Candidates sign peace covenant in Ormoc
By Elvie Roman-Roa
ORMOC CITY – Local candidates on Sunday signed a covenant for honest, meaningful and peaceful elections (HOPE) for the May elections.
Spearheaded by the Comelec, PNP, Philippine Army and the Philippine Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), the covenant signing held at the Superdome was attended by the Lakas, Libera/Kaabag parties and independent [...]
Popcom updates in media meeting
By Elvie Roman-Roa
ORMOC CITY – Provincial Population Officers from Region 8 meet for a quarter media conference in Ormoc to give update on the status of the Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) as applied on different cities and municipalities.
OIC – POPCOM Regional Director Ms. Elnora Pulma led the three-day quarter conference held in Sabin [...]
Goma supporters would still vote for him
By Elvie Roa
ORMOC CITY – Supporters of disqualified 4th district representatives in Leyte, Richard Gomez will still vote for him.
Liberal Party Mayoralty candidate in Ormoc, Engr. Marcos Larrazabal, an ally of Gomez, said they would continue to vote for him since his name is already in the official ballot of the Comelec for this May [...]
P10 million fire hit Ormoc City
By Elvie Roman-Roa
ORMOC CITY – About P10 million worth of commodities went up in smoke Sunday morning in fire that hit a rice mill cum bodega owned by Loreto Chu (Chu Liante)in Ormoc City.
Senior Fire Officer 1 Roel Wenceslao, investigator of the Ormoc fire department said the burnt commodities were thousands of sacks of white [...]
Brontispa infestation alarming
By Roberto C. Dejon
ORMOC CITY – The infestation of Brontispa longissima (commonly known coconut leaf beetle) in many barangays of the city has become bigger and some areas are on alarming stage, City Agriculture Service Office has said.
CASO technicians Edgar Apas and Juliet Cruz during an actual monitoring in Brgy. Monterico, disclosed that almost [...]
BJMP “residents” value formation recepients
By Elvie Roa
ORMOC CITY — Inspector Enrico Fevidal Ormoc BJMP Warden disclosed that bjmp Ormoc is one of the recipients for the Therapeutic Communication (TC) Modality Program, a national program and encouraged by the Regional office to be strictly implemented.
It is a Value Formation seminar, attended by 97 inmates started last February 2 and will [...]
Ormoc BJMP gets funding for prerimeter
By Elvie Roman-roa
ORMOC CITY – Ormoc Bureau of Jail Management and Penology warden Senior Inspector Enrico Fevidal expressed his gratitude to Ormoc LGU particularly
to Mayor Eric “Beboy” Codilla, for the P2.1 million worth of perimeter wall, as a counterpart of bjmp’s P1.4 million building.
The building now occupied by 12 female inmates, is being secured [...]
EVRAA to be held in 3 venues
By Elvie Roa
ORMOCCITY – After no takers to host this year’s Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association (EVRAA) due to time constraint and the upcoming elelctions, the Regional Sport’s Board decided to hold regional meet in three venues, says Ormoc DepEd Sports Supervisor Ernesto Barquio.
Barquio said the venues were clustered in cluster I Tacloban City Division, [...]
Driver trapped for 4 hours
By Roberto C. Dejon
ORMOC CITY – Local rescue group took more than 4 hours to get a bus driver who was trapped in his driver’s seat after the passenger bus he was driving bumped into a concrete wall.
PCP1 chief P/CInsp. Neil Montaño, identified the victim as Jerry Subico, driver Pepe Bus line bearing plate number [...]
So. Leyte DAR officials visit Ormoc cassava industry
By Ronnie C. Roa
Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers of Southern Leyte including the DAR Provincial Officer and a non-government organization went to Ormoc City last Monday, January 18 to inquire about Tapioca Industry.
Agapito “Yongyong” Pongos, National Chairman of Philippine Tapioca Board and proprietor of Early 7 Marketing introduced the cassava industry to the visitors from Southern [...]
