Cong. Mercado warns OFWs to beware being used as mule for illegal drug syndicates abroad
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (29 August) — A mule is an animal used as beast of burden in other countries, having a horse-like appearance but usually smaller than a regular horse.
In the illegal drug trade, especially abroad, they also have a language called a “mule,” which means a carrier of a banned substance, like cocaine, [...]
To be a cop
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (26 August) — It is easy to understand where dismissed Sr. Inspector Rolando Mendoza’s trouble is coming from: a clamor to be heard which was unheard, if his stories are to be believed.
What is not easy to understand was the manner by which he tried to call attention to his [...]
Eastern Visayas tourism officers shows sympathy with hostage victims
By RG Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte – Due to the tourist bus hostage crisis, Monday, August 23, the Association of Tourism Officers in Eastern Visayas requested the support of local government leaders to show a gesture of sympathy to the victims as well as to manifest the strong campaign that the Philippines remains as a [...]
Maasin City distributes 82,000 tilapia fingerlings for backyard farming
By Erna Gorne
Maasin City — Tilapia fingerlings propagation together with the product display of new agricultural products, namely mango, rambutan and durian fruits are among the highlights during the conduct of the traditional Pabulhon, the city’s agri and aqua fair in time with the twin celebrations of the 10th Charter Day celebration of Maasin Cityhood [...]
Names on billboards
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (19 August) — First, it was Sen. Francis Escudero who proposed a bill banning the names of politicians who claimed credit on government projects funded by government money, that is, taxpayers’ money.
Like a bomb that began with a bang, the idea did not necessarily end with a whimper, simply because [...]
2 killed, 11 hurt as jeep falls into ravine in Southern Leyte
By Jani Arnaiz
Inquirer Visayas
First Posted 14:19:00 08/24/2010
Filed Under: Road Accidents, Road Transport
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Two persons were killed and 11 others were wounded when a passenger jeep fell into a 50-foot deep ravine in Sta. Cruz village, 17 km from the city proper, on Tuesday morning.
The fatalities were [...]
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 [...]
VP Binay to lead joint national rover moot and One Visayas Jamboree in Maasin City
By Erna S. Gorne
Maasin City (August 4) — Instead of joining the 10th Maasin City Charter Day celebration this month as its guest speaker, Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is also the National President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP), however, confirmed his attendance to led the joint 7th National Rover Moot and [...]
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 [...]
DepEd opens Maasin City SPED Center
By Erna Gorne
Maasin City (July 30) — The formal opening of the Maasin City Sped Center brings hope to the differently abled children in the commuity who wants to get education despite their physical and mental limitations, on the other hand, the center also accommodates those children who are fast learners.
The first ever center in [...]
