Gov. Mercado bares high-end development in Agas-Agas bridge

By Bong Pedalino

MAASIN CITY — The country’s tallest bridge will soon be installed with the country’s longest zip-line facility — and much more.

Aside from the kilometer-long air-borne slide thrill, which is a captive come-on for extreme adventure lovers, the vicinities surrounding Agas-Agas bridge in barangay Kahupian, Sogod, will have matching amenities like hotels, restaurants, even a gasoline station, to cater to the rest and relaxation needs of weary commuters and the travelling public, not just thrill seekers.

This was the futuristic vision shared by Gov. Damian …

2010 plant-a-million-trees campaign kicks off

By Bong Pedalino

MAASIN CITY – A year-long drive to plant one million trees for the entire 2010 in this city and the rest of Southern Leyte province was launched at the city gymnasium here today.

Accepting the challenge to do just that, or even surpassing the one million figure with trees that can survive on their own, were representatives from a cross-section of local society, such as government officials, heads of agencies, police, the military, students, youth leaders, motorcab drivers, and common folks who organized themselves …

DepEd 8 welcomes new OIC regional director

TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Education Regional Office No. 8 has a new Officer in Charge of the Office Office of the Regional Director.

DepED Administrative Officer Nimfa G. Beltran informed that effective November 12, 2009, the OIC-RD is Dr. Rose Marie Felicidad V. Saet.

The DepEd Administrative Officer called on all the government agencies, local government units and other education stakeholders and clients to please address all communications to the new OIC of the Regional Office at the Department of Education Regional Office 8, Government Center, Candahug, …

Lilith’s Bocarillo: a successful SME story

By Ronald O. Reyes

“Hard-work and patience, not just luck!”

Lilia Gil Oraiz or Mana Lilith summed up the wisdom she learned in nearly three decades since her family first put up the “bocarillo” business in the early 80’s.

Located in Barangay Ibarra, Maasin City, the new and well-designed Lilith’s Bocarillo store now stands as a concrete example how small-medium enterprises (SME’s) in the countryside can also be rewarding and profitable through sheer determination and endless improvement of the product.

With only two workers during its first operation and with an …