Gov. E. Jaro Elementary School (GEJES) in Babatngon, Leyte has new school building that will serve as additional venue for the journey of students and teachers towards quality education.
GEJES school head Valentin Trapela said the school project, in the amount of P4 million, involves the construction of 1-Storey building with two standard-size classrooms funded by the Department of Education (DepEd).
Trapela said that this school building project was completed just in time for the opening of classes for academic year 2019. He added that the 1-Storey, 2-Classroom school building can accommodate more or less 80 students, considering the 1:40 classroom-student ratio.
This building will provide students and teachers a conducive learning facility, one that is new and a lot more comfortable. He said that the building will be used by two Grade 1 sections and added that it will answer the lack of classrooms they had experienced in the past years, benefiting the students as well as the teachers and the community.
(Note: The writer, Shellarica C. Arinto is a Teacher III at Gov. E. Jaro Elementary School in Babatngon II District, Babatngon, Leyte)

By SHELLARICA C. ARINTO

TACLOBAN CITY-A businessman based this city was shot dead by still unidentified suspects on Sunday (July 14).
The victim was identified as Manuel Tan,50,who was gunned down while he was about to enter ACN Hardware, of which he owned located in Barangay 74 located along Lower Nula-Tula, this city, at about 6:55 am.
Based on a police report, the victim arrived in front of his establishment on board of his vehicle Toyota Rush then blow his horn in order for the security guard to open the gate.
While the security guard, Anaclito Labanan, 39, was about to open the gate, the three unidentified suspects approached the victim from his side and fired the latter several times.
The victim sustained gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body. Right after the incident, suspects fled on-board of a motorcycle bringing with the weapons used.
The victim was rushed to the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center by the responding police officers for medical attention but he was pronounced dead-on-arrival by the attending physician Dr. Glenn Guzman at about 7:29 am.
During crime scene investigation conducted by members of the scene of the crime operatives were able to recover three pieces fired cartridges, one fired bullet and two live ammunitions for .45 Caliber pistol. (PR)

TACLOBAN CITY- Classes in all levels across Biliran province were suspended Monday(July 15) due to the bad weather brought by tropical depression ‘Falcon.’
The suspension of classes were signed by all the eight mayors of the province to ensure the safety of the students.
In Cabucgayan town, more than 3,000 students from elementary and college were affected by the suspension of classes, said Hossana Gomez, town planning officer and formerly its disaster risk reduction management officer.
“We have been experiencing moderate to heavy rains since Saturday,” she said in a phone interview.
Gomez said that upon the orders of Mayor Marisol Masbag, the town rescue team members immediately conducted their operations like checking the condition of their rivers that could bulge due to nonstop rain and could result to flooding or landslide.
Ten out of the town’s 13 barangays are identified to be susceptible to flooding and landslide.
The provincial disaster risk reduction management office is also monitoring all rivers of their levels as they directed the local government units across the province to take the needed precautionary measures and monitor the weather condition.
Aside from Cabucgayan, classes were also suspended in the towns of Maripipi, Culaba, Biliran town, Culaba, Almeria, Caibiran, Kawayan, and at the provincial capitol of Naval.
Work, both in the government and private establishments, were not suspended.(JOEY A. GABIETA)