“Southern Leyte, Gibo country,” says solon
By Jani Arnaiz
March 8, 2010
MAASIN CITY – After telling local media in jest last month that the Lakas Party will disintegrate should presidential bet Gilbert Teodoro’s rating would not pick-up in March, Southern Leyte solon vowed to stay with him come what may.
Rep. Roger Mercado, the province lone district representative, made the vow right after [...]
Rep. Mercado favors BNPP opening
By Jani Arnaiz
MAASIN CITY – Southern Leyte Rep. Roger Mercado has urged the government to reopen the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) saying the mothballed power plant is safe.
He said the reopening of the BNPP will solve the current energy crisis the country is facing.
“Those who said that the BNPP is unsafe are only speculating. [...]
GSIS leads 5 gov’t agencies for unified ID card
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (March 2) — Move over eCard Plus. Here comes UMID, or Unified Multi-Purpose Identification Card.
Vilma Mooney, Regional Manager of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), in a casual meeting with members of local media Friday evening, Feb. 26, at Supercha restaurant here, announced that the State-owned pension fund would be [...]
Legality hampers prosecution
By Jani Arnaiz
MAASIN CITY – Provincial PNP director Senior Supt. Pepito Pacada on Wednesday admitted the lack of ample legal knowledge among police personnel in filing cases against suspects on drug related cases.
The admission came on the heels of a dismissed case due to technicality involving scion of political families charged of illegal possession [...]
Election season increase in consumer spending
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (23 February) — Call it stating the obvious, but an official of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) has noted that the election period, as always, brings with it an increase in consumer spending, albeit artificial.
Florencio Aguillos, Board Secretary to the RTWPB, was referring to the legitimate income earned [...]
The known and unknown in automation
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (22 February) — It is unfortunate, indeed, that private telecommunications giants harbored fears of being attacked or terrorized in providing the central technology backbone for the upcoming automated polls.
We just hope they had changed their minds, and reconsidered their positions, to focus on what needs to be done right at [...]
City nominates Mayor Samaco as Urban Health Champion: 1000 Cities, 1000 Lives Program
by RG Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte (18 February) — The City of Maasin through the Health City Initiatives prepares Mayor Maloney Samaco as a nominee for the Urban Health Champion: 1,000 cities, 1000 lives campaign program.
The global movement which encourages to make all cities healthier is in preparation for the World Health Day 2010 to [...]
DOLE turns over P300,000 to Maasin City for Nego-Kart program
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (15 February) — City Mayor Maloney Samaco received this morning a check in the amount of P 300,000 from Atty. Forter Puguon, Regional Director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), at the city gymnasium here following the Monday flag-raising rites with city hall employees.
Samaco, upon receipt of the check, [...]
DOLE, Maasin City celebrate National Working Youth Day
ByR.G. Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte (17 February) — To be able to recognize the contributions of the working youth to nation building, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in close coordination with Maasin City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) celebrated the Working Youth Day Friday at the city’s gymnasium.
Fe Norma Valuis, DOLE Chief [...]
DSWD-8 evaluates YNS program in Maasin City
By R.G. Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte (15 February) — There were at least 30 beneficiaries out of 40 who were evaluated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) based in Tacloban City Friday here to find out if the objectives of the Youth National Service Program was absorbed in each community they were [...]
