Samar pols sign peace pact for safe elections

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Screen Shot 2022-04-02 at 1.04.28 PM — SAMAR PEACE COVENANT. Major candidates in Samar signed a peace agreement on March 29 to help ensure that the elections in the province will be peaceful and orderly. Among those who signed the agreement, facilitated by the Commission on Elections and the police and Army organizations, were Rep. Sharee Ann Tan, who is running for governor, and Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento, who is seeking reelection for Samar’s first congressional district. (COMELEC)

Province been tagged as a hot spot area

SAMAR PEACE COVENANT. Major candidates in Samar signed a peace agreement on March 29 to help ensure that the elections in the province will be peaceful and orderly. Among those who signed the agreement, facilitated by the Commission on Elections and the police and Army organizations, were Rep. Sharee Ann Tan, who is running for governor, and Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento, who is seeking reelection for Samar’s first congressional district. (COMELEC)

TACLOBAN CITY- Major candidates from Samar who are running in the May 9 elections signed a peace covenant with the hope that the balloting in the province will be peaceful and orderly.
The signing of the peace covenant, held last March 29 at the 8th Infantry Division headquarters at Camp Maulong, Catbalogan City, was witnessed by top officials of the Commission on Elections(Comelec), Philippine National Police(PNP), and the Philippine Army(PA).
The candidates who signed the peace agreement were Governor Michael Reynolds Tan who is running for Samar’s second congressional district; Rep. Sharee Ann Tan, who is seeking the gubernatorial post against Gemma Zosa; and Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento of Samar’s first congressional district whose post is being challenged by Stephen James Tan.
Also present were those seeking for the posts of the vice governor and provincial board members.
The covenant, calls, among others, for the candidates to shun any activities that will thwart the will of the electorate like the use of violence and vote-buying.
Comelec Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said that he was glad that the candidates, both from the opposing sides, agreed to sign the covenant as he vowed that the poll body will ensure that the May 9 balloting will be fair and transparent.
“Our chairman (Saidamin Pangarungan) promised that we will ensure full and complete transparency (in the conduct of the) elections,” he said.
Both PNP Chief Dionardo Carlos and AFP Chief of Staff Andres Centino also guaranteed that aside from clean elections, the conduct of balloting in Samar province will be peaceful and orderly.
Carlos, who once served as Eastern Visayas police director, hailed the signing of the agreement.
“We ask the voting public, the candidates and other stakeholders to be with us to ensure that the conduct of the elections will be peaceful and orderly,” he said.
Centino, meantime, said that he has directed all ground commanders to organize units that will be ready to address any possible election-related incidents, adding that he has received a directive from President Rodrigo Duterte to ensure that the May 9 elections not only in Samar but in the rest of the country will be safe, orderly and peaceful.
Samar has been tagged in previous elections to be a concern or hot spot area due to killing incidents said to be perpetrated by either private armed groups or by members of the New People’s Army.
National Security Adviser and vice chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (NTF- ELAC) Sec. Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. also attended the signing of the peace agreement.
Also present were Major Gen.Edgardo De Leon, the commanding officer of the 8th ID; Comelec Regional Director Noli Pipo; and Bishop Isabelo Abarquez of the Diocese of Calbayog, among others.

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Fathers and sons square off for mayor, vice mayor

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MATAG-OB, Leyte-The father and son tandem of businessman Bernie and Vincent Tacoy held their proclamation rally with hundreds of supporters joining them from mass to caravan around the municipality.
Clad in green shirts, hundreds of supporters in motorbikes and cars joined the Tacoys and their slate in the motorcade visiting every village of the municipality.
The father and son tandem is running against incumbent Mayor Michael Torrevillas and his son Vice Mayor Bushi Torrevillas.
The family has been ruling the political scene of Matag-ob town for about 30 years.
During the proclamation rally held last Friday, Tacoy and the One Matag-ob team promised to bring development to the municipality by implementing infrastructure projects, social, health, sports, and education programs.
Also during the proclamation rally, Tacoy told his supporters that his decision to run is not for personal gain but to help in bringing progress and development to the town.
“When my father asked me why I am entering politics, I told him, I wanted to serve the people just like you,” Tacoy said.
Tacoy also assured his supporters that what he will fulfill all his promises during the campaign including the construction of a hospital for the municipality even if he will not win.
He also promised to bring more investors to the municipality to generate more jobs and improve the town’s economy.
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Science centrum now open in Palo, a step to make town as a science center

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Screen Shot 2022-03-29 at 3.02.54 PM — SCIENCE CENTER. A science museum was opened in Palo, Leyte which is expected not only to become a tourist attraction but pave way for the town to become a ‘science munic- ipality.’ The science centrum, located at the Leyte Academic Center, opened last March 24 with DOST Sec. Fortunato de la Peña gracing the event. Present were Leyte Gov. Leop- oldo Dominico Petilla(not in the photo) and former Palo mayor, Remedios Petilla, among others. (ROELT.AMAZONA)

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SCIENCE CENTER. A science museum was opened in Palo, Leyte which is expected not only to become a tourist attraction but pave way for the town to become a ‘science munic- ipality.’ The science centrum, located at the Leyte Academic Center, opened last March 24 with DOST Sec. Fortunato de la Peña gracing the event. Present were Leyte Gov. Leop- oldo Dominico Petilla(not in the photo) and former Palo mayor, Remedios Petilla, among others. (ROELT.AMAZONA)

PALO, Leyte- An interactive science museum based here was formally opened with the hope that it would pave the way for this town to be known as a ‘science municipality.’
The facility, located at the second floor of the Leyte Academic Center (LAC), is a joint project of the provincial government and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
DOST Sec. Fortunato de la Peña, who graced the event, said that the establishment of the science centrum in Leyte will not only benefit children but even adults because of the problem of science literary in the country.
“Having a science centrum here is a good way to introduce children to science and this allows them to have interaction,” he said, adding that the facility in Leyte is the fifth science centrum in the country.
The secretary said that the facility will also lead to making the municipality not only as a science town but also an additional attraction that will increase tourist arrivals.
Featured at the science centrum are “gravity well”, “feel the shake”, “head on a platter”, “pendulum wave”, “pedal power”, trash timeline, plasma sphere, magic faucet, zoetrope, hazer harp, moving faces, among others.
Science books that students may read are also on display.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said that he is optimistic that the facility will truly serve its purposes-both for science-related information and as a tourist attraction.
“Once we start promoting this to other provinces, people will be coming here, especially students. Not only from Eastern Visayas but even from other regions as well that does not have this kind of facility yet,” he said.
Karina Rosa Tiopes, the regional director of the Department of Tourism, agreed with Gov. Petilla’s observation saying that a “knowledge tour” can be offered by the municipal government not only at the science centrum but may also include the solar farm facility in the town for students and even tourists.
“Palo has 4Ps tourism program, maybe we can add another P which is Pag-aram,” Tiopes said.
While the science centrum is temporarily housed at the LAC, former Palo Mayor Remedios Petilla said that they are planning to construct a building that is going to be a permanent home of the exhibit.
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Police says 1st day of local campaign in EV generally peaceful

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TACLOBAN CITY-Police in Eastern Visayas has declared as generally peaceful the first day of the campaign period for those seeking local positions.
Lt.Col. Ma. Bella Rentuaya, regional information officer of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said that they have not monitored any untoward incidents on Friday (March25), the first day of the 45-day campaign period for those seeking local posts relative to the May 9 elections.
“The first day of the campaign for local candidates was generally peaceful. There were no reports of any (untoward) incidents,” she said during a media forum “Point Corner’ held at the Pacific Point Events Pace and Resort, this city.
Rentuaya said that based on their record that since the start of the election period on January 9, 75 individuals have been arrested due to gun ban enforcement.
And of this number, 70 were civilians while the five others were barangay officials, she said. Also, 28 firearms and 52 deadly weapons were also confiscated by police during this period.

Rentuaya added that most of these civilians were arrested in checkpoints put up by the police, Army under the supervision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
The police official said that they will make every possible measures to ensure that the conduct of balloting in Eastern Visayas, home to 3.1 million registered voters spread to its six provinces, will be orderly and peaceful.
Jenette Ruedas, the information office of the Comelec, said that they could not yet release the list of areas that could potentially be flashpoints points during the conduct of the election.
“Up to now, we are still doing validation of these areas of concern. But hopefully, we can release after the validation,” she said.
Past elections have indicated that most of the concerned areas in the region during elections are in Samar province.
The police, under the command of B/Gen. Bernard Banac, has earlier deployed 479 policemen on a ‘peace-keeping mission’ in Samar to ensure the balloting in the said province will be peaceful and orderly.