CENTENARIANS. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has dis- tributed P100,000 to seven centenarians in Samar province. Aside from receiving the cash, they also received a letter of felicitations from Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. (DSWD Photo)
CENTENARIANS. The Department of Social Welfare and Development has dis- tributed P100,000 to seven centenarians in Samar province. Aside from receiving the cash, they also received a letter of felicitations from Pres. Rodrigo Duterte. (DSWD Photo)
TACLOBAN CITY- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Eastern Visayas went on a house-to-house distribution of P100,000 cash gift and letter of felicitation from President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to seven centenarians in Samar province on March 22 – 23, 2022.
The centenarians are Prudencio Crisostomo and Macaria Pono from San Jorge; Prima Colles and Eugenio Aboga from Villareal; Amacio Bordallo from Pagsanghan; Marcial Villanueva from Sta. Rita and Cresencia Penachos from Tarangnan, all in Samar province.
Crisostomo, who is now 101 years old, said his secret to longevity is exercise and faith in God. He also expressed his gratitude to DSWD Eastern Visayas.
Meanwhile, Tarangnan Mayor Arnel Tan was present during the giving of cash gift to the lone centenarian of their town.
Signed into law in 2016, Republic Act 10868 grants all Filipinos, who have reached 100 years old whether residing in the Philippines or abroad shall be honored with a Letter of Felicitation from the President of the Philippines congratulating the celebrant for his or her longevity; and a Centenarian Gift in the amount of P100,000. (PR)
TACLOBAN CITY – The magnitude 5.3 earthquake that struck Leyte on March 21 has damaged at least 40 houses in Burauen, Leyte, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Friday.
In a statement, the DSWD regional office here said their office conducted a rapid assessment this week in some villages of Burauen, Leyte, the epicenter of the tremor.
“Of the 40 houses, only one is tagged as totally destroyed. The local government also conducted an assessment. Our office is ready to extend assistance if needed,” the DSWD added.
On March 21, several parts of Leyte Island were rocked by the tremor that struck 10 kilometers southwest of Burauen town in Leyte at 12:39 a.m.
The quake was felt at Intensity V in Burauen, Ormoc City, Kananga, La Paz, Julita, and Pastrana towns; Intensity IV in Dulag, Santa Fe, Barugo, Abuyog, Palo, Tolosa, Capoocan and Baybay City, Tacloban City in Leyte.
It was also felt at Intensity III in Cebu City and Talisay City, Cebu; Lawaan, Eastern Samar; Leyte, Leyte; Biliran, Biliran; Intensity II in Borongan City and Taft, Eastern Samar; and Naval, Biliran.
Magnitude measures the energy released from the source of the quake, while intensity measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location. (PNA)
After the council of Tanauan, Leyte blocked the release of P4.1 million intended as rice subsidy for the more than 17,500 households, mayoralty bet Penny Tecson donated P1.3 million from
her personal funds to help the local government pro- cure the commodity.
After SB blocked the needed funding requirement
After the council of Tanauan, Leyte blocked the release of P4.1 million intended as rice subsidy for the more than 17,500 households, mayoralty bet Penny Tecson donated P1.3 million from her personal funds to help the local government pro- cure the commodity.
TANAUAN, Leyte- Despite last week’s arbitrary and deliberate obstruction of some Sangguniang Bayan members on the proposed 10 kilos rice subsidy to the 17,500 identified recipient households from this town, the planned rice aid has finally proceeded as scheduled, this after mayoralty candidate Penny Tecson, wife of incumbent mayor Pel, shouldered a substantial amount of the lacking funding requirement.
In an interview, Tanauan Mayor Pelagio ‘Pel’ Tecson said his wife Penny paid the lacking amount needed in the rice purchase in the amount of P1.3 million.
Tecson said the local government unit (LGU) has only over P2 million appropriated and readily available funds which can be used for said purpose. Penny’s help, he said, will compensate for the lacking funding requirement.
The act of kindness will help assure the eventual realization of the food subsistence program, and all households identified recipients will be given 5 kilos of rice each.
It may be recalled that on March 9, during the regular session of the Sangguniang Bayan, Councilors Lauro Villero, Yepyep Merilo, and Quintin Octa succeeded in blocking the discussion and approval of Municipal Development Council MDC Resolution No. 10 – series of 2022, requesting for the inclusion of the project into the Annual Investment Plan AIP for CY 2022 of the Municipality entitled “Provision of Food Subsistence or Relief Goods to All Households affected by Disasters/Calamities…”
Consequently, the unsympathetic move contrived by the said SB members has denied the resolution of floor discussion in the plenary, effectively denying it the chance of approval, resulting in the effective stalling of the fund in the amount of P4.1 million supposedly intended for the said food subsistence program.
The stalled amount was sourced out by Mayor Tecson from the Department of Budget and Management DBM guided under local budget memorandum circular 140.
It only needs a concurring and approving resolution from the Sangguniang Bayan for it to be utilized for the said purpose, but this did not materialize during the March 9 session.
The March 9 session was the last day for the LGU to facilitate and pass the urgent legislation so they could procure the rice before the election ban period.
AND THE CIRCUS BEGINS. More than 3,300 candidates seeking for local posi- tions hit the campaign trail on Friday, the start of the 45-day campaign period for local candidates running for the May 9 polls.Photo shows campaign posters of can- didates in Tacloban City. (RYAN AYON)
TACLOBAN CITY- About 3,342 candidates across the region are in the running for this year’s elections who on Friday (March 25) started courting their respective voters.
Most of these candidates started their sorties by attending Masses seeking for a possible Divine Intervention followed either by motorcade or house-to-house campaigning.
In the city, the team of reelectionist Mayor Alfred Romualdez, his son, vice mayoralty aspirant Raymund and his entire team, attended a Mass.
They are scheduled to conduct their campaign sortie on Saturday at the northern part of the city where families whose houses were totally damaged during the onslaught of Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ are now residing.
In Ormoc City, Mayor Richard Gomez and his team also attended a Mass before they proceeded to the villages to have their campaign.
Gomez, who is seeking for a congressional post for Leyte’s fourth district, earlier said that they will not hold any motorcades amid surging of fuel prices but would instead go directly to the villages to hold their political rallies.
In Samar, major candidates there also hit the campaign trail through motorcades.
Among them is gubernatorial aspirant, Rep. Sharee Ann Tan and her team together with her allies in Catbalogan City. At the nearby city of Calbayog, incumbent Mayor Diego Rivera and his team also have their motorcade.
Candidates in Biliran, Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar, and Northern Samar have also hit the campaign trail through motorcades with many of them holding proclamation rallies.
Based on the record of the regional office of the Commission on Elections, there are 3,342 candidates who are vying for local posts up for grabs for the May 9 elections.
Of this number, 40 are for congressional posts; 22 for governors; 17 for vice governors; 113 for provincial board members; 330 for city and municipal mayors; 303 for city and municipal vice mayors; and 2,5117 for city or municipal councilors.
Lawyer Noli Pipo, Comelec regional director, reminded all the candidates to always observe all the health protocols considering the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) still there.
Giving out of cash, food and free transport for the public are being discouraged as the campaign period starts, he added.
“Social welfare services should also be stopped unless there is a certificate of exemption from the Comelec en banc,” Pipo said.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) in the region, headed by B/Gen. Bernard Banac, said that it will be implementing intensified checkpoints in various parts of the region to maintain peace and order with the start of the local campaign period.
“PRO 8 will be implementing intensified checkpoints as part of preventive and security measures to maintain peace and order in the start of the local campaign period. This might pose inconvenience for the riding public but this will be for the welfare of everybody, thus, we need your full cooperation,” it said in a statement.
