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The province of Eastern Samar may yet have two congressional seats if a proposed measure at the House of Representatives splitting the current lone congressional district into two will be approved. Photo shows the provincial capital of Borongan City.

As proposed by Rep. Libanan

The province of Eastern Samar may yet have two congressional seats if a proposed measure at the House of Representatives splitting the current lone congressional district into two will be approved. Photo shows the provincial capital of Borongan City.

TACLOBAN CITY- A bill seeking to split into two the lone congressional district in Eastern Samar is now pending in the House of Representatives.

Having two congressional districts would mean better service and more projects for the province, says measure proponent Rep. Marcelino Libanan of the 4Ps party-list group.
Libanan, who served the province as its lone congressional representative from 1998 to 2007, said that by having two congressional districts which means having two representatives at the Lower House, development in the two areas will be faster and will result to an ‘improved services’ for the constituents.

Libanan, who is the House’ minority floor leader, also said that of the three Samar provinces, only Eastern Samar has a lone congressional representative.

At present, the province is represented in Congress by Rep. Maria Fe Abunda who is now on her second term.

“The continuous rise in its population has placed an enormous strain on the lone congressional district office’s capacity and capability to serve the needs of its constituents,” Libanan, in his explanatory note said.

“Thus, the need for an additional representation must be addressed,” the congressman added.

Based on his proposed measure as contained under House Bill 3647, Eastern Samar will be apportioned into two congressional districts.

The first congressional district will be composed of the provincial capital of Borongan City and the municipalities of Arteche, Can-avid, Dolores, Jipapad, Maslog, Oras, San Julian, San Policarpo, Sulat, and Taft with a total population of 270,691.

Meantime, the second congressional district will include the towns of Balangiga, Balangkayan, Gen. MacArthur, Giporlos, Guiuan, Hernani, Lawaan, Llorente, Maydolong, Mercedes, Quinapondan and Salcedo which has a combined population of about 206,477.
Also under the proposed measure of Libanan, who was once the vice governor of the province, the election for the two new congressmen of the province will take place on the next national and local elections after the measure become effective.

The incumbent congressional representative will serve on a ‘holdover capacity’ until the new two congressional representatives are elected.

At present, Eastern Visayas of which Eastern Samar is part has 13 congressional representatives led by Leyte Rep. and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and four party-list congressmen, two from Tingog Sinirangan, and one each from An Waray and 4Ps of Libanan.

JOEY A. GABIETA

East Samar to be split into 2 districts

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The province of Eastern Samar may yet have two congressional seats if a proposed measure at the House of Representatives splitting the current lone congressional district into two will be approved. Photo shows the provincial capital of Borongan City.

As proposed by Rep. Libanan

The province of Eastern Samar may yet have two congressional seats if a proposed measure at the House of Representatives splitting the current lone congressional district into two will be approved. Photo shows the provincial capital of Borongan City.

TACLOBAN CITY- A bill seeking to split into two the lone congressional district in Eastern Samar is now pending in the House of Representatives.

Having two congressional districts would mean better service and more projects for the province, says measure proponent Rep. Marcelino Libanan of the 4Ps party-list group.
Libanan, who served the province as its lone congressional representative from 1998 to 2007, said that by having two congressional districts which means having two representatives at the Lower House, development in the two areas will be faster and will result to an ‘improved services’ for the constituents.

Libanan, who is the House’ minority floor leader, also said that of the three Samar provinces, only Eastern Samar has a lone congressional representative.

At present, the province is represented in Congress by Rep. Maria Fe Abunda who is now on her second term.

“The continuous rise in its population has placed an enormous strain on the lone congressional district office’s capacity and capability to serve the needs of its constituents,” Libanan, in his explanatory note said.

“Thus, the need for an additional representation must be addressed,” the congressman added.

Based on his proposed measure as contained under House Bill 3647, Eastern Samar will be apportioned into two congressional districts.

The first congressional district will be composed of the provincial capital of Borongan City and the municipalities of Arteche, Can-avid, Dolores, Jipapad, Maslog, Oras, San Julian, San Policarpo, Sulat, and Taft with a total population of 270,691.

Meantime, the second congressional district will include the towns of Balangiga, Balangkayan, Gen. MacArthur, Giporlos, Guiuan, Hernani, Lawaan, Llorente, Maydolong, Mercedes, Quinapondan and Salcedo which has a combined population of about 206,477.
Also under the proposed measure of Libanan, who was once the vice governor of the province, the election for the two new congressmen of the province will take place on the next national and local elections after the measure become effective.

The incumbent congressional representative will serve on a ‘holdover capacity’ until the new two congressional representatives are elected.

At present, Eastern Visayas of which Eastern Samar is part has 13 congressional representatives led by Leyte Rep. and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and four party-list congressmen, two from Tingog Sinirangan, and one each from An Waray and 4Ps of Libanan.

JOEY A. GABIETA

Ormoc gov’t to run a survey on courses to be offered for its planned college school

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TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Ormoc is conducting a survey on what courses that will be offered for the proposed community college to be run by the local government.
This was disclosed by Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez who explained that by doing a survey, particularly among businessmen in the city, graduates from the planned community college will easily lands a job.

“We are not just picking courses. We are running a survey para we will know what are the gaps and to know what skills and courses the business community needs,” she said.

“We are looking at offering not too many courses. We just want to start with the first three to five in demand courses because we want to make a difference in the employment,” Gomez added.

Gomez further said that they also want that all graduates of the community college will no longer look for jobs outside the city.

Students from Ormoc City who are qualified will have a full scholarship, it was learned.
As part of this preparation, Ormoc officials led by Mayor Gomez and Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez, a former mayor of the city, visited Valenzuela last August 2.

The city of Valenzuela, which has a sisterhood agreement with Ormoc, runs its own college school.

“We are very delighted to become a sister city of Valenzuela because this is the place which sparked our goal of creating a beautiful community college in Ormoc. When we first came here last July, we saw your college and we were very impressed, it was so beautiful and we realized it was something we needed in Ormoc,” Mayor Gomez said during the signing of the sisterhood agreement last August 2.

Prior to having a sisterhood agreement with Valenzuela, the city government also had a benchmarking in Burauen town that has its own community college established in 2019 with only 549 students and now has more than 4,000 enrolled students not only from the municipality but also from its neighboring towns. (ROEL T. AMAZONA)

Never again

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It’s quite ironic that, while some people are saying ‘never again’ to Martial Law, the same people keep on repeating the narrative when it was declared by then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. as though they cannot move on from it.

When you say ‘never again’ to something, that means you find it despicable you can’t stand just the thought of it. If possible, you no longer want to hear anything about it as it perhaps brings to mind harrowing experiences that you never wish to think of anymore.

But as it appears, this narrative seems to have been the favorite of those who claim to detest it. Do they really hate it, or are they just using it for propaganda and agitation ends?
Actually, by their unending and repetitious unearthing of this narrative and their citation of questionable figures, they are causing the people to vomit on that issue. It has snowballed into a boring history, more so that they constantly bring it up partly for political survival, so they would have something to ride on. Remembering something for a noble reason is commendable, but if it’s for the purpose of keeping the spirit of rebellion burning, then that’s even alarming.

The problem with their kind of ‘remembrance’ is the intentional omission of the event’s causes. Nothing happens without a cause, we know that. That declaration of Martial Law was just a consequence, an effect. What was its cause? This they never cite at all. They highlight the effect but cover up the cause, which explains why an effect came about. They do not cite that cause because it was obviously part of their doings, which plunged the country into chaos amid the violent protests, anarchy, and rebellion.

And how can say ‘never’ to Martial Law when it is enshrined in our Constitution? Its proclamation is lawful provided its justifying reasons exist. The head of state, whose mandate is to preserve peace and order, cannot be faulted for it. If there’s a party to blame in the event of Martial Law declaration, then it’s the people who are sowing the seeds of chaos and disorder. We say, ‘never again’ to these misdeeds.

Tourism official welcomes plan of Leyte provincial government to convert old provincial capitol building into a museum

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LEYTE MUSEUM. With the seat of the provincial government of Leyte now in Palo town, the American-era provincial capitol building in Tacloban City will be turn into a museum, a move welcome by the Department of Tourism. (PHOTO COURTESY)

TACLOBAN CITY – Having a museum is essential for the preservation of historical artifacts in the province of Leyte where the public can to visit to learn its rich history.

Thus said the regional director of the Department of Tourism Regional, Karina Rosa Tiopes, reacting on the plan of the provincial government to convert the old provincial capitol building into a museum.

Governor Carlos Jericho Petilla announced last month that they will be converting the old capitol building located here in the city into a museum while the legislative building will be use as events place.

Work for this plan will start within this year, according to him.

“Leyte is rich in history but we don’t have place to go where we can really tell that story. We go of course to the site like World War II engagement site but we do not have one place where we can show and learn the history of Leyte not just probably centered on World War II but all throughout,” Tiopes said.

The museum may also feature or showcase milestone of its people in their journey towards the quincentennial commemoration of Ferdinand Magellan and Roman Catholicism arrival in the country which the Philippines celebrated this year.

Recently, two groups had visited the province, one from Metro Manila while the other from the United States.

The group from Metro Manila specializes in World War II memorial tour that bring in US nationals, some of veterans while others are their relatives to engagement sites in the country.

Tiopes said that the group had long been bringing in foreign tourists to the country but they only visits the World War II engagement sites in Luzon area.
This year, the group will be bringing in foreign tourists to the province.

“This time they are including Leyte because this year their theme is victory in the Pacific, and that victorious event happened here in Leyte,” Tiopes said.

“The market is there, just waiting for us to say, we are ready for this kind of tour,” the tourism official added.

Every 20th of October, the province of Leyte is celebrating the Leyte Gulf Landings commemoration which celebrates the arrival of Allied Forces headed by General Douglas Macarthur in Philippine soil in 1944.

His arrival together with hundreds of Naval fleet with more than 200, 000 personnel was dubbed to be the biggest Naval battle in human history.

Another visitor the province had in relation to Word War II was Nathan Huegen, Director for Travel of the National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Huegen visited some World War II engagement sites in the province with the help of the provincial tourism office.

After his visit, he had a feedback meeting with the provincial government and the DOT on how to enhance some areas and on tour guiding.

“By next year probably they will bring in guests. They brings in about four groups in a year from the US who do memorial tour,” Tiopes said.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)

Tacloban tourism office to hold trade fair in line with the tourism week celebration

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TACLOBAN CITY- Local producers of ‘pasalubong’ items will sell their wares at a trade fair organized by the City Tourism Operations Office from September 27 to 29, 2022.

The highlight event of the Tourism Week Celebration of the city, which will be held at Plaza Rizal, will also make available an array of services from the city government.

Aside from being a venue to market and showcase the food and non-food items of local producers, it will also have on September 27th a free employment information and skills registration booth courtesy of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO).

The booth will provide details valuable to job seekers.

The Community Livelihood Extension Program (CLEP) will also bring their “Libreng Gupit” and free massage services on opening day (September 27) to patrons of the fair.

In consonance with the EV Turismo Booster Caravan of the Department of Tourism, a COVID-19 Vaccination Drive in partnership with the City Health Office will also be held and target about 94 workers from the local tourism industry who are yet to get their booster shots against the viral disease, according to acting CTOO Head Maria Lumen P. Tabao.

She said that the initiative seeks to ensure the full revival of the local tourism industry after a slump brought on by the pandemic.

The trade fair will be open on the said dates from 8 am to 5 p.m.
(TACLOBAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE)

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