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Globe Esports celebrates Blacklist International’s championship win in MPL PH Season 10

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Globe Esports celebrates its gaming ambassador Blacklist International’s championship win in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Professional League (MPL) Philippines (PH) Season 10.

Blacklist added another feather to its cap by defeating ECHO, 4-2, in the grand finals, solidifying its status as one of the top teams in the country. It is the only three-time champion of the league, following similar conquests in Seasons 7 and 8.

“We are very proud of Blacklist International who proved their consistency and championship pedigree. We would like to congratulate the team for their reliability, hardwork and success. Their star-studded starting lineup, led by Johnmar “Ohmyv33nus” Villaluna, have proven how reliable they are, just like Globe’s mobile network,” said Ralph Aligada, Head of Globe Games and Esports.

MPL icons Queen OhMyV33nus and Danerie “Wise” Del Rosario, both earlier inducted in the Mobile Legends Hall of Legends, lead the team.

Together with them are Most Valuable Player (MVP) Edward Jay “Edward” Dapadap, Salic “Hadji” Imam, and Worlds Finals MVP Kiel Calvin “OHEB” Soriano.

The title was not served on a silver platter to Blacklist as they had to scratch and claw against a determined ECHO squad. The codebreakers took Game 1, thanks to the efforts of Wise, who caught ECHO off guard with his selection of Valentina. ECHO responded with victories in the next two games to put Blacklist International on its heels. The codebreakers were not fazed by the deficit and dominated the fourth game to tie the series up at 2-2.

Hadji led Blacklist’s Game 5 conquest with his dominant performance with Pharsa. Ohmyv33nus closed the series out with a masterful showing in Game 6.

It was a #GameWellPlayed and a fitting end to another successful campaign for the Globe-backed esports squad. Edward’s MVP campaign brought the team’s list of MVP winners to four.

Both Blacklist and ECHO will compete in the upcoming MPL Invitational (MPLI) 2022 and the prestigious M4 World Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Blacklist also emerged World Champions in the 2021 Mobile Legends World Championships (M3) and Gold Medalists in the 2022 SEA Games Esports.
To learn more about Globe, visit www.globe.com.ph. (PR)

Leyte mayors to go on bamboo planting

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Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho “Icot” L. Petilla led the ribbon cutting of the newly- constructed multi- purpose gym in Barangay Guindapunan East, Carigara.. With him were Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr., Vice Mayor Eduardo Ong Sr.,board member Raissa Villasin and Frances Anne Petilla . (GINA P. GEREZ)

TACLOBAN CITY– The league of mayors in Leyte has made bamboo planting its flagship program not only for climate change mitigation but also to provide livelihood among their people.

This was disclosed by Palo town Mayor Remedios Petilla, the league’s president.
Petilla said that as part of this effort, all the town mayors of the province are to identify an area where they can plant bamboo.

“We are planning, let’s say, for the mayors to come up with their own bamboo farm or park,” she said.

According to Petilla, the giant and iron varieties of bamboo have been identified by them to plant saying both are not only easy to grow but are more durable.

“Planting bamboo will not only good for our environment but at the same time for livelihood purposes as well,” she said.

The Palo town mayor said that planting bamboos are good for Leyte and the rest of Eastern Visayas considering as it is one of the country’s most visited by typhoons.

“Bamboos are better than coconut trees. They are pliant and just bend with the winds. We can also make several uses of bamboo for livelihood purposes like furniture and even tea using the leaves,”she said.

Petilla said that there is a huge demand of bamboo in the market but this could not be met due to insufficient supply of bamboo.

The Palo town mayor said that an inventory will be conducted as to how many hectares across the province are planted for bamboo.

The town hosted a two-day bamboo summit that ended on Wednesday (Nov.16).
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

Classes in Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces canceled due to ITCZ and LPA-induced rain

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TACLOBAN CITY-Classes in the elementary and secondary levels were suspended in Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces on Friday (Nov.18) morning due to heavy rains caused by an intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) and a low-pressure area (LPA).

Classes were suspended in the towns of Abuyog, Lapaz, Hilongos, Mayorga, and Baybay City, all in Leyte; and in the towns of Saint Bernard, Liloan, and Tomas Oppus, all in Southern Leyte.

Rainwater that resulted in flooding were also reported in Hilongos and Baybay City. Minor landslides hit the villages of Bahay, Candayuman, and Old Malangsa, all in Liloan town.
Public and private elementary and secondary schools in Tacloban City also suspended their classes past 9 am with parents and guardians picking up their students.

Jasmin Calzita, regional information officer of the Department of Education (DepEd), said that with the prevailing bad weather condition, school principals can now suspend their classes to ensure the safety of their students.

She said that the suspension is based on DepEd Order No.37 setting the guideline on the cancellation or suspension of classes in an event of a calamity.

“To minimize the health and safety risk brought about by disasters and other calamities, DepED recognizes that the suspension of classes and work during emergencies remain to be necessary in upholding the physical and mental well-being of learners and school personnel,” she said.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

1st bamboo summit in Leyte drew interests; various bamboo-made products were in display

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PALO, Leyte– Bamboo-made products were displayed at the 1st Leyte Bamboo Summit held at the Oriental Hotel de Leyte, this town.

MADE PRODUCTS. No less than Security National Adviser, Sec. Clarita Carlos, and former agriculture secretary Manny Piñol, marveled the beautifully-crafted products made of bamboo. The two graced the first ever bamboo summit organized by the Leyte mayors league headed by Palo Mayor Remedios ‘Matin’ Petilla held last Nov.15-16 in Palo town. (ROEL T. AMAZONA)

The League of the Municipalities of the Philippines – Leyte Chapter and the provincial government of Leyte hosted the two-day bamboo summit that closed on Wednesday(Nov.16) which aims to be the catalyst for province-wide bamboo planting as disaster mitigation and also to help boost local economy by producing bamboo engineered products.

Among the display were the three bamboo geodesic domes which can be used for rural and agrarian activities and emergency shelters after an emergency.

Also displayed were bamboo furniture like school armchair which is a product of Nawaan, Misamis Oriental.

Other bamboo-based products that were on display during the exhibit were decorative chairs, tiles, panels and office tables, skateboard made from bamboo, hygiene products made from bamboo like shampoo, soap, and men’s facial wash, bamboo toothbrush embedded with a seed which could be planted after use, bamboo straw, bamboo tumbler, bamboo kitchen and dining utensils, bamboo air purifier, and bamboo tea.

Planting materials of giant and iron bamboos were also sold at the summit.
Palo Mayor Remedios Petilla, the LMP- Leyte chapter president, shares the endless possibilities of products that can be made from bamboo as she urged the 40 local chief executives of the province to identify areas in their locality where they can plant a specific specie of bamboo.

“Bamboo engineered products have a big potential in the market, and even if we only produce the raw products, the bamboo, its potential is already big because there is a market for it,” Petilla said.

She added that aside from providing bamboo raw materials to manufacturers the plantation can also be made into a tourist attraction and at the same time a source of bamboo-based food dishes.

Bamboo is also good planting materials to combat climate change and for environmental protection because of its resiliency and it easily grow.

“But first we need to plant to intensify bamboo supply,” she added.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)

Leyte traders optimistic in recovery

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With the reopening of economy

TACLOBAN CITY– The business sector in Leyte province is optimistic that with the reopening of the economy after two years of lockdown, they could now recover the losses that they have suffered.

On Tuesday (Nov. 15), businessmen belonging to the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tacloban-Leyte Inc. gathered for a two-day business conference wherein they are expected to tackle issues affecting the sector amid the pandemic.

Eugene Tan, the president of the group of more than 100 businessmen in Leyte and Tacloban City, said that they are optimistic that they could recover the losses that they have incurred for the past two years.

He, however, admitted that the period might take some time before they could say that they have fully recovered.

“During the pandemic, definitely there was a slowdown of business by about 50%. Now, that we are slowly reopening, we can’t say that we will immediately recover in terms of loss of revenues and business opportunities,” Tan said.

“It will take at least five years before we can say that businesses are fully recovered just like what happened when we were hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda,” he added, referring to the massive typhoon that hit Leyte nine years ago.

Tan said that despite of the losses that they have suffered, the business sector in Leyte and Tacloban City were able to do their share in helping the people and health workers during the pandemic.

He said that they were able to raised P3 million which they partly used to donate PPEs and other medical supplies during the height of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Meantime, as part of the activities of the business conference, at least 42 business outlets joined a job fair offering at least 1,000 employment.

By conducting the job fair, the business group could help the government in addressing the unemployment problem, Tan said.

JOEY A. GABIETA

Social account of Leyeco II hacked

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TACLOBAN CITY– The Leyte II Electric Cooperative (Leyeco II) management is calling all its member-consumer-owners (MCOs) to take caution after its social media account was hacked.

On November 11, the Leyeco II page was still controlled by the management with a post relative to the residential power rate advisory for the current month.

However, posts not connected to Leyeco II appeared the following day with its profile photo changed into an online game application, indicating that it was hacked.

This prompted the management of Leyeco II to issue a press statement cautioning all its member-consumers regarding the hacking incident.

The management of Leyeco II said that any content posted by the hacked account moving forward and until further notice is unrelated to their office, their services and employees.
Thus, they urged the public to exercise and refrain from sharing the content to avoid repercussions.

The power utility informed that their office has nowa temporary page the www.facebook.com/leyte2electriccoop they also ha their 24/7 hotline for concerns related to their office 09173044316.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

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