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New shopping mall to rise in the city

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TACLOBAN CITY- Close to three years after this city was devastated by supertyphoon “Yolanda,” its economy appears on the upswing with big-ticket investments coming in.

The latest to invest in this city of more than 220,000 people is the Cebu-based shopping mall, the Metro Gaisano. The opening of the Metro Gaisano in this city would not only benefit to the city government in terms of taxes it would pay but more so, generate employment and livelihood opportunities to the people, said Marilou Tabao, chief of staff of Mayor Alfred Romualdez. The proposed Metro Gaisano will be located along Real Street at a twohectare lot owned by the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP). The Metro Gaisano, owned by Frank Gaisano, will lease the lot for 25 years, Tabao said.

Tabao said that if plan will push through the construction of the two-storey mall will start next month and is expected to be finished within the year or early next year.
Last January 27, Romualdez met with the representatives of the said shopping mall informing him on their decision to invest in Tacloban, considered the ground zero of the world’s strongest typhoon to hit landfall on November 8, 2013. “The operation of the Metro Gaisano in Tacloban will not only help the city government in terms of taxes but will also create more job opportunities and generate livelihood as well,” Tabao said.

The city official said that about a thousand of people, coming from the city and other parts of the region, could find employment when the Metro Gaisano opens. Tabao, however, could not say on how much the Metro Gaisano will be pouring in in Tacloban as it opens a branch in the city. She said with the opening of the Metro Gaisano, even local producers could sell their products there. She added that the city government under Mayor Romualdez will extend all possible assistance to the owners of the Metro Gaisano to ensure that their planned opening in Tacloban will be smooth.

The Gaisano shopping mall was the first to set foot in Tacloban back in 1988. At present, there are two Gaisano-owned shopping malls operating in the city- the Gaisano Capital and the Gaisano Central. Aside from the Gaisano shopping malls, another Cebu-based shopping mall is operating in Tacloban, the Robinsons Mall as well as the hyper market of the SM Group of Companies, SaveMore.

Personnel of Leyte provincial hospitals receives cash incentives

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TACLOBAN CITY -More than P2.5 million in cash incentives were collectively received by doctors and hospital staff of two Leyte provincial-run hospitals recently as part of the provincial government’s drive to improve the hospitals’ professional and facility services. Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said giving of cash incentives to doctors and hospital staff has been done during the administration of former governor and now senatoriable Carlos Jericho Petilla under his hospital enhancement program. Petilla said that the incentive scheme is an effective way in encouraging doctors, nurses and other personnel to work harder and provide better services to the growing clientele of the hospitals.

Personnel from the Leyte Provincial Hospital and the Carigara District Hospital (CDH) were among the first recipients of this incentive for this year. A total of 123 LPH employees were given with doctors receiving P 21,000 with nurses and utility workers to receive 17,000. Meanwhile at the CDH, 61 employees received with doctors getting P 14,000 each.

This hospital income sharing program of the province, which enabled the state-run hospitals in Leyte to charge its patients, excluding those categorized as “indigents”, has yielded income for the province in the amount of P 555 million which, according to the governor, will fund better and functional health services for the province.
Hospital income prior to this sharing scheme was only achieved at P 7million.

Under this program, hospitals started earning and able to sustain operations without subsidy from the provincial government while other extra earnings are given to the doctors and the rest of the staff as their incentive. There are 14 district hospitals that are presently under the provincial government’s management. (AHLETTE C.REYES)

EVRAA Meet opening in Ormoc City last Jan.31

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GETTING UPDATE. Southern Leyte Governor Roger Mercado together with Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres Gomez and husband, actor Richard Gomez, and Baybay City Mayor Carmen Cari shares a light moment while reading the Leyte Samar Daily Express during this year’s EVRAA Meet opening in Ormoc City last Jan.31. (LITO A. BAGUNAS)
GETTING UPDATE. Southern Leyte Governor Roger Mercado together with Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres Gomez and husband, actor Richard Gomez, and Baybay City Mayor Carmen Cari shares a light moment while reading the Leyte Samar Daily Express during this year’s EVRAA Meet opening in Ormoc City last Jan.31.  (LITO A. BAGUNAS)
GETTING UPDATE. Southern Leyte Governor Roger Mercado together with Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres Gomez and husband, actor Richard Gomez, and Baybay City Mayor Carmen Cari shares a light moment while reading the Leyte Samar Daily Express during this year’s EVRAA Meet opening in Ormoc City last Jan.31. (LITO A. BAGUNAS)

LNU forges agreement on skills improvement

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TACLOBAN CITY- The municipal government of San Miguel in Leyte recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Leyte Normal University that aims to help improve employees of said local government unit in dealing with their clients.  Mayor Cheeryl Enrica Esperas said that the agreement will surely help the employees to improve their skills in terms of human behavior in dealing with the public. “Dako gud it gamit hini nga MOA signing para an ngatanan nga mga empleyado han municipyo in mahibaro hin maupay nga pagtagad ngada han mga San Miguilnon nga makanhi ha municipyo or ano pa man it ira mga transaction dinhi ha LGU San Miguel,” Mayor Esperas added.

They are to teach customer relations, records management, financial management project, personality development and many others. Mayor Esperas said that those who will conduct the training are master teachers of the LNU who are doctorate holders. The town mayor appeals to the employees to avail the free skills training citing its benefits. Meantime, Mayor Esperas said that the improvement of the town water system will proceed as the needed funds of P12 million will be released. The water system project, located in Barangay Caray-caray, is funded under the Bottoms Up Budgetary of the Department of Interior and Local Government. (LITO A. BAGUNAS)

DILG monitors eight incomplete post-Yolanda rebuilding projects

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TACLOBAN CITY– At least eight projects under the first batch of the Reconstruction Assistance on Yolanda (RAY) for Eastern Visayas is not yet complete nearly two years after the national government downloaded the budget to recipient local government units (LGUs).

Concerned LGUs are given until the end of this year to finish the construction of state-owned buildings, according to Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Eastern Visayas Regional Director Pedro S. Noval, Jr. These projects are the town hall in Guiuan, Eastern Samar; public market in Tanauan, Leyte; civic center in Palo, Leyte; city hall extension and public market in Tacloban City and the city hall in Ormoc City.

“Based on our assessment, majority of these remaining sub-projects will be completed on or before the end of August 2016,” Noval said. “We’re extending technical assistance and regularly monitor the progress of implementation. Through this, the DILG can immediately provide technical assistance to address concerns,” he added.
The delay is attributed to the local government unit’s decision to strictly follow the Government Procurement Reform Act, which requires lengthy bidding and procurement processes.

“Very few opted to negotiate contract which is allowed in view of the fact that the President declared the state of national calamity,” Noval told PNA. Under RAY batch 1, the national government has poured P937 million funds for repair of 54 buildings owned by 61 town and city governments along supertyphoon Yolanda’s path in Eastern Visayas region. The second batch focuses on rebuilding of village facilities. RAY is the government’s strategic plan to guide the recovery and reconstruction of the economy, lives, and livelihoods in the affected areas. The objective of the plan is to restore the economic and social conditions of these areas at the very least to their pre-typhoon levels and to a higher level of disaster resilience. (SQM)

NMP up to a good start in 2016 with 247 trainees

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TACLOBAN CITY- The National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP), a government maritime training and research agency located at Brgy. Cabalawan, this city, accommodated as of January 15, 2016 a total of 247 maritime trainees who are either aspirants to become seafarers, active seafarers or maritime instructors and assessors. Out of the total, 204 (83%) took the basic courses such as basic training (BT), proficiency in survival craft and rescue boat other than fast rescue boats (PSCRB), basic training refresher (BTR), basic training updating (BTU) and safety training for boat captain and marine diesel mechanic. The remaining 43 (17%) enrolled in the ratings forming part of engineering watch (RFPEW), medical emergency first aid (MEFA) and training course for instructors (IMO Model Course 6.09) modules.

As of January 15, 165 (67%) have finished their trainings while the other 82 (33%) will finish on 22 January 2016. This is a well-grounded start for the agency since full-swing in training operations started last July 2015 only. It is expected that the number of enrollees will accelerate in the next few months with the opening of more Standards of Training, Certification & Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW) courses.

In the interim, NMP is addressing the observations raised by the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) in connection with its application for accreditation of additional 5 courses namely: refresher training for PSCRB, refresher training for advanced firefighting (AFF), refresher training for personal survival technique (PST) and fire prevention and firefighting (FPFF), updating training for personal safety and social responsibility (PSSR) and general operator’s course for global maritime distress signal system (GOC for GMDSS).

In its effort to contribute in providing employment to Filipinos especially the seafarers, NMP continues to upgrade its facilities and provide quality maritime trainings required pursuant to the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW) Convention. The NMP encourages those interested to avail of its maritime training programs to visit the NMP Facebook page (facebook.com/nmptrainingcenter) and website www.nmp.gov.ph where all related information on NMP trainings are available. (PR)

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