa lalawigan dinhing dapita pagka Martes, Marso 5, ang programa nga nagtumong pagpakunhod sa malnutrition sa mga kabataan nga wa pa mag-eskuyla lukop sa lalawigan. Si Mrs. Luz Verano Mercado mipasabot sa mga detalye unsa kining Milk Feeding Program (MFP), kalihokan nga giduso uban sa pag-alayon sa provincial social welfare and development office (PSWDO) ug sa National Dairy Authority. Matud niya nga ang feeding program, nga pagadumalahon sa...
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10Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 10 (PIA) -- Officers and members of 60 recipient Agrarian Reform Beneficiary organizations trooped to the Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Office compound on March 7 to personally receive the P19 million worth of modern farm equipment from DAR Undersecretary Felix Perry Villanueva. The sudden downpour did not stop the turn over rites as the visibly overjoyed ARBOs signed the acceptance documents in front of Usec Villanueva, and Finance and Administrative Dir...
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10Mar2013MANILA, Marso 10 (PIA) -- An Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) en utro nga ig-aaktibar yana nga tiarabot nga Semana Santa an “Lakbay Alaylay” nga Programa, usa nga serbisyo nga tradisyon para han mga motorista ha mga espesyal nga okasyon. Hi Secretary Rogelio L. Singson en nagmando han ngatanan nga 16 nga mga Regional Directors ngan 182 District Engineers ha bug-os nga nasud nga maghatag hin dayon ngan matatapuran nga bulig tikang han Marso 24 ngadto ha Abril 1, 2013 ngadto han...
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10Mar2013MANILA, Marso 10 -- Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio "Sonny" Coloma, Jr. usa sa nanguna nga mga mamumulong sa World Summit kalabot sa Information Society (WSIS) + 10 Reviews nga kalihokan nga gipahigayon gikan sa Pebrero 25 hangtud sa 27 didto sa United Nations Educational, Scientific og Cultural Organizatin (UNESCO) Headquarters sa Paris. Sa pakigpulong diha sa hataas nga ang-ang nga panid: Towards Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development, ang Secretary...
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08Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- Homeowners will get a big boost this month as the nation celebrates Anti-rabies Month. Dogs and other animals will receive free rabies vaccinations and castrations will be offered to pet owners who want their animals gelded on March 12. A report from the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV) reveals there is sufficient vaccines which could be availed of by dog owners. These are donated regularly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A ...
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08Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- This province launched, Tuesday, March 5, a program that aims to reduce malnutrition among pre-school kids all over the province. Luz Verano Mercado explained what the Milk Feeding Program (MFP) is about. Primarily, it is a program in close coordination with the provincial social welfare and development office (PSWDO) and the National Dairy Authority. She said the feeding program, which will be administered by day-care workers, will be conducted Monday...
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08Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 8 (PIA) -- An official of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) encouraged the local candidates here to be tax conscious and pay obligations on time and correctly. “Tax is the lifeblood of our government,” said Ramon Orbeta, revenue collection supervisor of the Revenue District Office (RDO) No. 88 of the BIR based in Tacloban City during the tax symposium held here yesterday in Naval State University (NSU). Orbeta said the eight revenue collection offices of BIR belong...
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08Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Gender and Development, Technical Working Group Chair Dr. Venus Cardenas discussed today, Friday, the special features of Republic Act No. 9262 or the “ Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004.” Along with Plan Philippines, this is a strategy to intensify advocacy in partnership with other member-agency informing them and making them understand the role and responsibilities of each institutions on anti-violence ca...
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08Mar2013TACLOBAN, Leyte, March 8 (PIA) – In a bid to address issues and problems on unemployment and underemployment, the Department of Labor and Employment, Southern Leyte Field Offices (DOLE-SLFO) will offer career coaching for high school graduating students in the province. Neil Moraleta, DOLE-SLFO labor employment officer, said this will help students choose the right course to take which to boost their chances finding a job after graduation. He said students need should take up courses that a...
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08Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 8 (PIA) – The suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas against Palompon town mayor Ramon Oñate for “simple misconduct” has not yet been received by the regional office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Lawyer Cyrill Blanco, DILG legal counsel, said in a press statement that the office has not yet received an official copy of the suspension order although the complainant against the mayor has furnished the office...
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08Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, March 8 (PIA) -- Limasawa aims to attain zero prevalence of malnutrition among the children in the island municipality. In close coordination with Congressional Wives Association member Luz V. Mercado and the National Dairy Authority, Limasawa enlisted 25 severely underweight children with ages ranging from 2 to 5 years old to the milk feeding program during its launching in Limasawa Gymnasium last Tuesday. “These children will be fed with milk everyday from M...
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08Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 8 (PIA) - Maasin City police recorded the lowest volume of crime rate in the region last year. According to Police Superintendent Elwin DeLa Cruz Fernandez, Officer In Charge of Maasin City Police Station during the Action Center Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency yesterday, Maasin City bags the most peaceful city award in the Eastern Visayas region this year. “With a downtrend variance of 45 crime volume from 2011 compared to 2012, Maasin City ea...
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08Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 8 (PIA) – The Leyte Metropolitan Water Districe (LMWD) said there will be a water service disconnection in the municipalities of Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa, Dagami, Tabon-tabon, Sta. Fe, Pastrana, all in Leyte and Tacloban City for the period March 11-14, 2013. Scheduled for water service disconnection on March 11, will be Palo, Tanauan, and Tolosa, Leyte covered under Zones 181-188; 221-224; and 191-208. On March 12, areas covered for disconnection will be Dagami, Tab...
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08Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- The province of Northern Samar is the only province nationwide with Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) code. This was learned from Board Member Albert Lucero during the women leader’s forum at Ibabao Hall, Provincial Capitol in Catarman on March 8. Lucero said that Governor Paul R. Daza pushes for PPP as it is an essential part of the overall development reform policy of the province by encouraging performance-based management of the delivery of public...
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07Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 7 (PIA) – Philippine Information Agency-8 Regional Director Olive Tiu will be the keynote speaker for the women leader’s forum for the observance of the International Women's Day celebration at Ibabao Hall, Provincial Capitol, in Catarman on March 8. This was learned from Governor Paul Daza who invited her to grace the occasion. With the theme, “Kababaihan Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan”, Director Tiu will underscores the need to accelerate women’s ...
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08Mar2013
Cebuano news: Limasawa nagtumbok sa 25 ka hilabihan kakulang sa timbang alang sa pagpa-inom og gatas
LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, March 8 (PIA) - Ang lungsod sa Limasawa nagtumong sa pagkab-ot og tibook nga pagkawagtang sa malnutrisyon sa mga kabataan sa isla. Sa suod nga pakigdugtong kauban sa Congressional Wives Association nga membro Luz V. Mercado og sa National Dairy Authority, ang Limasawa naglista og 25 ka hilabihan kakulang sa timbang nga mga kabataan nga may edad gikan sa 2 ngadto sa 5 ka tuig ngadto sa milk feeding nga programa atoll sa paglusad didto sa Limasawa Gymnasium sa milabay ng... -
08Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, March 8 (PIA) -- Ang paghimong konkreto sa mga kadalanan nga prohekto palibot sa isla nga lungsod sa Limasawa gilantaw nga makahaw-as gikan sa kapobrehon. “Ang tanan nga mga kadalanan nga agi-anan paingon sa mga tourist nga destinasyon pagatukuran og standard nga konkreto nga kadalanan diin kini maka-amot ngadto sa kaugmaran sa mga potensyal diha sa isla sa Limasawa bisan kon kini nalayo,” matud ni Congressman Roger Mercado atoll sa groundbreaking nga seremonyas ...
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08Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 8 (PIA) - Kapolisan sa Maasin City nakatala sa pinaka-aubos nga gidaghanonon sa krimen nga nahitabo sa tibook rehiyon sa miagi nga tuig. Sumala kang Police Superintendent Elwin DeLa Cruz Fernandes, ang Officer in Charge sa Maasin City Police Station atoll sa Action Center Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency kagahapon nga ang Maasin City nakakuha sa pasidungog nga pinakamalinawon nga siyudad sa Eastern Visayas nga rehiyon karong tuiga. “ Kauban sa pa...
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08Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Marso 8 (PIA) -- Duha nga bag-o nga miyembro han Commission on Election (Comelec) in gintudlok ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III Huwebes nga adlaw para pun-an an duha nga mga posisyon nga nabakantihan han duha nga mga commissioner han nakalabay nga bulan. Hi anay ambassador Macabangkit Lanto ngan election lawyer Bernadette Sardillo an maliwan kanda Commissioner Rene Sarmiento ngan Commissioner Armando Velasco nga pareho nagretiro dida han Pebrero 2. Hi Lanto ngan Sardillo in napili ...
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08Mar2013MANILA, March 8 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Budget and Management (DBM) miuyon na sa pagpagawas sa P10 billion ngadto sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) alang sa pag-gama og mga basic education facilities lukop sa nasud aron pag-suporta sa commitment sa Aquino administration nga mao ang pagtak-op sa kakulang sa mga lawak-tunghaan sa 2013. Si DBM Secretary Florencio Abad, sa usa ka statement, nagkanayon ang pagpagawas sa pundo gamiton alang sa pagtukod, paghulip, ug pagkompleto sa ...
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08Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Marso 8 (PIA) -- Ginpaparepaso han Pangulo hiton Armed Forces of the Philippines agud masusi kon praktikal ba iton pagpapadara hin kasundalohan nga mga Pilipino ha langyaw para bumulig ha humanitarian missions (panmakatawo nga mga misyon) imbes nga magpabilin la ha nasud agud mentinaron iton kamurayawan ngan seguridad. Usa daw nga sensitibo nga balanse an angay makab-ot ha butnga hini nga duha nga buruhaton. Dida hin interbyu ha iya dinhi hini nga siyudad, nagsering an Pangulo nga k...
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08Mar2013MANILA, Marso 8 (PIA) -- An Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in nag-aprobar han pagpagawas han P10 bilyones ngadto ha Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) para pagtindog han panguna nga mga pasilidad pan-edukasyon ha bug-os nga nasud, ha pagsuporta han kan Aquino administrasyon paningkamot mautod na han maiha nga kakulangan hin mga classroom ha 2013. Hi DBM Secretary Florencio B. Abad nagsering nga an pundo in gagamiton para han pantindog, pag-ayad ngan pagkompleto han kanan ...
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08Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Committee on Anti-Trafficking (PCAT) and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) of Northern Samar has attended the orientation on RA 9208 at Bahay Pinoy, in Brgy. Dalakit, Catarman, Thursday. Fiscal Arlene Ching of Allen, Northern Samar said RA 9208 or anti-trafficking in persons is an act to promote human dignity, protect the people from any threat of violence and exploitation, and mitigate pressures for involuntary migration and se...
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08Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 8 (PIA) – The Police Regional Office (PRO8) in Eastern Visayas has arrested violators of the gun ban and has confiscated firearms since the office has been deputized by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the implementation of Comelec Resolution Number 9561-A in relation to Section 32 of RA 7166. The arrests and confiscations were made since the start of the election period in January 13, this year, with the implementation of the gun ban. Police record shows ...
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08Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- Elements of the city’s police force have set up checkpoints in key locations here as part of the preparations for a Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE), according to Police Superintendent Elwin Fernandez, chief of police. Thus far, no serious election-related violations have been noted such as carrying of guns, Fernandez said, adding that what was mostly found out were non-renewal of vehicle registration and drivers driving without license, and so t...
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07Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- Peacekeepers in the town of Paranas, Samar will have a new police station building after Mayor Felix Babalcon donated a lot and gave P1 million for the construction. Babalcon said this project is a dream come true to them. The building costs P4.7 million where P3.7 million is provided by the PNP while the local government unit of Paranas put up a counterpart fund of P1 million. The building is expected to be completed in 175 calendar days to be under...
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07Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- A five-day write shop on Curriculum Development for Daycare Children is now being conducted at Eastern Samar Development Foundation (ESADEF) Function Hall this City. Some 40 participants of Daycare Worker Trainors Training attend the said write shop. The purpose of this undertaking is to develop an appropriate curriculum for 3-4 years old children under the Daycare Service Program. . According to Estelita M. Afable, Assistant Provincial Social Welfare Officer...
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07Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Magtitigaman an National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) han World Kidney Day (WKD) ha nasud Pilipinas han ika 14 han Marso. Panuyo han okasyon nga mapahitaas an kinaadman han maupay nga kamutangan han aton kidney, mga risk factors ngan pag-iban han frequency, impact, ngan ka-upod nga mga kumplikasyon. Magkakamay-ada mga higwaos sama han poster-making contest nga magamit hin mixed medium para high school ngan college students ha Metro Manila; slogan-making...
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07Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- The newly appointed police recruits of the Police Regional Office (PRO8) in Eastern Visayas were directed to respect human rights at all times while enforcing the law. The message was said to the new policemen during their oath taking at the PRO8 grandstand, Tuesday morning. Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director told the rookies, "To always keep in mind the peoples’ rights while enforcing the law without fear or favor while bein...
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07Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 7 (PIA) -- The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) in Biliran through Dr. Suzette Apura, Provincial Veterinarian is reminding all Biliranons to have their dogs vaccinated for anti-rabies in celebration 0f Rabies Awareness Month. “The need to vaccinate our dogs is very important to avoid being affected by rabies, which is a deadly disease,” said Dr. Apura in an interview. She urged dog owners in Biliran province to be responsible pet owners by having their pets immuni...
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07Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 7 (PIA) -- Police authorities in this town is in the thick of investigating the heist that took place in Naval town on Friday, March 1. Initial reports showed that the municipal treasurer, together with an agricultural technician, a senior bookkeeper and the driver of the local government unit (LGU) of Kawayan were held-up at gun point by still unidentified suspects at around 1:50 p.m. on Friday, March 1 carting away P421,380.84 in cash intended for the salary of day-care em...
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07Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- The circumferential road project is envisioned to alleviate poverty in the island municipality of Limasawa. “All the roads that lead to tourist destinations will be constructed with the standard road concrete pavement. These roads will contribute to the development of the potentials in Limasawa island even if isolated,” Congressman Roger Mercado said during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Limasawa Circumferential Road at Limas...
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07Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) is informing its concessionaires in the city proper of Tacloban that low water pressure to no water, and water turbidity will be experienced today, March 7. Said water interruption is due to the emergency repair currently being conducted on LMWD’s busted 16 inches in diameter Transmission Pipeline (16’ T/L) located in Siren District, Tacloban City. Affected areas are Tarcela and Torres Sts., Imelda and Riza...
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07Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Catbalogan City fire station will conduct fire and earthquake drill on March 8, Friday, at the city hall. Fire Inspector Chief Agustin Ballo said that a simulated rescue operation will be done too. The earthquake drill will start at 9 a.m. with 20-second alarm of siren or bell for earthquake. Part II is the fire drill and rescue operation that will start with fire smoke. The 8th ID army fire unit division, Red Cross, Chinese Fire Brigade volunt...
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07Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Borongan City Women Council joins the nation in observance of Women’s Month Celebration this March. Headed by the Council President, Gracia Anacta, a series of information caravans is set beginning March 11 up to March 15, with the end view of increasing the awareness level of women in identified remote barangays on women’s and children’s rights. This, following cases of trafficking and women’s abuse had been reported to the Borongan...
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07Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 7 (PIA) -- At least five Maasin City offiicals/employees participated in the Global Road Safety Forum conducted at the Heritage Hotel in Pasay City last week of February with themed “Pedestrian Safety.” As one of the participants during the three-day forum, Ritche Sumalinog, City Disaster Team Leader reported that the activity aims to promote safe walking for all and be able to walk without fear or injury. "It is one of our basic rights – like access to...
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07Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Marso 7 (PIA) -- Ha tema nga “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Paghatak sa Tuwid na Daan,” an papel han kababayen-an ha pagpadayon han maupay nga panggobyernohan in tatagan hin duon dida han pagdudumaraon nga Women Leaders’ Forum ha Catarman, Northern Samar, Marso 8, an adlaw gihap nga ginsasalin-urog an International Women’s Day. Ini in nahibaruan tikang kan Gobernador Paul Daza pinaagi hin usa nga surat nga ginpadara ha Philippine Information Agency. Sumala pa kan Gobernado...
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07Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- Police Superintendent Jennifer Sumpo, chief of police here, said that to prevent misunderstandings in the family, housewives should inform their husbands about the financial flow of the family’s income. She said this Thursday through media in observance of the Women’s Month Celebration; her statement is based on the traditional and general practice of Filipino families where wives are the account officers of the family. Sumpo who is also a y...
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07Mar2013MANILA, March 7 (PIA) -- Si Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr kaniadtong Miyerkules nanawagan alang sa mas kusganon nga kooperasyon sa rehiyon aron sa pagdugang sa kapasidad sa pagresponde ngadto sa padayon nga kapeligrohan sa mga hinagiban sa halapad nga destruksyon. Sa iyang pakigpulong atubangan sa mga opisyales og mga delegado sa European Union (EU) og sa United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Instititute (UNICRI) sa Malakanyang, si Ochoa mihatag og dugang importan...
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07Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 7 (PIA) -- Ang mga personal nga mga butang, mga talagsaong libro, ug mga basahon nga naghisgut sa usa ka Southern Leyteno nga national figure sa wala pa ug pagkahuman sa World War II duna nay bag-ong lawak sa Maasin City College (MCC) ning siyudad. Ang Ruperto Kadava Kangleon memorabilia room sa ikaduhang andana sa MCC bukas alang sa pagsud-ong sa publiko, nagkanayon si City Mayor Maloney Samaco, samtang giunhan niya ang mga bisita, mga kaparyentihan sa mga Ka...
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06Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission announces the opening of applications for the Ship of Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP), now on its 40th year. This is an annual program sponsored by the Japanese government and supported by Asean member-countries of ASEAN which brings together more than 300 youth from Asean countries and Japan, and providing them with the unique opportunity to live together on board the ship Nippon Maru for over 40 days. The program is aimed ...
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06Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture recently launched the Samar Island Small Ruminant Rural Enterprise Development (SAIS-SRRED) project, another potential money-earning farm enterprise considered as the sunrise industry in Eastern Visayas, at the Ciriaco Hotel, Calbayog City, Samar. The project is meant to alleviate poverty of small farmers in the three Samar provinces, Francis Rosaroso, DA-8 chief Information officer, said. Antonio A. Gerundio, regional direct...
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06Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 6 (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)– Regional Office 8 will be holding a Regional Summit on Teenage Pregnancy to be participated by the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP) leaders in Eastern Visayas region. In an invitation from DSWD-8 to Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco, DSWD-8 Regional Director Remia Tapispisan said that the activity to be conducted on March 9, 2013 at the Patio Victoria Baluarte in San Jo...
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06Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 6 (PIA) — Human Trafficking and the Magna Carta for Women were among the topics tackled in Paranas, Samar as part of the celebration this Women’s Month. Speaker Rhoda Ercilla of Plan Philippines said Samar continues to be a source of women and children trafficked to Metro Manila and elsewhere where they become abused and exploited. Some Paranas barangays are poor and remote that the locals become easy targets for human trafficking. Some 600 participants fro...
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06Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- The province of Leyte recorded a 4.3 percent inflation rate in January 2013 indicating a slight increase of 0.2 percentage point from 4.1 percent in December last year, Leyte Provincial statistics officer Wilma A. Perante said. According to Perante, the major commodity group that registered the highest increase in inflation rate was noted in alcoholic beverages and tobacco with 6.2 percentage points. This is due to the 17.9 percentage points increase in t...
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06Mar2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Region 8 (BIR - 8) targets a P6.05-billion tax collection this 2013 and is asking for the cooperation of the region’s taxpayers in the realization of the goal. Diosdado Mendoza, BIR regional director admitted that the task of achieving the tax target might be difficult but can be done as the agency is banking on the voluntary compliance among business owners. The regional goal of P6.05 billion is broken down into P4.04 ...
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06Mar2013MANILA, Marso 6 (PIA) -- Diri nakikita han administrasyon ni Aquino nga an nagpapadayon nga samok ha Lahad Datu ha Sabah in magigin bala-ong han pagkaada hin usa la nga komunidad han Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ha Disyembre 2015. An grupo han mga rehiyon in nagkasarabot han naglabay nga tuig durante han pagkatitirok ha Cambodia agud matuman an ASEAN nga komunidad ha 2015. Hira Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III ug Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in nagsusumpayan kapart...
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06Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 6 (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) first engineering district of the province of Northern Samar was awarded as the first and only one district nationwide to submit accomplishment report on BP 344 (Accessibility Law). In a media forum conducted on March 1, District Engineer Sandy Pua said their office is actively monitoring institutions, buildings or establishments or public utilities to see to it that the owner or operator complies wit...
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06Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 6 (PIA) – With the theme, “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan,” the role of women in upholding good governance will be highlighted in a Women Leaders' Forum in Catarman, Northern Samar on March 8 coinciding with the International Women’s Day celebration. This was learned from Governor Paul Daza in a communication to Philippine Information Agency. Governor Daza informed that some 300 women advocates from the 24 municipalities of Northern Samar wil...
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06Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- This year, Women’s Month celebrated during the month of March in Maasin City will highlight the importance of strengthening the mechanism and institution in upholding good governance basing on the Aquino’s Administration’s thrust “Daang Matuwid.” City Social Welfare staff Fe Nida Sy said the city government through the CSWD office lined-up activities to join the whole nation in celebrating the Women’s Month. “We will be celebrating W...
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06Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 6 (PIA) – The Provincial Committee on Anti Trafficking and Violence Against Women and their Children will undergo an orientation on RA 9208 and RA 9262 on March 7 at Bahay Pinoy, Catarman, Northern Samar. Workshops on actual response on the cases to be presented will form part of the integral orientation. The orientation will cover the roles, responsibilities and functions of each member agency and institution and formulation of standard template used for the...
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06Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 6 (PIA)—A successful goat-raiser is advocating the use of Indigofera to improve goat production. Valeriano L. Almeda of the Alaminos Dairy Goat Farm (ADGF) in Alaminos, Laguna said, “Our advocacy is good nutrition in order to improve goat production performance.” Almeda attended the Samar Island Small Ruminant Rural Enterprise Development (SAIS-SRRED) Project launch in Calbayog City, Samar. “Travelling to Calbayog City for the first time, brings a lot ...
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06Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 6 (PIA) – The National Statistics Office (NSO) conducted last month the the 1st Municipal/City Civil Registration Quiz to celebrate 2013 Civil Registration Month. The civil registration month carried the theme, “Civil Registration, Bringing Public Service Closer to the People.” The activity was conducted in partnership with the Southern Leyte Municipal Civil Registrars Association, Inc. (Solemcra), Provincial Statistics Officer Mae R. Almonte said in ...
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06Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- The personal belongings, rare books and articles that featured a Southern Leyteno national figure during and after World War II now has a home at the city-owned Maasin City College (MCC), this city. “The Ruperto Kadava Kangleon memorabilia room in the second floor here at MCC will be accessible to the public,” City Mayor Maloney Samaco told Philippine Information Agency (PIA) as he led guests, visitors, and the Kangleon kin on a guided tour W...
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06Mar2013MANILA, March 6 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno C. Aquino III nagtudlok kan Roxas City regional trial court (RTC) Judge Edward B. Contreras kumo Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals (CA), sugad san opisyal san Palasyo. Gin anunsyu ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda an pagtudlok kan Contreras durante san regular nga press briefing sa Malakanyang. Si Contreras nagliwan kan Associate Justice Abrahan I. Borreta. Nabuhi sa Panay, Capiz, si Contreras nakakuha san degree san Bachelor of ...
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06Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 6 (PIA) -- Usa ka scholarship program nga gipundohan sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) pinaagi sa city field unit niini ingon nga maoy agianan, uban sa hugot pagtambayayong sa Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda), ang opisyal nang magsugod karong bulana tapos ang pormal nga paglusad himoon sunod semana. Ang Cash for Training Program (C4TP) ilusad Marso 12 sa Ampil Pensione ning siyudad, pagatambongan sa mga rehiyonal ng...
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05Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 5 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Biliran headed by Governor Gerardo Espina, Jr. and the Provincial Council for Women’s Welfare, Inc (PCWWI) will take the lead in all activities to celebrate Women’s Month in March 2013. Various activities were lined up to make the occasion more meaningful to the women of the different groups and organizations in the province. A meeting was called on Wednesday by Dr. Cecil Espina, president of PCWWI to all officers and members...
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05Mar2013MANILA, Marso 5 (PIA) -- Nanawagan kakulop an mga gobernador han Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao ngada han Sultan han Sulu ngan han gobyerno han Malaysia nga resulbaron an krisis ha Sabah ha masmahimyang ngan dungganon nga paagi. An mao nga panawagan en ginhimo ni Sulu Gov. Hadji Abdusakur Tan durante hin usa nga press conference nga gindumara ha Gateway ha Cubao, Quezon City. Gin-admiter ni Tan nga nakakarawat hira nga mga gobernador han ARMM hin igintext nga mga mensahe tikang ha Malaca...
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05Mar2013MANILA, Marso 5 (PIA) -- Nanawagan an Embahada han Pilipinas ha Kuala Lumpur ngada han Pilipino-Malaysiano nga komunidad ha may este nga kabaybayonan han Sabah nga magpabilin nga kalmado kadungan hin patapod nga nakikigkoordinar an gobyerno ngada han natutungdan nga mga otoridad agud maseguro iton ira katalwasan ngan kaupayan. Dida hin usa nga pahayag, gin-aghat ni Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia Eduardo Malaya an komunidad nga magin kalmado ngan sundon an mga giya nga iginpagawas han lokal n...
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05Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 5 (PIA) -- The Biliran Veterinary Office and the Provincial Health Office will take the lead in launching the activities to celebrate Rabies Awareness Month on Friday, March 8, in the municipality of Kawayan said Dr. Suzette Apura, veterinarian and chairman of the Provincial Rabies Prevention and Control Program (PRPCC). She said it has been the practice of Biliran to hold the launching in one of the eight municipalities which acts as the host municipality to raise awarene...
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05Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 5 (PIA)-- The Panoypoy Agrarian Reform Communities (ARC) of Oquendo District, Calbayog City has been granted potable and safe water supply system in response to their long time plaint for safe and potable water. To ensure the successful implementation of the project, Pax Roxas, agrarian reform officer; Calbayog Mayor Ronaldo Aquino; and Pedro Abajo of the Panoypoy Multi-purpose cooperative penned an agreement on February 26 to support CP WASH. The mayor committe...
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05Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 5 (PIA) -- To immediately respond to fires, the Catbalogan City Fire Protection Station will tap barangay tanods to help douse fires. They will be trained in fire fighting and rescue, according to Catbalogan City Fire Inspector Agustin Ballo. The bureau has organized the Barangay Integrated Defense Action (BIDA) team in different barangays in Catbalogan. A BIDA team is composed of a number of barangay tanods who will help the local fire station respond in case the...
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05Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 5 (PIA) -- To provide immediate response during fires, Catbalogan City Fire Protection Station will tap barangay tanods in the city proper. They will be trained on fire fighting and rescue, according to Catbalogan City Fire Inspector Agustin Ballo. The bureau has organized Barangay Integrated Defense Action (BIDA) team in different barangays in Catbalogan. BIDA team is composed of several barangay tanod who will help the local fire station in providing immediate r...
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05Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 5 (PIA) -- Five hundred jobs are waiting for students in the province of Biliran this summer, says Marilou Estomago Jornales of the provincial field office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Jornales said in an interview the jobs offered this summer are under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of DOLE. Under the SPES, any qualified students aged 15-24 can apply in any government office or agency or even in the private firms in the provi...
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05Mar2013MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- Si Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr in sayo san mga pangunahon nga talagbagaw san World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+10 Review nga ginhimo tikang Pebrero 25 ngadto sa 27 sa United Nationa Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Headquarters sa Paris. Dida san iya pagbagaw sa ilarum san topiko “Towards Knowledge Societies for Sustainable Development, an Secretary naghatag duon san kan...
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05Mar2013MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- Nagpagawas an Department of Budget and Management (DBM) hin balor P1.6 bilyones ngadto ha Department of Agriculture (DA) para han pag ayad, rehabilitasyon ngan pagtuha hin farm-to-market roads ha bug-os nga nasud. Segun kan DBM Secretary Florencio B. Abad an pag tuhay han farm-to-market roads in makakabulig pagpa dukwag han kanan para –uma kapas nga mahibaligya an iya produkto ngan matagan hiya hin mas haluag nga commercial base. Kaparte daw ini han kanan nasud panm...
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05Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 5 (PIA) -- Samtang ang probinsyal nga pangagamhanan nagpasiugda sa pagpundo alang sa 40,000 ka mga katawhan alang sa Philippine Health Insurance gikan sa 2012 hangtud sa 2013, si Probinsyal Gobernador Damian G. Mercado naglista sa tanan nga mga opisyales sa barangay ubos sa health insurance sa estado. “ Ang mga opisyales sa barangay nagtrabaho pag-ayo alang sa mga programa sa gobierno nga mapatuman diha sa ang-ang sa kabarangayan, usa angayan lamang nga sil...
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05Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology in Region 8 (DOST-8) has scheduled a number of trainings under its DOST – Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) for March. On March 5, "Introduction to Metrology" will be conducted with a training fee of P1,700. Said training covers introduction to basic mass metrology concepts and accurate mass measurements, with quality assurance managers, supervisors, and calibration staff as its target participan...
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05Mar2013MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- Pinangundahan ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an seremonyas panhatag hin pasidungog dida han pagmarka han ika-27 nga founding anniversary han Presidential Secuirty Group (PSG) didto han iya headquarters ha Malacañang Park, Manila dida han Lunes. Nakig-usa han Pangulo amo hera Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, PSG Commander Brigadier General Ramon Mateo Dizon, ngan han iba pa nga mga nasyonal ngan lokal nga mga opisyal han gobyerno nga pinangunahan ni Manila Mayor A...
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05Mar2013MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- Ang Aquino administration nag abi-abi sa lakang sa International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) team sa pag rekomendar sa pag para sa Significant Safety Concerns (SSCs) nga gi-issue batok sa nasud, matod pa sa opisyal sa Palasyo gahapong adlawa, Lunes. “Niadtong ninglabayng buwan, ang ICAO nagpadala ug Coordinated Validation Mission pag susi sa paningkamot sa Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) pag tuman sa international aviation safety standards ug...
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04Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 4 (PIA) -- As the provincial government initiates sponsorship for 40,000 enrollees for the Philippine Health Insurance from 2012 up to 2013, Governor Damian G. Mercado is enlisting all barangay officials in the province under the state health insurance. “The barangay officials work hard for the government programs to be implemented down at the barangay level, it is but fitting that they should be included among the sponsored slots of the provincial governmen...
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04Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- The use of coco coir in projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) not only has helped in flood control, it has also given livelihood to Eastern Visayans. This is according to Trade and Industry Samar Chief Meilo Macabare. Macabare and her staff conducted a market matching meeting for decorticating plants and contractors from the DPWH at DTI 8, Palo, Leyte, recently. Coco coir, a strong fiber extracted from discarded coconut husks,...
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04Mar2013MANILA, March 4 (PIA) -- Ang Pilipinas nakatakda sa pag-entra diha sa global nga merkado sa bugas – dili na ingon nga usa mamalitay kondili ingon nga usa mamaligya-ay. Si Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala mipahayag samtang ang Pilipinas nakakab-ot og kina-ugalingon nga suplay sa bugas sa pagtapos sa 2013, kini praktikal nga pagtutul sa paglantaw diha sa pagpamaligya, ilabina sa aromatic, hataas nga grano, may kolor og gipatubo sa organic nga matang sa bugas. Karon nga tuig, ang Depa...
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04Mar2013MANILA, Marso 4 (PIA) -- Nangangaro hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III hin waray kundisyon nga pagsurender han mga Pilipino nga may kalabutan han natatabo yana nga diri pagka-arasya ha Lahad Datu ha Sabah, Malaysia, para makaiwas han pagtikadako han krisis. “Ha aton mga katawhan dida ha Lahad Datu, tikang ha katikangan an amon panuyo amo an pag-iwas hin makakuha hin mga kinabuhai ngan pag-awas hin dugo. Pero, waray kamo makig-usa hini nga amon panuyo. Mahitungod han pamaagi nga iyo gindumara,...
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04Mar2013MANILA, Marso 4 (PIA) -- Ginpahayag yana nga adlaw ni Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz nga maabot na hin 289 nga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) tikang ha Sabah an naasisteran han Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Binalik ha Pilipinas an mao nga mga OFWs Domingo han gab-i tungod han nagtitikapaso nga situwasyon Sabah ha butnga han mga otoridad han Malaysia ngan han mga manurunod han Sultanato han Sulu. Segun kan Baldoz, binulig an DOLE para han planodo nga pag...
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04Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Marso 4 (PIA) -- An Department of Agrarian Reform ha Sinirangan Bisayas en nakatalaan paghatag ha diri maiha hin masobra P19-milyones nga balor hin mga higamit ha pag-uma ngadto hin masobra 60 nga mga agrarian reform beneficiary-organizations (ARBOs) ha Sinirangan Bisayas. “An masobra P19-milyones nga balor hin mga higamit ha pag-uma en ha pagkayana aada ha DAR regional office nga andam na para igdistribwer para ngadto han mga benepisaryo,” pasabot ni Regional Director...
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04Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- A scholarship program funded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its city field unit as conduit, in close coordination with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda), will officially start this month following a formal launching next week. The Cash for Training Program (C4TP) will be launched March 12 at Ampil Pensione this city, to be attended by the regional heads of Tesda and DSWD, said Ariel Kir...
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04Mar2013PALO, Leyte, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 8 (DPWH-8) recently hosted, "Regional and District Project and Financial Monitoring Conference," at the DPWH ARIVU Hall, Palo, Leyte participated by the section chiefs and project engineers. During the conference, management discussed the various programs and projects of the Department as well as the directives of DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singzon for the guidance of the engineers in the implementation of the proje...
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04Mar2013KANANGA, Leyte, March 4 (PIA) -- One of the nine workers who went missing following a landslide at the geothermal complex of the Energy Development Corporation in Kananga, Leyte, was found by rescuers at 5:38 p.m., Sunday, March 3. In an interview with Kananga Mayor Elmer Codilla, he said the body of Marlon Boanghog was retrieved at 8:10 p.m. from the rubbles of the landslide. It had taken more than two hours to retrieve the body of Boanghog, Codilla said. It was learned that the body was buri...
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04Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) --The second wave of Samar peace and development caravan in Barangay Pinaplata, Gandara Samar addressed the medical and dental needs of rural barangays. More than the information from government offices, more than the give-away of dwarf coconuts and the fertilizers, close to 900 rural folks of Gandara trekked the dusty roads to avail of the medical and dental services on Friday. Dorenda Sarabia, barangay secretary of Pinaplata, said that more barangay folk...
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04Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Nanawagan ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa mga lider sa sector sa transportasyon pagpasunod sa regular nga implementasyon sa drug-testing, partikular na sa mga driver sa bus nga mobiyahe ug lagyo. Si PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. miingon nga ipasunod kini tungod sa pinakaulahing pagkaaresto sa duha ka provincial drivers nga nagsinghot ug methamphetamine hydrochloride o shabu sulod sa air conditioned bus sa Muntinlupa...
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04Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- About 725 youths will be trooping to their respective training schools this year, here, as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has given the Technical Skills and Development Authority (Tesda) the green light signal to start their training program. For P14.5 million, each of the identified youth will benefit P20,000 worth of assistance from the government through the DSWD, allotted for training costs, allowances, and starter k...
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04Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 4 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment in Eastern Visayas sent a team to see to it that the landslide victims and their families were assisted in their claims for benefit. The landslide happened in a mine site at the EDC Complex, Sitio Upper Mahiao, Barangay Lim-ao, Kananga, Leyte. Director Exequiel Sarcauga said that the DOLE team was led by ARD Cyril Ticao with at least five staff from DOLE Region 8. Ticao informed PIA that he is now finalizing his rep...
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04Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform in Eastern Visayas is set to turnover soon, more than P19- million worth of farm implements to over 60 agrarian reform beneficiary-organizations across Eastern Visayas. “The more than P19-million worth of farm implements are now at the DAR regional office ready for distribution to intended beneficiaries,” Regional Director Eliasem Castillo disclosed. The multi-million pesos worth of modern farm equipments include 37...
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03Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Entire Nation (TEN) Moves or TEN moves, a campaign to address shortage of classrooms, now estimated to about 66,000 in the country, was recently launched in Eastern Visayas. During the launching, Rey C. Abellanosa, manager, Ayala Foundation Inc., explained that TEN Moves is a campaign that aims to address the classroom backlog of the Philippines. While government budget for building classrooms increased this year and is being increased again next yea...
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03Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 3 (PIA) -- Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla said the Department of Energy is already looking into the March 1 landslide incident at the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in Kananga, Leyte, that claimed the lives of six construction workers while eight others remain buried under the debris. Petilla said the incident must be looked into in order that proper measures could be set in place to prevent similar incidents in the future. This is the first time that such occurr...
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03Mar2013MANILA, Marso 3 -- Si Presidente Benigno Aquino III gahapo’ng adlawa pormal nga nag abri sa Bocaue Bridge nga adunya tumong sa pagpa-luag sa pagpunsisok sa trapiko didto sa maong lugar. Ang Presidente nangulo sa pag bukas sa marker ug sa inaugural drive through nga opisyal nga nag abri sa tulay nga anaa mahimutang lumbay sa MacArthur Highway sa Barangay Binang 2nd, Bocaue, Bulacan. Ang kanhi duha ka lane nga tulay gipadak-an ngadto sa upat ka lanes nga adunay tumong sa pagseguro sa kaluwasa...
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03Mar2013PAWING, Palo, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Bahandi Producers Association of Eastern Visayas (BPAEV) composed of micro, small, and medium enterprises will hold their annual general assembly on March 4 at the conference room of the DTI-8, Pawing, Palo, Leyte. To be discussed is the Bahandi Trade Fair 2013 to be conducted at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City in September. BPAEV Executive Director Lolito Aures said that he calls on all members to attend the activity on March 4 because their particip...
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03Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the region is putting up some training programs for overseas Filipino workers and their relatives that will interest them in some kind of business. The OWWA conducts the business training every first and third Monday of the month at the OWWA conference room to help OFWs and or kin how to run and manage a business. Alberto Penaflor, regional OWWA case officer disclosed that the business training is man...
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03Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology in Region 8 (DOST-8), Regional Office 8 will be coming up with an innovation center in the region to boost small businesses. This was revealed by John Glenn Ocaña, engineer and DOST-Leyte director during the soft launch of Smarter Philippines, Smarter Cities Project at the Harampang (Kapihan) ha PIA here recently. Ocaña said that the innovation center, which will be put up near the DOST-8 office, will feature hi...
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03Mar2013MANILA, Marso 3 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nag abi-abi sa mga tag-as nga opisyales sa Energy Development Corporation (EDC) ug sa Danish Manufacturer nga Vestas Wind systems kinsa nagpahayag ug pag suportar sa priority agenda sa gobyerno pinaagi sa pagpasalig ug supply sa reliable energy alang sa nasud diha sa usa ka yano nga seremonya didto sa Malacanang niadtong nakalbay nga adlawng Biyernes. Si EDC chairman ug chief executive officer Federico Lopez ug si Vestas president ug ...
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02Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 2 (PIA) -- Around 30 barangay and co-op leaders from the ARCs of Calbiga, Daram, Pagsanghan, and Sta. Margarita, their respective Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers (MAROs), and Department of Agrarian Reform’s development facilitators attended a skills training on quality control. The three-day training that started on February 26, held at I’s Plant Hotel in Calbayog City aims to equip the barangay/coop participants with the knowledge on the basics of rural inf...
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02Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Eastern Visayas has issued a bulletin informing the public on how to avoid pyramid scams and other forms or acts that dupe and divest them of their hard earned money. Atty. Lemuel Montes, DTI regional information officer, enumerated the tricks scammers use including; double return of investment; easy money and quick money with interest more than what is offered by a bank; being asked to join a group; being aske...
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02Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Mar 2 (PIA) -- The country was recently declared compliant with the International Safety Standards of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and tourism and other investments and other industries are expected to increase in the country. A report from the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) says that ICAO –ICVM (Coordinated Validation Missions) will recommend to the ICAO headquarters in Montreal, Canada the lifting of the Significant ...
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02Mar2013MANILA, Marso 2 -- Mapaso nga ginkarawat han Department of Environment and Natural Resources han edeklara an Waling-waling bali Philippine National Flower kaupod han Sampaguita. “An Waling-waling an pinakamaupay nga makakarepresentar han kamahusay ngan han ka talagsaon han Philippine biodiversity mahitungod nga ine in ginkunkunsiderar bali pinakapino ngan pinaka mahusay dida han ngatanan nga mga klasi han orchids ha nasud,” sering ni DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje. Sering niya nga an pa...
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02Mar2013MANILA, Marso 2 -- Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nag-abi-abi sa global outsourcing nga mga opisyal sa kompaniya kini nagpahayag og pagsalig diha sa lokal nga merkado sa Malakanyang kaniadtong Huwebes. Si Accenture Chairman og Chief Executive Officer Pierre Nanterme mihimo sa maong kortesiya sa pakigkita sa Chief Executive didto sa Music Room sa Malakanyang Palace. Siya giubanan ni Chief Operating Officer Jo Deblaere og Country Managing Director Manolito Tayag. Kauban usab nila si Trad...
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02Mar2013KANANGA, Leyte, March 2 (PIA) -- Five workers were confirmed dead while nine others remain missing after they were buried when a landslide occurred at the vicinity of the road leading to PAD 403 of the EDC Complex at Sitio Upper Mahiao, Barangay Lim-ao, Kananga, Leyte. Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Chairman Rey Gozon, who immediately rushed to the scene of the accident, said the construction workers of First Balfur/Aradaza Corporation were working on a riprap or slope ...
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02Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 1 (PIA) -- The province of Northern Samar launched the “Ten Moves Project” at Bulwagan ng mga Guro, DepEd Division Office, Catarman, on February 28. Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Ronelo Firmo said TEN Moves is part of the Bayanihang Pampaaralan of the 57-75 Education Reform Movement campaigns for the construction of classrooms in public schools, of which the Division of Northern Samar will be a recipient. Dr. Firmo was also thankful to the Samar Island...
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01Mar2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, March 1 (PIA) -- The Technical Department of the Salvacion Oppus Yṅiguez Memorial Provincial Hospital (SOYMPH) in close coordination with Sogod District Hospital conducted a Lactation Management Training, February 26-28 at the Marian Center in Sogod, Southern Leyte. “There were at least 30 hospital nurses and doctors who participated in the three-day training that equipped them on Executive Order No. 51 or known as the “National Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes, B...
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01Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- The exemplary performance of the Pantawid Pamilya implementers in Eastern Visayas, from the Provincial Operations Offices down to the individual staff, was recently cited by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Regional Program Management Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. DSWD Region 8 Assistant Regional Director for Operations Nestor Ramos said the recognition rite was conducted during the 2012 Year End Program Implementation ...
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01Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 1 (PIA) -- In line with the Eastern Samar provincial government's enhanced program against malnutrition, a five-day training for Barangay Implementers on Promotion of Good Nutrition (PGN) and Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) was conducted on Feb. 11-15 and Feb. 25-March 1 at the Eastern Samar Development Foundation (ESADEF) function hall this City. The training, attended by 71 participants, aimed to increase the number of exclusively breastfed infants, agi...
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01Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Marso 1 (PIA) -- Usa nga paghag-id parti “Fuel Efficienty and Conservation in Driving” en gindumara para han mga nagmamaneho hin pampubliko nga sarakyan, mga fleet drivers, ngan mga operator ngan mga nagmamaneho ha ilaruma han mga lokal nga pangobyernohan dida han Pebrero 28 didto ha UP Tacloban College. Ginpadalagan han mga nag-organisar han paghag-id pinaagi hin duha ka-grupo kun diin an kada grupo en nakumponi hin 100 nga mga partisipante, sering ni Professor Ade...
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01Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- The late Col. Ruperto K. Kangleon is a national treasure says Maasin City College (MCC) President, Mayor Maloney Samaco. “The properties and memories of the only cabinet member, Senator of the Philippines and war hero, Col. Ruperto Kadava Kangleon, who came from Macrohon, Southern Leyte will bolster the image of the school as it becomes a part of the school facilities," Samaco said. He said, “ The life and works of the late Kangleon will...
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01Mar2013MANILA, Mar 1 – Gindig-onan kakulop han Malacañang an desisyon hini nga puma-uli la anay an mga sumuronod ni Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III ugsa hin negosasyon. Nahisumat nga karuyag la anay han Sultan nga makignegosasyon kan Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III ugsa niya pagikanon an iya mga sumuronod ha Sabah tipabalik ha Pilipinas. Diri daw ini akseptado ha ira, sering ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda durante han gindumara nga press briefing. “Bumalik kayo (an mga sumuronod han Sultan...
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01Mar2013MANILA, Mar 1 -- Nagkatangdo an Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ngan an mga representante han mga biktima han bagyo “Pablo” nga naka-igo han Mindanao han naglabay nga Disyembre pagdumara hin balidasyon han ginsesering nga kakulangan dida han distribusyon han mga hinabang. Ini en agud diri na mautro an insidente hadton Pebrero 26 kon diin ginpuwersa hin pagsudla an buhatan han DSWD ha Davao City hin gin-aaligar nga mga biktima han bagyo Pablo para ig-aru en gilayon nga pap...
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01Mar2013MANILA, Marso 1 -- Nagpahayag ug kabalaka sa mga biktima sa bagyong Pablo nga miigo sa sidlakan nga bahin sa Mindanao sa miaging Disyembre, ang Malacanang nagpasalig sa tanang tabang nga ihatag kanila sa labing madaling panahon. Sa pahamatngon sa mga magbabalita sa Malacanang sa Miyerkules, ang Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nagingon nga ang gobyerno labi na ang Department of Social Welfare and Development nagtrabaho pagpadali sa gilayon nga pagpagula ug pagbahinbahin sa pinutos ng...
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01Mar2013MANILA, March 1 (PIA) -- DOLE nagpahimangno batok sa mga illegal nga mga EPS nga mga trabahante sa Korea, mi-awhag si Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz kagahapon sa mga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sa Korea nga dili mag-sobra sa pagpuyo o kaha mahimong illegal diha sa nagdawat nga nasud tungod kay kini magresulta diha sa pagkakunhod sa kota alang sa mga Pilipinhong trabahante. “I appeal to our OFWs in Korea to preserve the positive image of the Filipino Employment ...
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01Mar2013MANILA, March 1 (PIA) -- Ang pangagamhanang Aquino mipahayag pag-usab sa pakigsaad sa pagpahugot sa kolekta sa buhisan nga mga paningkamot pinaagi sa paggukod sa mga molihay sa pagbayad human ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) naka-kolekta og P1.058 trilyones sa 2012. Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda mipahayag atoll sa regular nga press briefing sa Malakanyang kaniadtong Miyerkules nga ang BIR nangusog sa pagpasaka og mga kaso batok sa mga tax evaders ingon nga kabahin sa pangagamh...
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01Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- Ang mihalin nga Col. Ruperto K. Kangleon usa ka nasudnon nga bahandi, matud ni Maasin City College (MCC) School President City Mayor Maloney Samaco. Ang mihalin nga Col. Ruperto K. Kangleon Memorabilia Museum karon nahimutang og usab diha sa usa sa mga classroom sa Maasin City nga gitabangan sa kolehiyo nga institusyon, matud ni MCC School President Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco sa iyang pakigpulong atoll sa paghandum nga programa nga gipahig...
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28Feb2013MANILA, Peb 28 (PIA) -- An Department of Social Welfare and Development ngan han mga narepresentar han nga biktima han bagyo ‘Pablo’ nga nakaigo ha Mindanao dida han Disyembre en nagkasabot pagdumara hin pagbalidar parti han “inadequacy and insufficiency” dida han pagdistribwer han mga relief goods nga nakarawat para makaiwas han utro nga kahitabo han ha Pebrero 26 nga insidente kun diin an gin-aaligar nga mga nagin biktima han ‘Pablo’ en sumulong ngadto han opisina han DSWD Rehiyon ...
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01Mar2013MANILA, March 1 (PIA) -- An government-owned finanacial institutions (GFIs) en nagpagawas hin P30.4B nga mga pautang pagsuporta han micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) pinaagi han Access of Small Enterprises to Sound Lending Opportunities (ASENSO) nga programa dida han 2012. “Eni nga mga pautang en ginpagawas pinaagi han ASENSO Program nga naghatag hin kusog han MSMEs nga naghahatag hin markado nga kuntribusyon ngadto han ekonomeya han Pilipinas. An pamaagi en diri masayon ngan an mg...
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01Mar2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, March 1 (PIA) -- Ang trabaho sa pagpahiuli sa upat ka mga tulay lumbay sa Daang Maharlika highway ning lalawigan gi-todo na, ang hiniusa nilang gasto nga mga P 30 million gikuha gikan sa regular funds sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) local office para sa karong tuiga 2013. Kini naglakip sa Nailong bridge sa lungsod sa Liloan nga dunay project cost nga P 3.7 million, Cawayan bridge sa Libagon P 10 million, Bogasong bridge, usab sa Libagon, P 3 million, ug Divisor...
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01Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Samar 2nd District Engineering Office is repairing, rehabilitating, and improving the San Isidro- San Juanico Bridge Road stretch particularly inside Hinabangan town portion, to make traveling comfortable for motorists. DPWH said the project, worth P11 million started on January 9, 2013 and may finish on March 9 this year. “We did reblocking and we will also do asphalt overlay,” Emmanuel Jumagdao, ...
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01Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- A seminar on Fuel Efficiency and Conservation in Driving intended for public utility drivers, fleet drivers, and operators and LGU drivers was conducted on February 28 at the UP Tacloban College. The organizers ran the seminar in two batches with 100 participants per batch, said Professor Adeline A. Pacia, deputy executive director of the University of the Philippines National Engineering Center. The seminar was held from 8 a.m. to 12 noon for the first b...
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01Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection – Maasin City Fire Station will start the nationwide Fire Prevention Month on March 1 with a unity walk targeting for a fire-free and fire-safe nation, Senior Fire Officer I Luisito Alido in a phone interview said. “The unity walk will be conducted after the 5:30 a.m. Holy Mass,” SFO I Alido said. It will start at Maasin City hall grounds and the route of the walk will be around the city proper and will end at the...
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01Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 1 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Biliran will take the lead in all the activities that will be conducted in the province to celebrate Women’s Month in March 2013 in a meaningful way. A meeting was called on Wednesday by Dr. Cecil Espina, president of the Provincial Council for Women’s Welfare, Incorporated (PCWWI) to all officers and members of the organization provincewide to discuss the identified activities for the celebration. The Women’s Month celebrat...
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01Mar2013MANILA, Marso 1 -- Ang Aquino government subling nagpadayag sa commitment niini pag-panghingusog sa tax collection nga mga paningkamot pinaagi sa pag-gukod sa mga tax evaders human ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) mikolekta og P 1.058 trillion sa 2012. Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nagkanayon sa regular press briefing sa Malacanang pagka Miyerkoles nga ang BIR nagpa-igting sa pagduso sa mga kaso batok sa mga dili magbayad sa buhis isip kabahin sa Aquino government nga commitm...
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01Mar2013CARIGARA, Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- To improve access to a major tourism destination - the Mahagnao Volcano and National Park - the Department of Public Works and Highways is pursuing the inclusion of the P336-million road project in the tourism infrastructure program list for 2014. The national government is committed to concrete the Burauen-Mahagnao Road until 2016 since this is a national road, said Ma. Margarita C. Junia, DPWH second Leyte Engineering District chief. “However, we are requ...
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01Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 1 (PIA) -- To address the involvement of children in criminal activities of adults in the illegal drug trade, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Eastern Visayas is drafting possible ways and means to address the problem. PDEA believes children are being used as drug mules since the finding of a sachet of shabu in the bag carried by an unsuspecting grader in Bacolod City, said Liza Baoy, PDEA regional information officer said in a press statement. Childr...
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28Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Arthur Salazar, shared his thoughts about forest protection saying, that protecting the forest is everybody’s business and not exclusively theirs at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR). He said this in the open forum yesterday, during the 8th Eastern Samar Peace and Development Forum, (ESPDF), in his straight forward answer to an obvious charge of DENR’s incapa...
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28Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran February 27 (PIA) – The capital town of Biliran province will launch on Saturday, March 2 her own version of healthy lifestyle (HL) program. The launching of Naval town HL program which will be held at 6 a.m. at the Naval municipal ground is in support of the Mag HL Tayo program of the Department of Health (DOH). Dr. Fernando B. Montejo, Naval municipal health officer, said that he envisioned the program to be a weekly activity for the people in the municipality to “eagerly ...
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28Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 28 (PIA) -- The newest radio program of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) dubbed “Serbisyo Todo-Todo (STT) of DZRB Radyo ng Bayan is now heard in Eastern Visayas every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12 noon hooked-up via the three Radyo ng Bayan (RnB) stations in the region. This was confirmed from the managers of the three RnB stations in EV – Antonio Pueblos of DYOG-Calbayog City, Byron Bugtas of DYES-Borongan City, and Dindo Alaras of DYSL-Sogod, Southern Leyte. ...
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28Feb2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, Feb. 28 (PIA) -- Work on the rehabilitation of four bridges along the Daang Maharlika highway in this province have begun in earnest, their cumulative cost of P30 million sourced from the regular funds of the Department of Public Highways (DPWH) local office for the current year 2013. These include the Nailong bridge in Liloan town with a project cost of P3.7 million, Cawayan bridge in Libagon for P10 million, Bogasong bridge also in Libagon for P3 million, and the Divisoria b...
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28Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb 28 (PIA) -- Some 325 field enumerators and 153 team supervisors were sent out February 25, as the National Statistics Office (NSO) begins its 2013 Census on Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF). Suzanne Amosco, NSO information officer called on residents of Eastern Samar to support the enumerators who will go on house-to-house to gather information from January to December 2012. “They will be wearing official IDs so that we can be sure they are authentic represe...
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28Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 28 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office here through the leadership of Director Raul Dones continues its awareness campaign on the importance of civil registration in cooperation with the local media, local government units, and the civil registrars regionwide. In an interview during the Suruswerte ha PIA Tuesday, Dones noted an increased number of registration with the conduct of mobile registration regionwide in response to this year’s Civil Registration Month t...
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28Feb2013MANILA, Peb 28 (PIA) -- Panginanua kun tipaunanho an gobyerno nagtratrabaho para ha iyo. Nananawagan an Civil Service Commission (CSC) han mga nahitutungdan nga mga bungtohanon, mga opisyal han gobyerno ngan han mga empleyado, nga mamati han ira pinakabag-o nga programa ha radyo nga Serbisyo Todo-todo (STT) live ha kahanginan kada Miyerkoles tikang ha alas’11 han aga ngadto ha alas’12 han udto pinaagi ha DZRB Radyo ng Bayan nga ada ha 738 KHz ha AM Band. An DZRB en may total nga 33 nga mga...
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27Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Entrance and Promotional Examinations for police officers will be conducted on May 26, the National Police Commission 8 said in a statement. According to Paul Cinco, Napolcom-8 information officer, the schedule commences with the On-Line Examination Application Scheduling System (OLEASS) in its website at www.napolcom.gov.ph or at www.napolcom-online.com. For the PNP Entrance Examinations, Cinco said, on-line scheduling will start on March 4-15 while...
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27Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 27 (PIA) -- Ang mga local government units (LGUs) ning lalawigan mihangop sa lakang nga gibuhat sa nasudnong pangagamhanan nga mao ang paghatag og kahigayonan para sa pagpanarbaho pinaagi sa skills development training uban sa Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Si Rodrigo Lacaba, Tesda provincial director, mibutyag nga ang nag-unang napulo ka mga LGUs nga napailawom sa Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP) bukas sa hunahuna nga magla...
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27Feb2013CANDAHUG, Palo, Leyte, Peb 27 (PIA) – An peanut grass o mani-mani en ginpantanom ha mga ligid han mga kabukiran han mga nasyonal nga kakalsadahan ha Sinirangan Bisayas para magkuntrolar han pagtimpag han tuna tikang han mga bukid nga makakaulang dida han mga kakalsadahan ha oras hin makusog nga uuran. Hi DPWH Rehiyon VIII Director Rolando Asis en nagsering nga pito kakilometra nga kahilaba han Daanga Maharlika (Plan-Philippine Highway), ha may Tacloban-Baybay road section ha lalawigan han Le...
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27Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, E. Samar, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- Around 300 young individuals from 61 barangays of Borongan City attended the first Borongan Youth Summit (BYS) on February 23 to 25 at the Sabang Elementary Function Hall this City. Based on the information gathered, this Summit provided a forum for young residents of Borongan to organize, network, learn new things, and share their hopes. According to Francis Lowell Ladera, they see young Boronganon addressing the issues they care most about and ofte...
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27Feb2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, Feb 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways in Eastern Visayas (DPWH-8) has introduced the planting of peanut grass or “mani-mani” on mountain slopes along the national roads to control soil erosion. Planting mani-mani may prevent possible landslides that may block the roads during a heavy downpour, said Rolando Asis, DPWH director. Asis disclosed that a seven-kilometer stretch of Daang Maharlika, also known as Pan-Philippine Highway, along ...
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27Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb 27 (PIA) -- To arrest poverty in the poorest towns in the region, the Office of the Presidential Assistance on Peace Process (OPAPP) will be establishing coconut processing projects in three of the five identified poorest municipal local government units (LGUs) here, under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program. The identified areas will benefit from the P7-million worth of coconut products processing projects, as proposed by the stakeholders of t...
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27Feb2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, Feb. 27 (PIA) --The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Northern Samar has now 43,307 household- beneficiaries as of January 2013. This was learned from Alvin Maldos, the 4Ps focal person in the province, in his program update during the technical working group meeting on Feb. 22. Maldos said that based on compliance verification system on education, 12,267 three to five-year-old preschoolchildren, 11,698 or 95 percent attended day-care classes, and of the 74...
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27Feb2013BARAS, Palo, Leyte, Feb 27 (PIA) -- US Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry K. Thomas Jr. is scheduled to return to Leyte particularly to the MacArthur Landing Memorial site at Baras, Palo, Leyte on March 1, Friday. At the famous landmark commemorating Philippine-American friendship, Ambassador Thomas will be joined by young legislators from the Leyte Provincial Board, Tacloban City Council, and Palo Municipal Council. At the MacArthur Landing Memorial site, Ambassador Thomas will announce t...
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27Feb2013MANILA, Feb 27 (PIA) -- Aron dugang pagpalig-on sa kampanya sa pag-ila sa mga maayong ehemplo nga mga membro sa Philippine National Police, ang bag-o nga mi-asumer nga Chief sa PNP, Police Director Alan Purisima nagpahayag og suporta ngadto sa tinuig nga Metrobank Foundation Search for the Country’s Outstanding Police Officers in Service (COPS). Ang ika-18 nga PNP Chief dili pa lang dugay nakigtagbo kauban sa mga organizers sa Search: PNP DPCR Director P/Dir. Lina Sarmiento, PSBank Preside...
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27Feb2013MANILA, Feb 27 (PIA) -- Utro nga nag-abiso an Philippine Overseas Employment Administration nga an mga recruitment agencies en magbabaton han mga insidente hin pan-aabuso, pagpahimulos, o diri pagsunod han kuntrata han household employer kuntra han Pilipino nga household service workers (HSWs) o mga suroguon ha panimalay. Hi Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac en nagsering nga an diri pakasunod han mga recruiter han ira responsabilidad pagprotiher han mga OFWs en magreresulta hin kakansela o kas...
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26Feb2013CEBU CITY, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP)-Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) converged the Third Party Monitor/Civil Society Organizations of Pamana areas in the country for a two-day training on Livelihoods Monitoring System Participatory Tools in Cebu City, February 25-26. Speaking before 45 participants representing various CSOs in the Philippines, OPAPP Asec. Howard B. Cafugauan, Assistant Secretary for Programs, said that Pamana aims at pr...
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26Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran, Feb 26 (PIA) -- An official of the health department in the Eastern Visayas region disclosed that the capital town in this province is assured of the nomination into the hall of fame in the Red Orchid Award. Dr. Eduardo V. Pedrosa, chief of the non-communicable disease cluster of the Department of Health (DOH) in Region 8 revealed the information in an interview during the 5K Fun Run dubbed “Dagan Kontra Tabako, Kontra Droga, Kontra Alta Presyon, Kontra Basura Alang sa Kinabuh...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Peb 26 (PIA) -- Nanawagan ngahaw an Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ngadto han mga sumuronod hin Pilipino nga tulin, nga waray pagkakasabot ngan han mga otoridad han Malaysia kasumpay hin gin-aangkon nga teritoryo, nga sumakay na han barko nga ginpadara ha Sabah han gobyerno han Pilipinas. Ini en tungod daw nga waray klaro nga kadadangatan hini nira kon padayon nira nga igbabaliwaray an katubtoban nga petsa nga gintalaan han Malaysia para han ira pagbaya dida han lugar. Segun kan Fo...
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26Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Four out of 10 pregnant Filipino women are suffering from iron deficiency anemia (IDA), the result of the National Nutrition Survey (NNS) by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST), shows. Based on the criteria set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of IDA among pregnant women in the Philippines is of significant public health problem, said Czarina Teresita S. Martinez of the FNR...
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26Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 26 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the region will be conducting trainings for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) or their relatives on entrepreneurial development. The OWWA conducts the business training every first and third Monday of the month at the OWWA conference room to help OFWs and or kin how to run and manage a business. Alberto Penaflor, regional OWWA case officer, disclosed that the business training is mandatory for OFWs or t...
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26Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas has cautioned the public to avoid being complacent against typhoid fever despite the apparent decline of typhoid cases in the region. Citing records of comparison on the disease, the health department reported only 88 typhoid cases for the last two months this year against last year’s 317 monitored cases of the same ailment for the same period. Regardless of the big drop of cases of the disease, health authorit...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Peb 26 (PIA) – Iginhangyo ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III ngadto kan Sultan Jamalul Kiram III han Sulu nga tawagon an iya mga tagsuporta nga nangungukoy didto han usa nga lugar han bungto han Lahad Datu ha sinirangan nga lalawigan han Sabah, Malaysia para himyang nga matapos an duha na ka-semana nga dileto ha butnga han mga awtoridad han Malaysia ngan han Sultan han Sulu nga amo an nag-iinaghat han kanan iya mga tawo pag-angkon han nasabi nga tuna. Iginpagawas han Pangulo an iya pa...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Peb 26 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nagtawag sa mga hamtong sa pag hiusa sa pagpanalipod sa demokrasya sa nasud nga gibalik sa EDSA People Power Revolution niadtong tuig 1986. Diha sa iyang pagpamulong didto sa Tatak EDSA Salu-Salubongang Pambata nga gibuhat didto sa Kalayaan Grounds sa Malacanang Palace niadtong Lunes, ang Chief Executive nag ingon nga ang kaugmaon sa demokrasya nakasandig sa mga kamot sa mga bata ug mga hamtong. "Ngayon ngang nagtagumpay na tayo at ...
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26Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Trash, waste, useless, this was how some people from Samar Samar looked on rattan, straw and other forest by-products. But these seemingly useless things have changed their lives since the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) showed them how to transform the otherwise wastes into useful and valuable items. The lives of people’s and women’s organizations members in seven municipalities of Samar have been transformed from the livelihood trainings co...
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26Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Kon daw nakababag sa pagka-epektibo sa mga otomatik nga mga kagamitan aron sa pagsunod diha sa pinaduol nga panahon kalabot sa gitas-on sa tubig sa suba, gidaghanon sa mga ulan og estasyon sa panahon, tungod sa problema sa signal, usa ka butang na sa nanglabay. Sumala kang Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Southern Leyte Provincial Science and Technology Director Engr. Dominador Clavejo, ang DOST nga personel karon molibot sa probinsya ar...
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26Feb2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- Governor Paul R. Daza of Northern Samar approved on February 22 the creation of Provincial Committee on Anti Trafficking (PCAT) and Violence Against Women and their Children (VAWC) in the province. Governor Daza said the committee will institute policies and programs to protect women and children who are victims of trafficking and violence and create and establish systems on surveillance, investigation and rescue to ensure effective and efficient coor...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Feb.26 -- Nantudlok na hi Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III han 15 nga mga meyembro han Transition Commission nga amo an ginpapapagplano han Bangsamoro Basic Law. Ini en iginpagawas ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda dida hin usa nga press briefing ha Malacañang dida han Lunes. Ha parti han kanan Gobyerno han Pilipinas nga grupo, an pito nga pinantudlok amo hera: Hon. Akmad A. Sakkam, Hon. Johaira C. Wahab, Hon. Talib A. Benito, Hon. Asani S. Tammang, Hon. Pedrito A. Eisma, Hon. ...
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26Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Unreliable automated devices that monitor water-river levels, volume of rain, and weather station, will now be a thing of the past. Personnel from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are now going around the province to update to satellite signals all automated rain gauges (ARGs), water/ river sensors, and the weather station based in Maasin City assured Dominador Clavejo, engineer and DOST director. ARG stations monitor the volume of r...
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26Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Easter Samar, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Victoria Añonuevo, Millennium Challenge Account-Philippines (MCA-P) managing director and chief executive officer, reported on the ongoing Secondary Road Project particularly Contract Package(CP)-I. Añonuevo said that CP-I which covers six barangays of Paranas town towards Sulat, Eastern Samar and involving some P800-million funds. It has now constructed lengthy pipelines, drainage in preparation for the concrete road construction. These stret...
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26Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Usa ka babayeng sumusukol gikan ning siyudad ang milugwang nag-madaugon sa national boxing competition championship nga gihimo dinhi Biyernes sa gabii, dihang nakalangkat siyag luna sa finals, samtang tulo ka laing boksidor, pulong mga lalaki, way dag-anan sa ilang mga kaatbang. Si Ruby Nicanor, third-year high school student sa Maasin City National High School, ninglabni og mas daghang puntos sa iyang mga suntok batok kang Liezel Mae Alde, taga Gene...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Feb 26 (PIA) -- Ginpirmahan ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III para magin balaud an Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 dida han seremonyas nga nagpapahinumdum han ika-27 nga Anibersaryo han EDSA People Power nga gindumara ha EDSA People Power Monument han siyudad han Quezon dida han Lunes. Dida han iya pagyakan, nagsering an Pangulo nga an bag-o nga balaud en nagrerekognisar han pagkabayani ngan mga sakripisyo nga ginpakita han mga Pilipino na nagin biktima han pa...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Feb 26 (PIA) -- An nasud han Pilipinas ngan han Hapon en nagkaada han 2nd Dialogue on Maritime and Oceanic Affairs dida han Byernes, Pebrero 22, ha Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Main Building ha siyudad han Pasay. An delegasyon han Pilipinas en pinangundahan ni Assistant Secretary Gilberto G. B. Asuque, DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Special and Ocean Concerns, bali Chair, ngan Special Assistant Henry Bensurto, DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Policy, bali Co-Chair. An d...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Peb 26 (PIA) -– Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III nag pirma ngadto sa usa ka balaud sa Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 diha sa usa ka ceremonyas nga nag timaan sa ika-27 nga Anibersaryo sa EDSA People Power nga gibuhat didto sa EDSA People Power Monument sa Quezon City karong adlawa, Lunes. Diha sa iyang pagpamulong, ang Presidente nag ingon nga ang bag-ong balaud nag ila sa pagkabayani ug sa mga sakripisyo sa mga Filipinos nga na-biktima sa summary execu...
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26Feb2013MANILA, Peb 26 (PIA) -- Pakikianhan han Commission on Elections (Comelec) an Simbahan Katoliko kasumpay hiton panmumutang hin panngampanya nga mga karatola ha mga simbahan. Karuyag mahibaro-an ni Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes kon hin-o iton nag-otorisar han panmutang hini nga mga karatola. Segun kan Brillantes, diri gud hira sayod hiton regulasyon han simbahan salit karuyag nira igklaripikar ini. Kon tutugotan daw nga gamiton an mga simbahan komo lugar para hin propaganda, hin-o man an nag...
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26Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The memorabilia of the late war hero, Col. Ruperto K. Kangleon is scheduled to be transferred tomorrow, February 27 from Saint Joseph College (SJC) to the city-run Maasin City College (MCC) said Maasin City Investment Officer Willy Justimbaste in a phone patch over radio station DyDM. The scheduled date of the transfer will coincide with the 55th death anniversary of Kangleon, a former secretary of the National Defense and senator. "A more histo...
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25Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 25 (PIA) -- The police force in Samar intensified its law enforcement and internal security operations in preparation for 2013 secure and fair election (SAFE), the police reported. This comes on the heel of the declaration that Samar belongs to the 15 provinces in the priority areas-where history of violence took place during elections. From February 16 to 20, combined elements of the Regional Special Operations Task Group (RSOTG) Samar Tracker Team led by Police ...
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25Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 25 (PIA) -- Well Capangpangan, engineer and chief of the Regional Agriculture Engineering Division, urged Samar rice farmers to avail of rice post harvest facilities and mechanization program at the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech). Capangpangan announced the program during the provincial launch of the National Year of Rice on February 21 at Samar State University (SSU) in Catbalogan City. He said that rice mechanization i...
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25Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Peb 25 (PIA) – An Regional Finals han 2013 Civil Registration Quiz en nakatalaan pagdumaraon ha 9:30 han aga, Pebrero 27 didto ha National Statistics Regional Office ha kuordinasyon han Eastern Visayas Federation of Provincial Association of Civil Registrars. Hi NSO Rehiyon 8 Director Raul Dones en nagsering nga an aktibidad en naghahatag hin kolor han selebrasyon han 2013 Civil Registration Month ha Sinirangan Bisayas. Beiynti-uno nga mga fourth year high school const...
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25Feb2013MANILA, Peb 25 (PIA) -- Director Emma V. Sinclair nagtunol og P220,000 nga cheke ngadto sa mga sumusunod sa nangamatay nga mga OFWs nga sila Raffy Edubane og Jonjon Falogue sa Pebrero 4 og 5, 2013 sa tagsatagsa. Ang kantidad naglakip sa kamatayon og paglubong nga mga tabang ubos sa Social Benefits Program dugang ngadto sa livelihood og scholarship nga tabang ubos sa Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP) ngadto sa mga dependente sa nangamatay nga mga OFWs kauban sa mga aktibo nga O...
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25Feb2013
Cebuano news: Mga reporma diha sa gobierno magpreserba sa mga ganansiya sa EDSa people power - Ochoa
MANILA, Feb 25 (PIA) -- Si Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. kaniadtong Domingo nagpasalig sa mga katawhang Pilipino nga ang gobierno ubos sa pagpanguna ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III magpadayon sa pagpursige sa mga reporma aron sa pag-preserba sa mga ganansiya sa 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution. Si Ochoa, kinsa mao ang nanguna sa EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC), mipahayag nga ang tema karong tuiga “Pilipinas Natin: Abot-Tanaw Na!” alang sa ika-27 nga kasaulogan sa dili du... -
25Feb2013Methinks, those who were old enough when EDSA People Power happened 27 years ago in February of 1986, are lucky. For many, because they were there when the finest event ever took place. For others, although they were not there physically, they witnessed the once-in-a-life time event through national television. This writer vividly remembers that Saturday, February 22 when then Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and his allies decided to take matters into their own hands, and Cardinal Sin c...
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25Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Feb 25 -- Igtututdo an mga pag-aradman han EDSA People Power revolution ha mga public elementary ngan secondary schools ha bug-os nga nasud yana nga semana isip pagtigaman han ika 27 nga anibersaryo han mahinungdanon nga hitabo han history ha nasud Pilipinas. “It is important that the lessons of the critical markers in Philippine history are not lost in generations of Filipino,” segun kan Department of Education (DepEd), Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro FSC, ha iya mensahe s...
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25Feb2013MANILA, Peb 25 (PIA) -- Nagpahayag hin paglaom an Malacañang kakulop nga mareresolbar ha diri maiha nga panahon iton nagpapadayon nga diri pagkakasabot ha Sabah, por lo menos ugsa hiton Mayo nga pinili-ay, samtang nagpapadayon panmiling hin mga paagi an gobyerno agud matuhay an isyu nga diri mahibubutang ha peligro an maupay nga relasyon han Pilipinas ha Malaysia. Sugad han iginsaysay na ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III, nagsering hi Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte nga nagporma ...
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25Feb2013MANILA, Peb 25 (PIA) -- Labot la hiton mga estudyante, an mga nagtututdo sugad man an non-teaching o diri nagtututdo nga mga empleyado nga nakabase ha mga eskwelahan ha nasud amo man an makakapahimulos han pribilehiyo hiton ka piyesta opisyal hiton Lunes (Pebrero 25) ha pagtigaman han ika-27 nga anibersaryo han EDSA People Power, pagklaro han Malacañang kakulop. Dida hin pamakiana ha iya ha dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, ginpasamwak ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte ini nga klaripikasyon...
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25Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran, Feb 25 (PIA) -- The provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Biliran headed by Engr. Celerina Bato, director, wishes to inform the public especially the single motorcycle owners that it has stopped issuing Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers for motorcycle helmets on the last working day of the year 2012 which was on December 28, 2012. According to Jorge Modesto, Senior Industry and Trade Development Specialist (SITDS) of DTI-Biliran, their offic...
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24Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 24 (PIA) -- Ang Provincial Agricultural Services Office (PAgSO) – Southern Leyte nakatakda sa National Year of Rice nga paglusad og impormasyon alang sa National Year of Rice nin bulan sa Marso karong tuiga. “Kini nalatid diha sa deklarasyon sa 2013 ingon nga National Year of Rice (NYR) sa nasud kauban sa tema, “Sapat na Bigas, Kaya ng Pinas” (The Philippine can be rice sufficient),” sumala kang OIC Provincial Agriculturist Marina E. Gador. Ang kalih...
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24Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 24 (PIA) -- Some 600 residents of the town of Gandara were treated to free medical and dental treatment when the town played host to the first Peace and Development Caravan in the province of Samar on February 19. Along with officials from national government agencies, provincial government departments and officers of the Philippine Army, the caravan was in Barangay Sto Niño in Gandara that also included a PhilHealth profiling activity and a film showing. Accordin...
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24Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Local government units (LGUs) here welcome the national government’s move of providing opportunities for employment through skills development training with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda). Rodrigo Lacaba, Tesda provincial director, disclosed that the ten pilot LGUs covered by the Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP) were receptive to the idea of laying plans for school and community-based trainings on short-t...
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24Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- A lady fighter from this city emerged victorious in the national boxing competition championship held at the city gym here Satruday night, securing a place in the finals as the three other local finalists, all boys, were simply outclassed by their opponents. Ruby Nicanor, a third-year high school student at the Maasin City National High School, earned more punching points to win over Liezel Mae Alde, from General Santos City, in the Girls Fly Weig...
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24Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- The Regional finals of the 2013 Civil Registration Quiz is set to be conducted at 9:30 a.m. February 27 at the NSO Regional Office in collaboration with the Eastern Visayas Federation of Provincial Association of Civil Registrars. NSO Region 8 Director Raul Dones said the activity highlights the celebration of the 2013 Civil Registration Month in Eastern Visayas. Twenty-one fourth year high school contestants who were declared as provincial winners will ...
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24Feb2013MANILA, Feb. 24 -- Pangungundahan ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III an Ika-27 nga Anibersaryo nga selebrasyon han EDSA People Power Revolution dida han Pebrero 25 didto han People Power Monument ha EDSA ha Quezon City. Dida ha iya pag-abot para han mga turomanon han anibersaryo, an Pangulo en mabulig dida han seremonyas pag-isa han bandera. Gin-aantisipar gihapon nga hiya en mapirma han Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013. An landmark legislation an kanan nasud opisyal...
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24Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- Duha ka tuig human matapos ang proyekto, ang Department of Public Works and Highways – Southern Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-SLED) pormal nga nag-inagurasyon pagka Martes sa sementadong dalan habig sa dagat sa may barangay Sto. Rosario ngadto sa Cabulihan ning siyudad. Ang naasoy nga barangay road, diin ang na-semento nga bahin mikabat og duka ka kilometros nga gi-trabaho sa kantidad P 20 million, maoy usa ka sinaligan nga dalan sa umaabot l...
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23Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran, Feb 23 (PIA) -- An official of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in this province disclosed that single motorcycle for hire known locally as “ habal-habal” operations is prohibited. Habal-habal is a mode of transportation in remote and hard-to-reach areas in the country including here in Biliran province. Grace M. Carcido, officer-in-charge (OIC) of LTO-Naval District Office during the Kapihan sa PIA on Thursday, February 21 said that the Department of Transportation ...
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23Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Southern Leyte Provincial Office nakatakda sa pagpahigayon sa tibook bulan sa Marso sa pagbansaybansay sa Precinct Count Optical Scanner (PCOS) alang sa mga magtutudlo nga magdumala sa pagpahigayon sa otomatik nga pagboto sa umaabot Mayo 13, 2013. “Alang sa tibook bulan sa Marso karong tuiga, ang DOST SoLeyte magkapuliki ingon nga kami gimando-an sa paghatag sa teknikal nga tabang og pagbalhin ...
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23Feb2013GOVWERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Duha ka adlaw nga padayong pag-ulan nagda ug lunop ug pagdahili sa yuta sa Eastern Visayas sa Pebrero 20. Ang major landslide gitaho sa Department of Public Works and Highways Region 8 nga nahitabo sa alas 10:30 sa gabii sa Pebrero 20 subay sa Taft-Borongan Highway ilabi na sa Barangay del Remedios , Sulat, Eastern Samar, nga naka-ali sa dalan nga may 6,000 cubic meters nga debris. Ang DPWH nga ekipo ug trabahante gipadala dayon ngadto sa luga...
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23Feb2013MANILA, Feb. 23 -- Si Presidente Benigno C. Aquino III nagpatapod nga an gobyerno nagdadagmit san konstruksyon ngan pagtindog san mga eskwelahan para maseguro nga wara na kakulangan san eskwelahan san pagtapos san tuig 2013. Dida san iya pagbagaw sa katitirok san mga lokal nga mga lideres ngan san komunidad nga ginhimo sa Pavia Plaza, Poblacion sa Iloilo, an Presidente nasugad nga an pag institutionalize san reporma pagtaga edukasyon nagpapabilin nga prayoridad san iya administrasyon para mapa...
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23Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 23 (PIA) - The National Statistics Office has started the manual processing of the questionnaires of 2012 Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) Second Visit. NSO Region 8 Director Raul Dones said that this activity aims to check the completeness, consistency of entries, and the reasonableness of data entered by the interviewers into FIES questionnaires. “The manual processing started February 4 and expected to end on February 28,” the NSO director said...
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23Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 23 (PIA) -- The Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) is informing its concessionaires in Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte that they have scheduled service disconnection on February 25-26 (Zones 081-118) and February 27-28 (Zones 121-158) Areas covered for service disconnection on February 25-26, in Tacloban City are: Sagkahan – 62-A, 62-B, 63, Km 4, Mangga, Bliss, Pleasant Ville & Fatima Village; Calanipawan – Brgy.96, Bliss, Pag-Ibig, Lumbang I & II, & Diversion...
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23Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb. 23 (PIA) - - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Provincial Office conducted here, a two-day workshop in order to craft the 2014 Provincial Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (PCCMAP), using the Bottoms-up Budgeting (BuB) approach. Some 50 participants from local government units (LGUs), national government agencies (NGAs), and civil society organizations (CSOs) attended the said workshop. The output, which was the PCCMAP,...
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23Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Southern Leyte Provincial Office is all set to conduct a month long Precinct Count Optical Scanner (PCOS) training for teachers who will directly manage the conduct of automated voting on May 13. “For the whole month of March this year, DOST SoLeyte hands will be full as we are mandated to provide the technical assistance and transfer the technology of this automated precinct count optical machin...
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22Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 22 (PIA) – Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla is set to turnover six ambulances to various Leyte district hospitals, on February 22, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Leyte Provincial Capitol Grounds. The beneficiaries of said ambulances are the Leyte Provincial Hospital, Palompon District Hospital, Hilongos District Hospital, Ormoc City District Hospital, Baybay City District Hospital and another which will be assigned at the Governor’s Office for ...
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22Feb2013MANILA, Peb 22 (PIA) - Sa mga tinguha sa pagkampanya alang sa responsible nga pagbotar, si Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma pormal nga naglusad kaniadtong Miyerkules sa “Hatol ng Bayan,” usa ka komprehensibo nga tibook nasud nga paghulagway sa 2013 midterm nga pinili-ay pinaagi sa mga balita sa gobierno og impormasyon nga mga organisasyon og uban nga mga katugbang nga media. Ang “Hatol ng Bayan 2013 nagtumong sa paghatud sa ka...
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22Feb2013MANILA, Peb 22 (PIA) -- Ha panuyo pagpasarang hin responsabli nga pambutos, hi Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma en pormal nga naglunsad dida han Myerkoles han ‘Hatol ng Bayan’, usa nga kumprehensibo nga nationwide coverage han 2013 midtern elections han mga pahibaro han gobyerno ngan mga organisasyon pan-impormasyon ngan iba pa nga mga kasugbong ha media. An "Hatol ng Bayan 2013" en may panuyo paghatag hin detalyado nga dalagan han m...
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22Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- Two years after the project was completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways – Southern Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-SLED) formally inaugurated on Tuesday a concrete coastal road along barangays Sto. Rosario to Cabulihan this city. The said barangay road, where the concreted portion stretches two kilometers built at a cost of P20 million, will be a major passageway in the future especially when the planned alternate ro-ro port in n...
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22Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 22 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office in Eastern Visayas hired 3,704 enumerators and 1,814 team supervisors as the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries starts on February 25 until April 13. The hired staff will augment the field personnel of NSO in this undertaking. Training have been conducted for all who will be involved to equip them with the needed knowledge and skills for the undertaking, said NSO Regional Director Raul Dones. The 2012 Census on Agricu...
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22Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- To address gaps in the effective prevention and response to harm, violence and abuse against children that interfere with their education, PLAN Philippines, E. Samar, an internationally funded non government organization (NGO) conducted a two-day Personal Safety Lessons (PSL) Assessment and Recommendations Workshop on February 18-19, at Dona Vicenta Hotel, this city. Forty-one PSL trained teachers, 21 school heads and one PSL coordinator in 21 PSL ...
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22Feb2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, Feb.22(PIA) -- The Provincial Committee on Anti-Trafficking, Violence Against Women and Children (PCAT-VAWC) formulated their Action Plan on February 21 at Ibabao Hall, Provincial Capitol. One of its main agenda was to push for the approval of executive order for the creation of PCAT-VAWC which encompasses the committee mandate, organizational structure and operation. The group formulate plan to orient members on Republic Act 9208 (Anti-Trafficking) and RA 9262 (VAWC...
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22Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 22 (PIA) -- The Regional Executive Director of Agriculture Antonio Gerundio urged the people of Samar to consume rice substitutes for a healthier glycemic index. Glycemic index (GI)is a numerical scale used to indicate how fast and how high a particular food can raise our blood glucose. He further enumerated that rice has 390 GI, while camote (sweet potato) and gabi (yam) has 50 GI, and corn 90.This is a good indicator for those who suffer from diabetes whose foods s...
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22Feb2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Two days of incessant rain brought flooding and landslides in Eastern Visayas on February 20. A major landslide was reported by the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 8 to have occurred at 10:30 p.m. of February 20, along the Taft-Borongan Highway particularly in Barangay del Remedios, Sulat, Eastern Samar, causing the blockade of the road by about 6,000 cubic meters of debris. DPWH equipment and crew were immediately dispatched to th...
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22Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb 22 (PIA) -- The 8th Eastern Samar Peace and Development Forum, which is regularly convened by members of the clergy with its major convener, Most Reverend Crispin Varquez, Bishop of Borongan Diocese, met Wednesday, a number of department heads of national agencies (NGAs) who shared their 2012 major accomplishments. Several issues were raised on illegal logging and mining by the priests, mayors, and ordinary civilians during the forum. Provincial Environment...
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22Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 22 (PIA) -- A college student is the latest catch of authorities through a buy-bust operation. The suspect, 23, single and student, resides in Cavite East in Palo, Leyte. He was nabbed along the national highway in Barangay Guindapunan at around 11 p.m., Saturday. The operation was composed of the combined elements of the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force Group of the Leyte Provincial Office (LPPO-PAIDSTOG) and from the Palo Municipal Statio...
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22Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 22 -- Provincial candidates in Southern Leyte signed a peace covenant to signify their commitment to abide by the election rules for secure and fair elections (SAFE) in May. Under the covenant, candidates vowed "to recognize the truth that the exercise of the right of suffrage is a solemn act of sovereignty, and the ballot, being an expression of sovereign will, is sacred." The candidates shall not personally or through the supporters, directly or indirectly...
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22Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Ginpahayag ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III nga plano niya nga bumisita ha South Korea kataliwan hiton inagurasyon han na-elehir nga South Korean President Park Geun-hye ha panuyo nga mapakurokusgan pa ngan mapabakod an maupay nga kamagsangkay han duha nga nasud ha nakalabay nga mga tuig. Ha pamakiana ha iya kataliwan han ceremonial ground-breaking han Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project (JRMP) Stage II nga ginbuhat didto han Iloilo Provincial Capitol ha Bonifacio Dr...
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22Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Ang mga nag-organisar sa lima ka adlaw nga national boxing championship nga gipahigayon dinhi ning siyudad karong semanaha, gikan sa Pebrero 18-22, nagbaton og taas nga paglaum usa sa mga boksidor nga midula dinhi maoy mahimong manok sa nasud alang sa Olympics. Si City Mayor Maloney Samaco, sa iyang pagpamulong sa opening program Lunes sa hapon sa city gym, nagkanayon dunay 132 ka mga boksidor, ang tanan pulos na champion, gikan sa Luzon, Visayas, ug...
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22Feb2013MANILA, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Kwarenta-esingko nga mga magtratrabaho ha Bureau of Immigration (BI) en nagkawawarayan trabaho mahitungod han nagin resulta han kanan administrasyon makusog nga kampanya kuntra kurapsyon ngan diri tuhay nga mga magtratrabaho. Sering ni BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. nga dida han 45 nga mga empleyado nga pinantanngal tikang han Enero 2011, 39 en nagkatatanggal mahitungod hin seryoso nga administratibo nga mga kasaypanan miyentras an unom nga iba en pinantanggal tikang ...
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22Feb2013MANILA, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Waray upod nga pamulitika an sige-sige nga panhatag han administrasyon ni Aquino hin mga programa nga panserbisyo publiko ha tiarabot nga piniliay sugad han gin-aaligar han iba nga mga sektor, sering han Malacañang dida han Miyerkoles. “May nga intimidasyon nga an administrasyon ni Aquino upod han iya mga kaugop en nagpipinandistribwer hin mga PhilHealth cards ngan bugas, gindidinagmit an implementasyon han mga proyekto pampubliko, bali kaparti han kampanya para han e...
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22Feb2013MANILA, Feb 22 (PIA) -- Sering ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino III dida han Huwebes nga ada na ha iya an lista han mga makumponi han 15-katawo para han Transition Commission nga tikang ha panig han gobyerno. An Pangulo en magtutudlok hin pito katawo miyentras an Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) en magpipili hin walo katawo. An gobyerno ngan han MILF en pumirma han Framework Agreement for Mindanao peace han nakalabay nga Oktubre. “May lista na ako han transition commission. Mayda gihapon ...
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21Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran, Feb 21 -- To help strengthen people's trust in automated elections, the head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has coined a phrase to give new meaning to PCOS (precinct count optical scan) machine. Laywer Sabino C. Mejarito, provincial election supervisor of Comelec-Biliran, said PCOS may also mean “people’s choice open and secure.” Mejarito said this during the signing of a pledge of commitment by different groups in the conduct of an honest, orderly, clean a...
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21Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- A number of midwives from Eastern Samar are going to attend the 14th General Assembly of Midwives on April 3-6 at the Legend Palawan Hotel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. This year's theme is "Iwagayway ang Kalusugan Pangkalahatan ng mga Ina, Anak at Midwives." The theme builds on the premise of Aquino Health Agenda's Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (Universal Health Care) where political leadership and policy development should continuously improve the l...
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21Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Eastern Visayas is warning all drivers of both public and private motor vehicles to comply with the early warning device or EWD Law or the Letter of Instruction No. 299 requiring the use of EWDs on motor vehicles and Memorandum Circular No. VPT-2012-1609, or the Revised Rules on the Implementation of EWDs. Atty. Edgardo Catarongan, LTO regional director, disclosed in a press statement that starting March 1 the EWD Law...
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21Feb2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Despite his being a neophyte in politics, first termer Mayor Edgar C. Boco of Hernani bared his accomplishment in infrastructure projects. Among his project accomplishments are the following: the construction of barangay gymnasium in Brgy. Garawon with a total project cost of P1.5 million. The source of fund of this project was taken from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Cong. Ben P. Evardone. Another is the construction...
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21Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan vowed to help young residents of Samar to take courses in heavy equipment operation. During her talk in Barangay Sto Nino, Gandara, Samar during the Samar Peace and Development Caravan on Tuesday, Tan cited the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority's (Tesda) contribution which is to match jobs for the youths who took tech-voc courses. “When I was the representative of Samar in Congress, Tesda and I had a ver...
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21Feb2013CAMP RUPERTO KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The heightened campaign against illegal logging of the Eastern Visayas Philippine National Police paid off with the arrest of a big-time illegal logger in the morning of February 20 in Paranas, Samar. PNP 8 Regional Director, Police Chief Supt Elmer Ragadio Soria said that with the arrest came the confiscation of a sizeable volume of illegally-sawn lumbers. “The PNP-8 is giving a strong message that it will not tolerate any form of viola...
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21Feb2013MANILA, Peb 21 (PIA) -- Gintagan hin duon kakulop ni Secretary Herminio B. Coloma, Jr. han Presidential Communications Operations Office an kakinahanglanon nga ma-impormaran ngan ma-edukar ha husto nga paagi an mga botante bahin hiton tidaraon nga Mayo 13 nga nasyonal ngan lokal nga pinili-ay agud daw magkaada hin kaangayan gud nga mga lider. Segun kan Coloma, an pagkaada hin husto nga kahibaro bahin hiton mga kandidato ngan han ira mga panlantaw para hiton kabubuwason han nasud en makakabulig ...
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21Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Haros 500 nga baryuhanon han Motiong in makakatagamtam hin talwas nga tubig kun makumpleto na an water system projects yana nga tidaraon nga Hulyo. Ginpondohan an proyekto han Kapitbisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) dida ha Motiong, Samar. Maabot walo nga kairayahan nga barangay han Motiong in nagpili han water system isip proyekto han Kalahi-CIDSS. Igin presentar an nasabi nga mga proyekt...
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21Feb2013MANILA, Feb. 21 -- An gobyerno nasyonal pinaagi han Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) en nakapahamtang na han mga pitad pangandaman ha pagbaton han magigin epekto han bagyo ‘Crising’ nga ha pagkayana en nagdadara hin distruso ha pipira nga mga parti han Mindanao, sering han Malacañang. Dida hin usa nga press statement nga iginpagawas dida han Miyerkoles, nagsering hi Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda nga may nakapahamtang nga P15,528,181.68 nga kantidad para pangandam...
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21Feb2013TALISAY CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Ang gobyerno nakapahimutang na pagpalambo sa inpraestraktura sa Cebu alang sa kaayohan sa patigayon ug turismo nga sektor, ang Presidente Benigno Aquino III nagingon sa Martes. Ang Presidente, miabot sa Cebu sa Martes, ug nagingon nga ang iyang administrasyon nagtrabaho pagpauswag sa mga dalan sa Cebu ug hasta ang langyawanon nga tugpahanan sa eroplano aron ang probinsya mouswag pagmaayo. Iya usab nga giasoy nga gikan sa iyang pagkapot katungdanan sa 2010, ang p...
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21Feb2013MANILA, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Wala malambigit ang pamolitika sa pagpa-paspas sa public service program sa administrasyong Aquino bisan pa sa election period agad sa pangangkon sa ubang sector, nagkanayon ang Malacanang pagka Miyerkoles. Si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda namahayag sa usa ka statement nga ang pasumbingay kalabot sa pagpanghatag og Philhealth cards ug bugas, ingon man pagpadali sa mga public works projects, kabahin sa election campaign mga malisyoso, kay gigamit lamang ang anti-p...
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21Feb2013ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Feb 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways in Leyte (DPWH) – Leyte has been conducting regular inspections of its road projects. The first road project is the rehabilitation, improvement, and construction of JCT-Ormoc-Merida-Isabel-Palompon National Road, Barangay Curva-Domonar-Mabini Barangay Roads, Ormoc City and Palompon roads which is currently being conducted; and the second project is the road upagrading, from gravel to pave, of the Kananga-Tongonan H...
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21Feb2013MANILA, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Ang gobyerno nasyonal pinaagi sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nag butang sa hustong lugar sa mga lakang sa disaster preparedness sa pag tubag sa epekto sa tropical depression nga ‘Crising’ nga sa pagkakaron nag lampurnas sa daghang bahin sa Mindanao, matod pa sa Malacanang. Diha sa usa ka press statement nga gipagawas, si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda nga ingon nga mokabat sa P15,528,181.68 nga standby funds ug P24,121,258 nga kantid...
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21Feb2013MANILA, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Wala’y pamulitika nga nahilambigit diha sa pagpa-uswag sa mga public service programs sa Aquino administration padulong ngadto sa election sumala sa ingon sa ubang mga sektor, matod pa sa Malacanang diha sa Miyerkules. “Ang mga pag sugnod nga ang Aquino administration ug ang iyang mga ka-alyado nanghatag ug mga PhilHealth cards ug bugas ug “nag dali” sa pag implementar sa mga public work projects, komo kabahin sa kampanya sa election nagpahungaw ug anti-people ...
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21Feb2013NAVAL, Biliran, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Along with the strict implementation of the Helmet Law in January this year, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Biliran province in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP), randomly conducts regular enforcement operation for road users’ licenses, registration, and vehicle accessories. Grace Carsido, LTO-Biliran head, warned motorcycle riders especially “habal-habal (multiple-carrier motorcycles)” drivers that their vehicle is intend...
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21Feb2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Organizers of the five-day national boxing championships conducted in this city this week, from February 18 - 22, have high hopes one of the boxers seeing action here will turn out as the country’s bet for Olympics. “There are 132 boxers -- all champions from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. Who knows the next Olympic boxing champion would come from the players here,” said Mayor Maloney Samaco during the opening program Monday afternoon at the ci...
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21Feb2013LAPU-LAPU CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III mitambong pagka Miyerkoles sa grand launching alang sa Mactan Newtown sa Megaworld Corp. ug dinhi iyang gipaniguro sa mga investors nga ang iyang administrasyon padayon nga mohapnig sa patas nga dulaanan para sa mga patigayon. Sa iyang mensahe diha sa launching ceremonies sa proyekto, ang Presidente nagpadayag sa iyang pasalamat sa Megaworld gumikan sa pagsalig niini sa gobyerno ug pagbutang sa usas ilang mga investments sa La...
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21Feb2013MANILA, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Magpapadayon an pagpatuman hin housing programs an gobyerno para han mga tawuhan han Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Iginpatapod ini ni Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Jejomar C. Binay dida han homecoming celebration han Philippine Military Academy ha Fort del Pilar,Baguio City, han ika 16 han Pebrero yana nga tuig. "The housing program for our soldiers is only part of your government's efforts in recognition of yo...
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21Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Feb 21 (PIA) -- Ang lain na sab nga fun run dinhi napanakutan sa presensiya sa mga celebrities. Ang pundok sa katawhan nga mokabat og dul-an sa 6,000 ka mga dumadagan nga nagkatapoks para sa warm-up exercises sa Balyuan amphitheatre pagka kaadlawon adlawng Domingo ning siyudad naniyagit ug misuliyaw dihang upat ka sakop sa Philippine Azkals football team ang mitungha sa entablado. Ang upat, nga mao sila si Misa Baladoran, Carlos de Morga, Patrick Bright, ug Paolo Pascual, nag-...
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21Feb2013PAWING, Palo, Leyte, Peb 21 (PIA) -- An una nga bahin han state-of-the-art nga masobra P300 milyones nga Leyte Convention Center complex in ha diri maiha mahigagamitan na mahitungod nga nakikita han probinsyal nga pangobyernohan han Leyte nga makukumpleto na ini ha una nga quarter han 2013. “An P115-milyones nga main hall han Leyte Convention Center en nakikita nga makukumpleto na dida han una nga semana han Marso 2013,” sering ni Engineer Robert Lugnasin ngadto ha Philippine Information Ag...
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20Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 20 (PIA) -- Close to 500 rural folks of Motiong will have better access to potable water system upon completion of the water system projects in July 2013. The projects are funded by the Kapitbisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) in Motiong, Samar. Eight hinterland barangays of Motiong chose the construction of a water system or improvement of existing ones. Kalahi –CIDSS area coordinator Ma. Christina Man...
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20Feb2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Feb 20 (PIA) -- In its efforts to become a serious contender in the Information and Communications Technology – Business Process Outsourcing (ICT-BPO) industry, the Eastern Visayas Federation of Information Technology (EVFIT) is being modeled after one of the best ICT councils in the Philippines, the Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology or CEDF-IT. Engr. Egardo M. Esperancilla, DOST-8 director and RICTC chairperson, said the ICT-BPO industry...
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20Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 20 (PIA) -- Gandara farmers who joined the Samar Peace and Development Caravan organized by the Office of the Presidential Adviser (OPAPP) and the LGU of Samar received 2,000 dwarf coconuts. Philippine Coconut Development Authority – Samar Chief Meinard Montano sought the help of the army in transporting the seednuts to the barangay. Dwarf coconuts begin to fruit in three to five years unlike the native trees that start to blossom at 10 years. It bears coconuts at...
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20Feb2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 20 (PIA) -- More than 500 rural folks from the four hinterlands of Gandara flocked to the Samar peace and development caravan, Tuesday. The caravan, a convergence of 20 government agencies, ushered programs like medical-dental services, circumcision, and free haircut from the police and the army, massage therapy from the Tesda Specialistas and free coconut, mahogany seedlings and vegetable seeds from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and Provincial Agriculture. ...
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20Feb2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, Feb.20 (PIA) -- The 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division in Catbalogan City said that while the troop was conducting security operations Tuesday at Barangay Happy Valley, San Isidro, Northern Samar at around 1:05 p.m., they recovered two landmines and other explosive devices in an abandoned NPA camp. “The recovery of landmines is a clear and direct manifestation of the NPA's wanton disregard to human life and that the NPA continuously violates Human Rights and Inter...
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20Feb2013ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Feb 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Leyte recently had Grade III pupils from Saint Ann’s Play School as "guests" in their office. This early, the youngsters were learning what an agency that shovels up dirt and creates traffic is actually doing good for the country. They learn that infrastructure building which is what the agency mainly does, is part of nation building. According to Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez, engineer of the DPWH, Engr....
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20Feb2013MANILA, Peb 20 (PIA) -- Kwarenta y singko nga empleyado san Bureau of Immigration (BI) in nawaraan trabaho resulta san makusog nga kampanya san buhatan kontra san korapsyon ngan diri epesyente nga personahe. Si BI Commissioner Ricardo David, Jr. nagpahamtang nga sa 45 nga empleyado nga gintanggal tikang pa sadto nga Enero 2011, 39 sini an na dismiss tungod sin serious administrative offense samtang an unom ginwara sa lista kumo empleyado tungod san absence without leave (AWOL) o wara sulod sul...
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20Feb2013MANILA, Peb 20 (PIA) -- Ginpahayag han Malacañang nga naghihimangraw an mga tinaglawas han Pilipinas ngan Malaysia ha paglaom nga makadangat hin mahimyang nga kasolbaran ngada han usa na ka semana nga diri pagkakasabot ha butnga han mga otoridad han Malaysia ngan hin maabot 100 nga mga Pilipino nga ginmando-an ni Sultan Jamalul Kiram han Sulu nga angkonon en kaparte han estado han Sabah han Malaysia. Dida hin usa nga press briefing ha Malacañang kakulop, nagsering hi Presidential Spokesperson...
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20Feb2013QUEZON CITY, Peb 20 (PIA) -- Mipagawas na ang Department of Education (DepEd) sa giya sa pagsukod sa year-end school readiness sa mga kindergarten aron masuta ang ilang pre-schooling progress ug mahatagan sila sa interbensyon sa ilang pagtuon. Ang edukasyon sa kindergarten gimando sa tanan pampublikong tunghaan niadtong 2011 pinaagi sa Republic Act 10157. Aron mahisayran ang performance level sa tanan tinun-an sa kinder pupils, mipagawas ang DepEd sa School Readiness Year-end Assessment (...
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20Feb2013MANILA, Feb 20 (PIA) – Naglaum nga makakab’ot ug malinawon nga pagdesidir sa tibuuk semana nga “standoff” sa butnga sa awtoridad s