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 [...]

Goma says disqualification case, a political harassment

By Ronnie C. Roa
ORMOC CITY – Leyte’s 4th district congressional candidate, actor Richard Gomez dismissed the disqualification case filed against him as “merely political harassment” to be used as black propaganda.
Gomez is facing a disqualification case of non-resident filed by former Barangay Libertad chairman Buenaventura Juntilla at the Comelec national office. The 1st hearing was [...]

New items at city health department mulled

By Roberto C. Dejon
ORMOC CITY – City Mayor Eric C. Codilla is mulling over the creation of new items at the city health department to augment its present manpower.
Codilla said he had discussed on Monday with City Health Unit head Dr. Nelita Navales to present what are the needed items especially now that the [...]

Ormoc gets post harvest handling techniques

By Ronnie C. Roa
ORMOC CITY – An old technology to preserve the life span of farm products is finally introduced to the city’s farmers.
The post harvest handling technologies on horticulture crops with a theme “Save the Harvest, Raise the Profit” conducted by post harvest expert Dr. Perlita A. Nuevo at the Codilla’s guest house [...]

Father and son salvaged

By Roberto C. Dejon
Palompon, Leyte — Local police authorities of this town are facing a blank wall over the motive of the killing of a father and his son whose dead bodies were found in the boundaries of two villages here on Sunday.
P/SInsp. Federico Sanchez, the PNP chief of this town identified the victims as [...]

Former village chief seeks disqualification of actor Richard Gomez

By Roberto C. Dejon
ORMOC CITY — An eight pages petition for disqualification against congressional candidate Richard Gomez was filed at the Commission on Election (COMELEC) in Manila last Dec. 5 by a former barangay chairman of this city.
Buenaventura Juntilla, former barangay captain of Brgy. Libertad, Ormoc City, in his petition said that Gomez who was [...]

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