Kalanggaman Island is now open to tourists

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One of Leyte’s top tourist destinations

TACLOBAN CITY – Kalanggaman Island, one of the prime destinations in Leyte province, is now open for tourists to visit.
The reopening of the famed island resort was based on an executive order issued by Mayor Georgina Arevalo she issued on November 15 but made public on Saturday (Nov. 27).
Kalanggaman is famous for its crystal clear water, and beautiful sandbar that stretches from both ends of the island.
“To prolong the suspension of Kalanggaman Island would cause an adverse effect upon the local economy, not to mention the unrealized income for the local government, necessary for the delivery of services,” Mayor Arevalo said, citing the reason why she decided to open the island to tourists.
Under the new guideline, only the fully vaccinated tourists will be allowed entry to the island, which is about 45 minutes of sea travel from the town proper. They are to present their vaccination cards.
The island will be open from 6 in the morning and all guests must depart before 4 pm.
Allowed to enter the island are tourists from 18 years old to 59 years old as pregnant and those with comorbidities still banned to visit the island.
Each group is only limited to 25 people or 250 individuals per day. This number includes the island crew or LGU staff as joiners or mixing of guests is not allowed.
Overnight stay on the island is still prohibited including beverages and liquors.
Those who wanted to visit the island must e-mail the requirement which includes manifesto, waiver, and guest information to palomponecotourism@gmail.com.
Guests who will visit Kalanggaman should also bring their own sanitizers and must always wear face masks.
Guest must also stay in their respective cottage during their stay on the island and must bring their garbage back to the mainland.
The LGU also added that the island is close to the public every Monday for clean-up and maintenance.
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Pagcor multi-purpose evacuation center to rise in North Tacloban

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Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, joined by officials of the Philippine Amuse- ment and Gaming Corp.(Pagcor) led in the groundbreaking for the construction of a P50 million worth evacuation center in Barangay 101 last November 26.(TCIO)

TACLOBAN CITY- Another facility to ensure the security of the residents from the northern barangays is in the line after the groundbreaking ceremony of the Pagcor Multi-Purpose Evacuation Center was held on November 26, 2021.
The P50 million worth project, donated by Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), is about to rise at Barangay 101 in New Kawayan and is noted to be the third evacuation center in the area.
Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez, in his speech, stated how Tacloban North has impressively transformed from “talahib” to a thriving and promising community.
He then expressed his gratefulness to Pagcor for this purposeful gift to the Taclobanons, which could save them in times of calamities.
Meanwhile, the city mayor, who led the groundbreaking ceremony, together with Pagcor officials, was joined by City Administrator Atty. Jojo Lacanilao, Councilor Elvira Casal, Councilor Evangeline Esperas, Councilor Leo Bahin, Edson Malaki, and Christopher Esperas.
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LGUs offer incentives to draw over 789,000 people

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As the 3-day national vax campaign kicks off Monday

THREE-DAY VACCINATION CAMPAIGN. As the country races to achieve herd immunity by end of the year, LGUs across the region came up with initiatives to draw more people to receive the jabs. In Tacloban City, thousands trooped to the various vaccination sites with a representative from the World Health Organi- zation joining City Mayor Alfred Romualdez and city health officer Dr. Gloria Fabrigas at the astrodome, the main vaccination site of the city.
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TACLOBAN CITY- Local government units(LGUs) across Eastern Visayas have ensured that their respective constituents would avail of the three-day national vaccination campaign, which started on Monday, by coming up with different incentives.
Most of these LGUs started the campaign by conducting motorcades to inform their people of the campaign while others have offered prizes and free foods and transportation.
In Mercedes town, Eastern Samar, its LGU has offered prizes to those who will avail of the three-day vaccination campaign consisting of food packs.
In Catbalogan City, its city government offered money prizes ranging from P500 up to P5,000 to include grocery items for those who will join the campaign.
Several towns in the region have also offered free snacks and transportation from their respective barangay going to the vaccination sites.
Meantime, other LGUs accepted volunteers for the vaccination campaign like in Baybay City, Leyte where officials and members of its Sangguniang Kabataan volunteered as encoders for the occasion.
Here in Tacloban City, city personnel went around the villages and made a house-to-house campaign to ensure that those who remain unvaccinated could avail of the three-day national vaccination drive.
These initiatives by the LGUs were welcomed by the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH) which sets a target of 263,271 individuals to get the jab daily for the next three days or about 789,813.
Dr. Exuperia Sabalberino, DOH regional director, said that they hope that with the active participation of the LGUs, they can achieve their target number of individuals for vaccination.
At present, out of the target 3.36 million people for Eastern Visayas to achieve population immunity, 1.84 million have received the jabs.
The region, Sabalberino said, only needs to vaccinate over 1.51 million people for it to achieve herd immunity before the end of this year.
Meantime, both the Philippine National Police and the Army in the region have also pledged their total support on the campaign by fielding their personnel at the vaccination sites or serve as escorts in the delivery of the vaccines in remote areas.

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5 new COVID-19 cases with over 1 million fully vaxxed

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Still DOH-8 reminds public not to be complacent

TACLOBAN CITY- In what could be considered as an indication that the cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the region are now in the decline, the Department of Health (DOH) reported of only five new cases on Monday as over one million in the region are considered as fully vaccinated.
The five new cases is the lowest ever for the region for this year, said Jelyn Malibago, the regional information officer of the DOH, said.
The five new cases were part of the 218 laboratory samples tested by the two COVID-19 laboratories in Eastern Visayas.
“This is the lowest daily case of the region for this year. (But) we continue to remind the public that we are still in a pandemic and COVID-19 is still here. Please let us not be complacent,” Malibago said.
The decline of new daily COVID-19 cases of the region came at a time that almost all local governments have relax their restrictions which include the lifting on the use of face shields.
The new cases were all from Leyte province- one each from Tacloban City and the towns of Palo and Tunga and two from Palompon.
At present, the entire active COVID-19 cases of the region stand at 148.
Meantime, the DOH in the region also announced that it already reached a milestone on its vaccination campaign on November 21 as it reached more than 1.083 million of individuals who have received their two doses.
This means out of the 1.66 million across the region that have received their doses, only more than 579,000 have yet to receive their second jabs.
The DOH target to administer full vaccination to the region’s 3.36 million for it to achieve herd immunity.
In Tacloban City, 24 out of its 138 barangays have already achieved herd immunity, the City Health Office announced as the city government continues its campaign to achieve herd immunity before the end of the year.
The city government plans to conduct vaccination drive even up to 10 pm for it reach its target goal of at least 4,000 individuals receiving the shots.
Out of the more than 185,000 target population for the vaccination campaign, over 126,400 of them have received the shots.
Meantime at the Leyte Regional Prison in Abuyog town, Leyte, out of the current 2,153 inmates there or persons deprived of liberty,1,946 of them have received the vaccines of which 848 of them are now considered as fully vaccinated.