Ormoc gets post harvest handling techniques
By Ronnie C. Roa
ORMOC CITY – An old technology to preserve the life span of farm products is finally introduced to the city’s farmers.
The post harvest handling technologies on horticulture crops with a theme “Save the Harvest, Raise the Profit” conducted by post harvest expert Dr. Perlita A. Nuevo at the Codilla’s guest house [...]
Scions of prominent families held for “shabu”
By Jani Arnaiz
First posted 13:34 December 19, 2009
MAASIN CITY – A crack team from the regional offices of PDEA and CIDG have arrested two scions of prominent political families here dawn on Saturday.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group team arrested Manuel Enage IV and Gerard Yñiguez at around 2:30 [...]
Maasin City mayor is subcamp chief in 26th Asia-Pacific Jamboree
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (December 19) — City Mayor Maloney Samaco has been designated as one of the Subcamp Chiefs for the 26th Asia-Pacific Jamboree to be held at Mount Makiling, Laguna, from December 28 up to January 3, 2010, a regional gathering of Boy Scouts and Scouters coming from different councils around the country, [...]
Detained military officers figure in scuffle
(Aquino is a native of Maasin City – thereporteronline.com.ph)
Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
December 13, 2009
MANILA, Philippines—A bemedalled Marine Colonel and an Army officer detained in connection with the Marine standoff in 2006 were set to file criminal charges against each other after they figured in a scuffle inside a detention facility at Camp Aguinaldo on Saturday [...]
Gov’t radio told to stay neutral
By Jani Arnaiz
First posted 10:56 p.m. December 16, 2009
MAASIN CITY – A top official of the Philippine Broadcasting Services (PBS) has urged its reporters to be non-partisan in the next elections.
Monina Cespedes, deputy director of the PBS, a government owned radio networks, told reporters and station managers of its radio stations from Samar, Leyte, [...]
2010 BSP National Rover Moot and One-Visayas Jamboree in Maasin
MISSIONS AND SIGHTS AND MOTIONS
By Maloney Samaco
The Boys Scouts of the Philippines Eastern Visayas Regional Council approved the back-to back hosting of the 7th National Rover Moot and the 1st One-Visayas Jamboree during its meeting last October 10, 2009 at Bohol BSP Council Office in Tagbilaran City. Presided over by yours truly, the original [...]
Eight days of Martial Rule
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (15 December) — Martial Law has been lifted in Maguindanao after a record eight days of swift implementation, from December 4 to 12, 2009.
With this development, perennial critics of the government were pleased and appeased. Or were they?
Virtually far from it, for they will always have bagful of alibis [...]
Military encounters private armed group in Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY (December 16) — Operatives of the 19th Infantry Battalion encountered unidentified armed men alleged to be members of private armed group, at Sitio Baras, Barangay Baril, San Isidro, Leyte, on December 14, 2009, about 6:00 0′clock in the morning.
The 19th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army disclosed that civilians observed the presence of [...]
Father and son salvaged
By Roberto C. Dejon
Palompon, Leyte — Local police authorities of this town are facing a blank wall over the motive of the killing of a father and his son whose dead bodies were found in the boundaries of two villages here on Sunday.
P/SInsp. Federico Sanchez, the PNP chief of this town identified the victims as [...]
RDC-8 asks GSIS to answer complaints of gov’t. workers
RDC-8 asks GSIS to answer complaints of gov’t. workers
By Jonnie H. Buenaventura
Tacloban City (14 December) — The Regional Development Council (RDC-8) has unanimously approved a resolution expressing support to the demand of RDC Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) for the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to respond to the complaints of government workers.
The meeting, which was [...]
