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S. Leyte guv makes move for a Congress run

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BEAVY OF BEAUTIES. The 29 candidates for the Miss Earth Philippines arrived in Borongan City on Monday (April 22)where the swimwear competition of the Manila-based pageant is to be staged on Thursday(April 25). The candidates were welcomed by Borongan city officials led by Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda. (BORONGAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE)
BEAVY OF BEAUTIES. The 29 candidates for the Miss Earth Philippines arrived in Borongan City on Monday (April 22)where the swimwear competition of the Manila-based pageant is to be staged on Thursday(April 25). The candidates were welcomed by Borongan city officials led by Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda. (BORONGAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE)

2025 elections

TACLOBAN CITY-Southern Leyte Governor Damian Mercado is set to run for congressman of the province’s second congressional district, potentially clashing with a political ally, Rep. Christopherson Yap.

Mercado, a former congressman himself and now serving his second term as governor, filed his transfer of voter’s registration to Sogod town, the hometown and bailiwick of Yap, last April 18.

Yap served as vice governor during the first term in office of Gov. Mercado who ran for congressman during the 2022 elections in Southern Leyte’s second district which was just created in 2019.

At present, Mercado put his address in Maasin City, the provincial capital, whose mayor, Naccional, is his nephew.

During his filing of transfer of voter’s registration, Mercado was accompanied by nine out of the 12 mayors of the second district and several mayors in the first congressional district.
The second congressional district was just created in 2019, dividing the province of Southern Leyte into two congressional districts.

The first district of the province is currently occupied by Rep. Luz Mercado, sister-in-law of Gov. Mercado. She is the wife of former congressman and governor, Roger Mercado.

Roger Mercado served as the Secretary of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in 2021 until the last days of the Duterte administration.

Gov. Mercado’s vice governor is his sister, Rosa Emilia Mercado.

“We are giving our 101 percent to Gov. Mercado on his congressional bid,” Silago Mayor Lemuel Honor said.

Honor was among the mayors who accompanied Gov. Mercado when he filed his transfer of voter registration.

The Mercados have ruled Southern Leyte for more than three decades now.

Meantime, in Leyte, former congressman Vicente Veloso won a victory after the election registration board (ERB) of Isabel, Leyte threw out on April 15 the petition barring him to transfer his voter’s registration from Villaba town.

Villaba is part of Leyte’s third congressional district while Isabel form part of Leyte’s fourth congressional district which is currently held by Rep. Richard Gomez.

Veloso served as congressman of Leyte’s third district for six years ending in 2022. His post is now occupied by his daughter, Rep. Anna Victoria Veloso-Tuazon.

The petitioner, Rhodora Basilio, said that Veloso has no residential house in Isabel except a commercial building.

But the ERB said that Veloso has all the right to transfer where he desires to become a registered voter.

The country is to hold a general election next year.

JOEY A. GABIETA

After serving the 90-day suspension order, Commissioner Darilag back at ChEd

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Commissioner Aldrin Darilag

Darilag sits as board chair of EV state universities

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Aldrin Darilag

TACLOBAN CITY– After serving a 90-day preventive suspension order, Commissioner Aldrin Darilag of the Commission on Higher Education (ChEd) returned to work on Friday (April 19).

Speaking through his lawyer Estanislao Angeles III, Aldrin said that he is happy to be back at the commission as his term ends on July of this year yet.

Angeles, in a phone interview, also disclosed that his client also felt ‘vindicated’ considering that during the enforcement of the preventive order, a panel created by ChEd Chairman Prospero De Vera II did not issue any resolution on the complaint lodged against Darilag.
“The 90-day preventive suspension order has lapsed without any findings of guilt by a fact-finding committee,” Angele said.

“This is a vindication for Commissioner Darilag because there was no basis for suspending him in the first place,” Angeles said.

To recall, Darilag was slapped with the preventive suspension order by the Office of President on January 16 purportedly due to abuse of authority, grave misconduct, neglect in the performance of duty, and violation of RA 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

Darilag has denied all the allegations, adding that he was not even given the chance to defend himself on the allegations hurled against him.

He has blamed De Vera as to be behind on the charges against him.

Darilag sits as chairman of the board of the Leyte Normal University in Tacloban City, Leyte; University of Eastern Philippines in Catarman, Northern Samar; Samar State University in Catbalogan City, Samar; Southern Leyte State University in Maasin City, Southern Leyte; and Biliran Province State University in Naval, Biliran.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

DOLE releases fund to help people’s organizations working in the tourism industry in Samar

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ASSISTANCE. Labor Undersecretary Felipe Egargo Jr. lead in the distribution of financial assistance to different tourism-related groups in Basey, Samar.

TACLOBAN CITY– the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has extended assistance to seven people’s organizations that are into tourism-related work.

ASSISTANCE. Labor Undersecretary Felipe Egargo Jr. lead in the distribution of financial assistance to different tourism-related groups in Basey, Samar.

Lawyer Felipe Egargo Jr., DOLE Undersecretary for legislative liaison and legal affairs cluster, who visited the province, said that as part of their commitment, their office has released P3.5 million worth of livelihood grants to be given to seven tourism workers associations in Basey town.

“We are thankful that these livelihood projects will not only help the members of the associations but will also complement the efforts of the province to boost its tourism industry,” he said.

The seven People’s Organizations that were granted funds were the Barangay Magallanes Kayaking Workers Association; Barangay Binongtu-an Multisectoral Tourism Workers Association; Rawis Balantac Tourism Services Association; Barangay del Pilar Lagkaw Tourism Workers Association; Barangay Burgos Multisectoral Eco-tourism Association; Bungangsakit Tourism Workers Association and Basey Association for Native Industry Growth.

Each of the associations received P500,000 worth of livelihood assistance which they will use to procure supplies and equipment for the Mabaysay Cultural River Cruise, part of the newly-launch Spark Samar Adventure tourism program of the provincial government.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

San Vicente town next venue of the ‘Kauswagan Caravan’

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In Northern Samar

TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Northern Samar “Kauswagan Caravan” will be visiting another island municipality.

This April 26, the island town of San Vicente will be the venue of the caravan to be participated by different provincial and national offices based in the province which will provide their respective services and programs.

The caravan targets the residents of six San Vicente villages, namely, Tarnate, Mongolbongol, Maragat, Sangputan, Sila, Punta, and Destacado, where the caravan will be held.

Over 2,000 from these barangays are targeted to benefit the caravan, a flagship program of Governor Edwin Ogchuan aimed to bring government services closer to the people residing in hard-reach barangays.

Residents from these villages will receive medical services, legal consultations, registrations for birth and marriage, national IDs, and other basic services.

Moreover, beneficiary communities will have access to veterinary and agriculture services and opportunities for fire safety and first aid training, among others.

San Vicente is a 6th class municipality in Northern Samar province and composed of seven islands and can be reached by three to four-hour motorboat ride. The town is famous for its pink sand beach located in the island village of Sila. (ROEL T. AMAZONA)

2 from Kananga town among the graduates of PNPA Class ‘Layag-Diwa’

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Kananga,Leyte– Two local residents of this town are among the graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy(PNPA) Class ‘Layag-Diwa’ Class 2024 held at Camp Mariano Castañeda, in Silang Cavite, last April 19.

The two were Police Cadets Francis Paul Cabaltera and Ma. Teresa Dela Cruz.

Cabaltera is the son of retired Command Executive Senior Police Officer (CESPO) of the Ormoc City Police Office, Sergeant Frederick Cabaltera and Pamela Cabaltera, a school teacher at the Kananga Elementary School.

PCDT Cabaltera was a 3rd year college in Eastern Visayas State University in Tacloban City when he passed the entrance exam of the PNPA in 2020 and pursued his studies in the primary police college of this country.

He graduated his elementary studies at Kananga Central School and graduated from his school studies at Kananga National High School.

Dela Cruz, on the other hand, is a licensed criminologist who passed the board in 2019 and taught at the Sto Niño College of Ormoc where she graduated as cum laude.

She is the daughter of Marilou Dela Cruz, a self-employed woman.

The two graduates are set to report on Monday to Camp Crame for their official assignments in the Philippine National Police. (ROBERT DEJON)

Road work now under way in Leyte’s second district

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ROAD PROJECT. The Department of Public and Highways (DPWH) in Leyte’s second congressional district reported completion of the P9.8 million road project connecting the villages of Banawang to Astorga in Tunga town.(L2DEO)
ROAD PROJECT. The Department of Public and Highways (DPWH) in Leyte’s second congressional district reported completion of the P9.8 million road project connecting the villages of Banawang to Astorga in Tunga town.(L2DEO)

TACLOBAN CITY – Aiming to have a better access road to interconnect with the adjacent community, the Leyte 2nd District Engineering Office (L2DEO) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now in its first phase of constructing a road to connect the villages of Banawang to Astorga road, both in Tunga town.

According to District Engineer Leo Edward Oppura, the road opening project endeavors to achieve a service road that would connect the two barangays and once completed, 627 linear meters of 5-meter width will be concreted on the Banawangside.

“The total road length from Banawang to Astorga measures around two kilometers. We are aiming to continue this project in the coming years so that this road network will be useful to the local community. This will serve as a short route to the town proper and educational facilities,” he said.

“Thus, travel time and transportation costs will be lessened not only for motorists and the traveling public but also for the local traders,” Oppura added.

With a total project cost of P9.88 million, construction started on February 26, 2024, the road project is to be completed on June 13, 2024.

The project is funded under the DPWH General Appropriations Act of CY-2024 under BIP-access roads and/or bridges from the national road leading to major/strategic public buildings and facilities.

The municipality of Tunga is a 6th-class town in the province of Leyte with a population of 7,656 people spread on its eight barangays.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

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