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By Bong Pedalino
Manila — Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan should not cower in ignominy because of a mistake not of his own doing.
Rather, he should remain standing tall among his equals, head held up, eyes wide open, for being man enough to have issued an apology outright, and for accepting full responsibility of it all.
As [...]
Erap campaigns for the Codilla’s
By Elvie Roman-Roa
ORMOC CITY – Former President Joseph “Erap“ Estrada of Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino and PDP Laban party of the United Opposition have endorsed the candidacies of Lakas-Kampi party here in the fourth district.
Erap, his vice president Jojo Binay and six senatoriables Jinggoy Estrada, Kit Tatad, Rodolfo Plaza, JV Bautista, Jun Lozada and Johnny [...]
BEI pass test for automated polls
By Bong Pedalino
Southern Leyte — Nearly all mentors in this province can be up to the task of providing the needed user-friendly assistance to voters at the precinct level in the first-ever computerized elections to be held in this province.
This much can be gleaned after a rigorous training was conducted for those with intent to [...]
No suspect yet on teacher’s murder
By Jani Arnaiz
MAASIN CITY – Three weeks after the gruesome murder of 63 years old Petra Pongase, inside her room in Dongon village, the police has yet to detain a suspect/s.
Pongase, an elementary school teacher, was found dead and half naked nine hours after the reported time of her death early dawn of March 31.
In [...]
No San Francisco Javier in Hanginan on Good Friday!
By Jani Arnaiz
A tradition ever since the early 19th century, tens of thousands of devotees from all over the region and even from Mindanao flocked yearly every Good Friday to the San Francisco Javier shrine in a mountain barangay of Hanginan, Maasin City, a two and a half hour trek of rugged trail.
On regular Fridays, [...]
Reflections and realities: Onli in the Pilipins
MUSING MAASIN
By Ronald O. Reyes
The past Holy Week was an opportune time for everyone to sit back, relax, and take the long view—particularly on pressing subjects like what I dubbed here as 3Ps: politics,
politicians, and politicking.
This corner has realized that these 3Ps are far more important subjects other than those with what our dear readers [...]
Alvero: I will not promise; I’ll do it!
By Ronald O. Reyes
TACLOBAN CITY—Looks like the 2nd district of Leyte is having a strong and aggressive contender for its congressional post in the name of Engr. Ashley Alvero.
In a chance interview, Alvero, who is touted as “the right man” by his supporters, bared his three-point agenda to push the district into its maximum development.
“Our [...]
“Party’s intact,” Apostol assures supporters
By Eden Benusa-Reyes
BARUGO, Leyte–No less Eastern Visayas Lakas-CMD-KAMPI stalwart Atty. Sergio Apostol has confirmed that their merged-group is solid than ever amid the growing suspicion that the administrative party is on the brink of splintering after its presidential standard bearer Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro quit the national chairmanship last week.
Apostol, former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s chief legal [...]
100 days countdown towards golden anniversary kicks off
By RG Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte (25 March) — The 100 days countdown just before the 50th Founding Anniversary celebration of the province of Southern Leyte this coming July 1st kicked off yesterday, March 23 with a motorcade around the city proper.
The afternoon motorcade participated by local government officials and employees and some concerned citizens [...]
Gov vows help to So. Leyte LGUs willing to avail of iTax
By Erna Gorne
Southern Leyte (March 25) — Aiming to increase income generation and to establish efficient revenue collection not only for the provincial government, Governor Damian G. Mercado offered assistance to the local government untis here to set up work stations and server clones as required by the GTZ ? German government in the computerization [...]
