Everybody’s guilty in the Aug.23 hostage-crisis
MUSING MAASIN
By Ronald O. Reyes
Bang!
Down went the reputation of the Philippines in the face of the entire world.
Like other Filipinos who were glued in their TV set, radio, phone and internet to get the latest update of the 11-hour hostage-drama staged by a dismissed senior police officer against his 25 hostages (composed of 22 Hongkong [...]
Sharing Pacman’s dream
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (4 August) — So now we awakened to the fantastic reality that the world’s deadliest boxer has metamorphosed into a lawmaker.
No big deal here, really, because we have already internalized this fact into our consciousness during the duration of the latest political period.
And nothing unusual here, either, in the sense [...]
Maasin eyes Tacloban City mayor and wife as 10th Charter Day guests
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (3 August) — The city government here has invited Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez and his wife, Cristina Gonzales Romualdez, who is also an incumbent City Councilor, to be the guests as the city celebrates its tenth Charter Day next week on August 10.
This was bared by City Mayor Maloney Samaco [...]
TESDA-Isuzu training center in Tacloban opens house on August 5
Tacloban City, Leyte — TESDA Region 8 Director Juan M. Sabulao, Jr. informed that an Open House will be conducted at the TESDA-Isuzu Automotive Mechanic Training Center on August 4 in order to showcase the various skills acquired by the Center Scholars.
Director Sabulao said that a Motorcade will be conducted at 8:30 in the morning [...]
Guinsaugon village chief killed in blast
By Jani Arnaiz
Inquirer Visayas
First Posted 22:56:00 07/08/2010
Filed Under: Explosion
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Philippines – A barangay chairman in St. Bernard died on Thursday reportedly due to a bomb explosion at his farmhouse in Ground Zero of the old Guinsaugon village.
Police Senior Inspector Billy Billaoac said New Guinsaugon Barangay (village) chairman Iglecerio Coquilla was killed at [...]
We are back!
June 21, 2010
AFTER over a month of hiatus, The Reporter online will resume its operations bringing news and feature stories in and about Southern Leyte province and the rest of the Eastern Visayas.
The Reporter online opted for unforced break to heal and “put ice” on the heated minds of its bloggers from the opposing camps.
Unfounded [...]
LP, Castañares junk Lerias-Saludo tandem, go for Mercados
By Jani Arnaiz
May 6, 2010
MAASIN CITY –The Liberal Party provincial hierarchy will junk the candidates of Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas in the province of Southern Leyte.
The Liberal Party has no provincial candidates for congressman, governor and city mayor but Noynoy has chosen NPC bets Dundeet Lerias for governor and her mother former Gov. Rosette [...]
Know your candidates for So. Leyte
It’s a Facebook campaign for S. Leyte’s bets; meet Jerome, Jeffrey and Ramil
By Jani Arnaiz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:14:00 04/30/2010
Filed Under: Elections, Internet, Social networking
THEY ARE YOUNG and unknown to the political arena of Southern Leyte province.
Yet, the Roden brothers, Jerome, 33, and Jeffrey, 31, are unfazed. They are running for governor and congressman, respectively, [...]
Know your candidates for So. Leyte
‘I am hoping for an increased involvement of the people,’ Dudeet Lerias
By Ronald O. Reyes
(Below is the full transcript of the interview with So. Leyte gubernatorial candidate Ms. Marisa “Dundeet” Lerias (NPC) and this writer via electronic mail.)
The Reporteronline: For the second time, you are running against incumbent Gov. Damian Mercado, [...]
DPWH Sec. Domingo leads inauguration of Himay-angan-Silago-Abuyog 23rd Yen road projects
By Bong Pedalino
Silago, Southern Leyte (March 7) — At a junction in this municipality that indicates which road direction is going to barangay Himay-angan, Liloan, or Abuyog, Leyte, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vic Domingo on Friday, March 5, led the ribbon cutting ceremony and the unveiling of two markers.
He was joined [...]
