Two vessels collide in Liloan ferry terminal
By Jani Arnaiz
MAASIN CITY – The two vessels that collided about 150 meters from Liloan port on Monday were allowed to sail back to Lipata Surigao city after the incident, Maasin Coast Guard office in Maasin said.
Chief Petty Officer Michael Romero said the two vessels left Lipata, Surigao one hour after the other but [...]
Rep. Mercado says Lakas to evaluate “Gibo” campaign strategy
By Jani Arnaiz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 17:39:00 02/10/2010
Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Politics
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – The Lakas-Kampi-NUCD party executive committee will meet in March to evaluate their campaign strategies, should the survey ratings of the party standard bearer, former defense secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, fail to improve, Southern Leyte Representative Roger [...]
High-tech vigilance
TALKING POINT
by Bong Pedalino
Maasin City — This week, starting on February 9 to be precise, the circus that is called the election campaign for the national elective posts will be officially on.
These campaigns had been on, actually, ever since September last year, thanks or no thanks to the no-more-premature-campaigning name of the game.
The only [...]
ADB top officials proud over projects in SLeyte
By Jani Arnaiz
Maasin City, Southern Leyte
DRIVING THROUGH paved roads for more than two hours was just “nothing” to top ADB officials.
Even detouring along the way toward upland barangays when the road becomes rough and bumpy, a situation which Hinunangnons (natives of Hinunangan, Southern Leyte town) have long lived since the time of Marcos regime, ADB [...]
2010 plant-a-million-trees campaign kicks off
By Bong Pedalino
MAASIN CITY – A year-long drive to plant one million trees for the entire 2010 in this city and the rest of Southern Leyte province was launched at the city gymnasium here today.
Accepting the challenge to do just that, or even surpassing the one million figure with trees that can survive on [...]
Lilith’s Bocarillo: a successful SME story
By Ronald O. Reyes
“Hard-work and patience, not just luck!”
Lilia Gil Oraiz or Mana Lilith summed up the wisdom she learned in nearly three decades since her family first put up the “bocarillo” business in the early 80’s.
Located in Barangay Ibarra, Maasin City, the new and well-designed Lilith’s Bocarillo store now stands as a concrete example [...]
BIR to impose 5% tax on election campaign-related expenditures
By RG Cadavos
Maasin City, Southern Leyte (22 January) — In the midst of the government’s widening budget deficit, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has been looking for an available sources for additional tax revenues.
In a press release sent to PIA, Chief Revenue Officer II Benjamin A. Mari based in Palo. Leyte said that the [...]
Birth pains for high-tech polls
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (25 January) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Jose Melo was right. “We are comfortable with the preparations that we have,” the man in-charge of the action for the 2010 computerized elections was quoted as saying.
“The pace of the preparations is going quite well. We have invested a lot [...]
The fate of 16 towns, cities
TALKING POINT
By Bong Pedalino
Maasin City (19 January) — Last time I heard, the controversial Supreme Court (SC) decision regarding the 16 new cities case had become final and executory in favor of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP. This was on May 21, 2009.
Then suddenly, four days before Christmas, 2009, the SC reversed [...]
Maasin’s fluvial parade bigger this year
By Jani Arnaiz
January 18, 2010
MAASIN CITY – Incessant rain did not deter hundreds of residents including several foreigners from watching the annual fluvial parade in honor of feast of Sto. Niño in the
City Sunday afternoon.
They were at the Maasin pier where the parade started and the city coastal areas dancing to the beat of [...]
