Ormoc City February 22-28, 2016 Volume XIII
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ABUNDANT HARVEST – Dignitaries pose with samples of the abundant produce at a protected cultivation project in Brgy Cabintan, Ormoc City. Shown from left are Czech Ambassaor Jaroslav Olsa Jr., IsraAid country director Yael Or, IsraAid adviser Schlomo Aboulafia, Israel Embassy deputy chief of mission Hadass Nisan, and Ormoc Mayor Edward C. Codilla. (RCD)
Ormoc farmers get aid from foreign donor
ORMOC CITY – A big reason for varieties of vegetables including the Ormoc farmers to be grateful. tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cabbage, Foreign aid is being poured upon cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Built from ultraviolet (UV) them. Just recently, Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa Jr. led the formal turnover of a protected cultivation project to the Cabingtan Livelihood Association (Calcoa). The project is located on almost three hectares of land in the mountain barangay Cabingtan, which is 23.7 kilometers from the city proper. The project was originally initiated in 2012 by Energy Development Corp. which built 24 units of high type and 30 units of low type protective tunnels. Calcoa plants different
filtering plastic, a passable tunnel is a structure for crop protection by creating an optimal microclimate. Its main purpose is to protect the crops from direct rainfall to reduce weeds drastically. It also shields the crops from wind and provides protection from harmful UV. The structures reduce costs and improve yields by avoiding leaching of fertilizers and enabling the proper application of pesticides. The ample
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Road construction for Catbalogan’s Sky City, wind tower starts
CATBALOGAN. Catbalogan City officials led by Mayor Stephany Uy Tan (center, 5th from left) posed with executives of the South Korean Odin Energy Co. Ltd. during their latest visit and site inspection of proposed site of the Energy Wind Tower. (Photo by Michael Balan/Office of the Mayor)
CATBALOGAN CITY -- Construction of Catbalogan’s new township, dubbed as the Sky City Mega Project, officially started Tuesday, an official said. City officials led by Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan accompanied on Tuesday executives of the South
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February 22-28, 2016
World Bank-funded road project kicks off in Southern Leyte SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte -- The government will embark on a P182.7-million farmto-market road in this town to prop local economy. The World Bank-funded project will enhance transport in nine villages between Mahayahay village in Saint Bernard town and Manalog village in Hinunangan town, known farming communities. Southern Leyte Governor Roger Mercado said “this is one dream made real. I thought we will never reach this far. At least, our sacrifices paid off. Of course, this will not be possible if not for the Department of Agriculture helping us all the way.” He pointed out, “Now, we expect more areas to be developed because of the new road. In few years, along with the rise in economic activities here, we expect improvement also in the living condition of our farmers.” Department of Agriculture (DA) Eastern Visayas Regional Executive Director and concurrent PRDP Regional Project Director Leo Cañeda said that “Southern Leyte has the biggest projects funded under the PRDP in the entire region and, perhaps even ranks among the highest PRDP funded projects throughout the country.” The project, once completed, will link the municipalities of Saint Bernard and Hinunangan, the province’s top rice-producing areas. Apart from rice, other major
agricultural products in these municipalities include coconut, banana, abaca, root crops and vegetables. This is the region’s second PRDP funded road project to be implemented following a similar sub-project in Sogod, Southern Leyte, which started in August 2015. The rural road network has a total length of 16.58 kilometers and will benefit 2,118 households. Cañeda said the road project would be very beneficial to the residents in transporting farm products to the town market. It will contribute to increasing the farmers’ income. “Southern Leyte, once upon a time, ranks among those with highest poverty incidence but in just few years, it was able to turnaround the situation. This time, the province has the lowest poverty incidence in the region. This simply indicates how the local leadership works hard to address the situation,” he said. Evangeline Eguna, president of the Mahayag Women’s Association in Saint Bernard, said the project will help particularly in terms of the marketing of their root crop products. “The project will result in reduced travel time, lower transport cost and, will bring better marketing options for the farmers with the two municipalities that will be connected by a good road network,” Eguna said. (PNA)
Known drug pusher cornered ORMOC CITY – Police operatives of Police Station 3 in Barangay Linao, this city, were able to apprehend one known illegal drug pusher when he was caught in the act of selling illegal drug to poseurbuyer. The transaction recently happened at the gate of Linao National High School. P/SInsp. Benjamin Lodo, PS3 chief identified the suspect as one Andy Delima y Nolasco, 38, maried, and a resident of Sitio Cantalib, Brgy. Dist 29, this city. Seized from the suspect’s possession was the marked-money in the amount of P200 and seven small sachets containing white substance suspected to be shabu, and another cash money in the amount of P540
in different denomination and a drug paraphernalia being used in sniffing shabu. Based on police investigation, it was learned that the suspect has been making his transactions in Brgy District 29 and in Barangay Tambulilid because his wife is from this barangay. On the other hand, when the suspect was interviewed, he denied owning the evidences found in his possession. He stressed that he already stopped dealing shabu two weeks ago and that those text messages in his mobile phone are already months old. However, he admitted that he has been using shabu for quite sometimes now. Violation of RA 9165 shall be filed against the suspect. He is presently languishing inside PS3 detention cell. RCD
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3rd D.A.R.E Class starts ORMOC CITY -- The third Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) Class of Ormoc City Police Office (OCPO) anti-illegal drugs campaign awareness and its support of the National Illegal Drugs Program have started in February 9, 2016. P/Supt Ma. Elma B. Delos Santos, OCPO D.A.R.E. Officer conducted her first day in class at the Camp Downes Elementary School class Maalalahanin constituted by 35 pupils under Ms. Anecita Palacio. Pupils in the first day were all attentive to their new lesson without difficulty; participative and responsively recited in class as Delos Santos introduced the lesson while empowering the pupils of their rights to be heard and recite in class. She encourages participation,
respect and listens to one another when someone recites in class. She also encouraged pupils to respect the honor of persons they example by anonymously not mentioning their names. “Pupils showed interest in the lesson during first day of lesson and she hopes this will continue until they finish the program in third week of March.” De Los Santos stressed. De Los Santos, on the other hand, introduced the D.A.R.E Box which is an instruction material that will be used to encourage pupil participation, raise questions. The pupils ask before the new lesson starts the following meeting. Pupils participation will earn them
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ORMOC from p. 1 space of the tunnels allows farmers to work conveniently under the structures and the plants to reach their maximum height potential. Another innovative technology that was introduced was the drip system, considered as the most effective irrigation technique by providing the right dosage of water at correct intervals, thus conserving water. It allows the farmer to accurately control water quantities to irrigate as close as possible to the root zone. It also reduces the spread of plant disease as it is applied directly to the soil. Overall, the combined technology of protective structures and drip system enable farmers to save time and labor on weeding and irrigation. It also maximizes the yields while reducing costs and makes it easier for farmers to attend to their fields regardless of weather conditions.
However, the structures were destroyed when super-typhoon Yolanda battered the city on Nov. 8, 2013. Fortunately, these were also restored by Germany’s Afos Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation which also added 50 structures. IsraAid came into the picture on November 2014, through its Food Security and Agriculture Livelihood Program, with a holistic approach to enhance farmers’ capacity from production to marketing by creating agri-business opportunities. It built 19 more structures which cost $200 each. The structures have a lifespan of five years. Ormoc Chamber of Commerce and Industry will provide marketing support by linking the farmers to institutional buyers to include its members who are hotel and restaurant owners. FCIII
HELPING FARMERS --- During months July - November 2015, IsraAID has continued its work with CALCOA farmers' association, in Barangay Cabintan, Ormoc, Leyte. (IsraAID photo)
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TASKED TO HELP FARMERS. Photo shows Officers of the Ormoc Chamber and Industry posing here with Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa Jr., and IsraAid adviser Schlomo Aboulafia, after the formal turnover ceremony of the Protected Cultivation Project of CALCOA
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Korean Odin Energy Co., Ltd. in the inspection of the “Sky City” area, where the proposed energy wind tower will be built. To date, construction of the fourlane wide road leading to the wind tower, the first wind power project to be installed in the Visayas, is ongoing. The estimate cost of the wind tower, to be installed at the new diversion road two kilometers south of the city, is about $2.4 million, Uy-Tan said. The Sky City is 482-hectare mega project located in the south upland area of the city designed to decongest the traffic problem. It is a flood-free and typhoon-resilient expansion located 120 meters above sea level. Uy-Tan said Sky City will be the new home of several government offices, mall zones with parking space, health and wellness center, hotels and resorts, ICT hubs, sky city residences, educational and training hubs, multipurpose complex, and a 25-hectare “flood-proof’ dam that will serve as a water catchment to eliminate flooding in the downtown area. A source said a foreign entity reportedly pledged P4 billion for the Sky City Mega Project. Uy-Tan said the city settled with finality some issues, such as equities and capital sharing, among other necessary requirements, with the foreign firm Odin Energy. After approval of few revisions and final designs, both Odin representatives
and City officials approved to start the construction of the tower in mid-2016 or six months from now. “So far, all is well now and the construction will start soon,” Uy-Tan said. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) inked by both parties stated that the foreign firm will provide the technology and turbines for the wind power generators, while the City Government will finance for the site preparation. Odin president and chief executive officer (CEO) Young Mi Back said the tower power generator is an innovative technology aimed to provide wind and solar sourced power in the city. Odin Energy Vice President Richard Yo Songsuk assured that their company will not share anything from the profit of said project. “Any earnings derived from the project will be reinvested again in the City by building again similar project within the city,” he said. The 13-storey wind tower project will house the new city hall, government offices, restaurants and viewing decks for local and international tourists. Other sources said Songsuk is referring to a similar Green Project to be implemented also within the city after the wind tower project. As of this date, several investors had sent fillers to invest in the new and upper city. (from SunStar)
Poe-Chiz tandem inhibited from holding rally in Davao, Leyte MANILA - The tandem of Senators Grace Poe and Francis "Chiz" Escudero were apparently inhibited from holding political rally in Davao City and Leyte province for failing to secure permits, it was learned Friday. Davao City is the bailiwick of Poe's rival, presidential aspirant Mayor Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte, whose running mate is Senate Majority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano. Leyte, on the other hand, is the bailiwick of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, mother of Senator and vice presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who is running for vice president. Tacloban City, in turn, is currently under the helm of his first cousin, Mayor Alfred Romualdez. It was learned that the camp of Poe and Escudero, which was originally scheduled to hold campaign sorties in Davao City on Thursday, felt compelled to postpone the activity and move it to a later date after they failed to secure the necessary permits to mount a rally. They opted to move to Leyte, but were supposedly "barred" from soliciting grassroots support to help
fill up the rally site. While both Poe and Escudero tried to downplay the unforeseen events, their supporters confirmed the hitches they experienced the past few days, including the last-minute impediments. One of their senatorial candidates in their Partido Galing at Puso, lawyer Lorna Kapunan, confirmed the deferment of the rally in Davao City: "I was in the same flight with the campaign organizers, and I asked them why we were diverted from Davao to Tacloban City, and the factual answer is: There was really no issuance of permits." "I think we should also credit Senators Grace (Poe) and Chiz (Escudero) for their sensitivity in not forcing themselves on other people's turf," Kapunan added. "They gave due respect to another presidential candidate in his own turf. But, still, yes, the factual answer is that we were not able to get permits for provincial sorties in Leyte." "If it's a question of permits, I don't think it's Mayor Duterte who gave the orders. I'm sure Mayor Digong (Duterte) is also very busy
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One of the ordeals of Vice Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos Jr., in campaigning is his surname. For some people, Marcos is synonym to ‘dictatorship’ or ‘martial law’ or ‘abuses’ or ‘tyranny.’ But the senator said he, being a Marcos, is a blessing instead of curse. Bongbong stresses that he should be judged by what his what happened during his father’s reign. He said historians, not politicians, should be the ones to make an objective assessment of the rule of his late father. “It is not our job. Our job is to look for what the people need at the present,” Marcos said. President Noynoy Aquino has been actually campaigning against the candidacy of the senator. Marcos said that his generation is different from the generation four generations ago. That, the country has different problems today. And different problems must have different solutions. He is right. In reality, 6 out of 10 Filipinos today still believe that the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos made several significant development for the country which many Filipinos couldn’t deny. And, in his 17 years of rule, still nobody of the five presidents was able to duplicate what he did for the country in terms of development. Just think of the San Juanico bridge. It bridges t w o big islands in the Visayas a n d is instrumental in connecting Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao through land transportation. And, nobody can argue to the fact that, from Cory’s rule up her son Noynoy’s time, nobody from them was able to build single bridge to connect an island to another. There’s the LRT, the Heart Center, the Lung Center and many others. During Marcos’ time, the country was not far from Japan in terms of economic growth. In Southeast Asia, Philippines was considered as the most industrialized one. Students from the neighboring countries preferred to study here, particularly in agricultural courses. During Marcos’ time, the country didn’t had to import rice. The country’s foreign debt didn’t even reach 10 percent of today’s debt. This means that the succeeding leaders of this country after Marcos, has damaged the country more that what Marcos might have. May 2016 election is just timely to start rebuild the country and it the best opportunity for Bongbong Marcos to make up, if ever, his late father have failed. So, those who believe that the late Marcos Sr. caused damages to the country, should let the son pay for it. Not by being deprived for running this country but by allowing him instead. If Bongbong Marcos wins in May, he may start thinking the Presidency in 2022 and begin to draw the dummy of the new industrialized Philippines in the next four decades.
DILI ikalimod, bisan pa mokontra ang uban nga dili motoo, lisud man dawaton pero maoy tinood nga kusog sa pulso sa katilingban. Hinoon, layo pa man ang piniliay kay sa buwan sa Mayo pa man. Pero, karon naa na tay panghunahuna kon kinsa gyud ang makadaug nga kandidato sa pagka-Presidente, pagka-Bise President ug mga senadores. Sa mga kusog sa pagkasenador mao kini sila si Vicente Sotto III, Ping Lacson, Ralf Recto, Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Serge Osmeña, Miguel Zubiri, Dick Gordon, Teofisto Guingona III, Manny Pacquiao, Leila De Lima, ug Riza Hontiveros. Ug ang naa sa ika-trese nga position, nga posibling makasulod o kon dili, mao si Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno. Ang mga kandidato nga kinahanglan nga maningkamot aron makasulod sila sa Magic 12 mao sila si Mark Lapid, Tesdaman Joel Villanueva, kanhi MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino, Marilou Estrada, Sherwin Gatchalian, Edu Manzano ug Martin Romualdez. Ang naa sa first five sa survey, bisan maghayang-hayang, wala nay problema. Sigurado na kana sila sa ilang kadaugan.
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Kusog sa pulso sa katilingban Ang gikan sa ika-unom ngadto sa ika-trese kinahanglan gihapon nga doblehon ang ilang paningkamot tungod kay wala pa kana makasiguro sa ilang kadaugan. Pwede pa kaayo nga mausab ang ilang pwesto human sa eleksyon. Ang lapas sa trese, mao kana sila ang triplehon ngadto sa ikaupaton pa gyud ang ilang paningkamot aron sila makadaug. Kini sila ang mga kandidato nga pwedeng ilado sa ilang lugar o kon distrito pero wala mailhi sa uban bahin sa nasud. Mao nga maglisud gyud sila’g daug. Parehas niini ni senatoriable Martin Romualdez. Dinhi sa Leyte, sigurado kana nga daug. Pero, sa uban nga lugar, wala man kana siya mailhi mao nga maglisud gyud siya. **** Sa pagka-presidente, dili pud ikalimod nga pulos maayo ang tanan nga kandidato. Bisan tingale kinds ana nila ang makadaug, kaya nila magdumala sa nasud. Gihashasan na gani kana sila sa Comelec, sa ato pa, sila na gyud ang makaingon kita nga labing takus ug angayan nga mahimong presidente sa nasud. Ang pangutana lang gyud mao ni. Kinsa ba ana nila ang giganahan sa kadaghanan nga mga tawo, dili lang gikan sa usa ka rehiyon o kon lugar, kondili
sa tibook nasud. Ganahan sa mga taga-Luzon, ganahan sa mga taga-Bisaya ug ganahan sa mga taga-Mindanao. Kon dili lang anay kita mohisgot og survey, makasiguro kita nga ang pilion sa mga taga-Roxas City, siyempre si Liberal party bet Mar Roxas. Kon hisgotan nato ang Makatic City, syempre ilang botaran si Binay gyud. Kon didto pud sa Mindanao, siyempre si Duterte gyud. Usa pud ka problema mao ni. Si Mar Roxas ug si Meriam Defensor Santiago, pulos mga Ilonggo. Sa ato pa, matunga ang mga Ilonggo tali ni Roxas ug ni Meriam. Pero, kay si Grace Poe, naga-angkon man sa iyang kaugalingon nga gikan sa mga kaliwat sa mga Ilonggo, sa ato pa, modugang siya’g bahin sa mga botos sa mga Ilonggo. Silang tulo pud, siguradong makakuha’g botos gikan sa mga Bisaya. Si Duterte pud kon hisgotan nato ang botos nga pwedeng iyang makuha. Tungod kay taga-Mindanao si Duterte, siguradong halos siyento porsyento sa Mindanao, si Duterte ang pilion. Sigurad
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Well-known looter yields shabu ORMOC CITY – Barangay Tanods of Barangay Punta, this city, felt relieved after an allegedly known looter was collared and suspected shabu was seized from his possession after he ran away from the cops in Rabanet St., Purok 1, Barangay Linao, also this city. The suspeck was identified as certain Jovet Pocson y Monsanto, admitted that he is 17 years old and a resident of Purok 7 of the same place. Police revealed that a concerned resident called the attention of the police and reported that certain person was boldly selling shabu at their barangay. Responding team was sent immediately because the suspect was already known to have been involved in several looting incidents. But, when
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pud nga botaran si Duterte sa mga taga-Leyte tungod kay sa Leyte man gikan si Duterte. Sa lungsod sa Macrohon siya natawo ug narehistro sa siyudad sa Maasin. Kon hisgotan pud ang mga Cebuano, bisan tingale tua sa ubang partido sila ug dunay kaugalingon nga kandidato, si Duterte lang gihapon ang botoran nila tungod kay lapad ang kasaysayan sa mga Duterte ngadto sa mga Cebuano. Usa ka Duterte, nahimong mayor sa Danao City ug usa ka Duterte ang nahimong mayor ug gobernador sa Cebu. **** Nahibalo ba kamo ngano nga nagtikakusog si Duterte? Kini tungod kay nahibalo na ang mga tawo kon kinsa ang ilang pilion. Si Duterte ra gyud ang dunay kaisog nga mosulti batok sa mga sagbot sa kalingban. Si Duterte lang gyud ang dunay katarungan nga kaluha sa kauswagan ang hapsay ug malinawon nga katilingban. Siya ra gyud ang dunay tin-aw ug klaro nga plano para sa nasud. Dili siya matalaw pagsulti batok sa mga
the arresting police identified themselves, the suspect tried to flee and threw away a plastic sachet containing white substance suspected to be shabu. The suspect, who seemed to be under the influence of illegal drug, denied that he owned the suspected drug. The police found in his possession P70 cash after body-searching procedure. Barangay Tanod Pablo Noya, revealed that he had a chance to admonish the suspect and told him to stop being involved in looting after he was apprehended some year ago. Noya said he thought the suspect had already changed. Punta Brgy. Chairman Agapito Inong signed the inventory sheet proving that an evidence was found in the suspect’s possession. RCD
sindikato ug mga criminal. Siya ra ang kandidato nga dili ginabola ang mga katawhan. Ang problema lang kay ang kusog sa pulso sa katilingban aron mahimong bise Presidente, dili man si Alan Peter Cayetano, kondili si Bongbong Marcos man. Hinoon, diyutay tingale ang ganahan ni Marcos sa mga taga-Mindanao, pero, siguradong solido ang norte alang kaniya. Naa man gani mga supporters ni Duterte pero ang ilang ganahan nga bise Presidente mao si senator Bongbong Marcos. Sa Leyte, siguradong si Bongbong Marcos ang number one. Mao nga ang atong tan-aw karon, magligas lang tingale pila ka gatos ka botos si Marcos ug Cayetano. Pero, alang ni Duterte, bisag asa ana nilang duha, okey lang gihapon siya. Apan kon dili man gani makadaug si Cayetano, sigurado gihapon nga dunay pwesto sa administrasyon ni Duterte. Lagmit, kana siya ang mahimong Executive Secretary.
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in his own campaign. So it must be a decision made by some city hall functionaries. I think we'll give them the benefit of the doubt. If we go there, we will give much respect and admiration to the mayor," Ople said. While appropriate documents were granted for the team to mount an event in RTR Plaza in the city, Bem Noel, who heads the political affairs section for the campaign of Poe and Escudero, said barangay officials were allegedly given marching orders by the local government not to mobilize supporters to attend the rally. "They were even told that we have to provide cash incentives in order for them to attend. Now that it's raining here, it's already problematic enough for us, do they need to make it more trying? It's difficult to fill up the venue," Noel said.
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D.A.R.E. money which they will redeem during class graduation for sports materials adding that pupils will be rewarded timely for their summer vacation to encourage them in sports. Reportedly, the third batch of D.A.R.E. graduates will be over 200 which would account already
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RTR Plaza can accommodate as many as 25,000 people. "It's unfortunate if this is true, because if there are indeed such maneuverings, it's quite unfair, because, whoever is the current leader should allow the people to listen to the candidates, for other candidates to be heard, to express their views. In my province, in Sorsogon, Bicol, the stage will always be available to whoever wants to present their platform and programs. They will not be barred from speaking before the public," Escudero said. In Roxas City last week, the camp of Poe was also reportedly barred by the Department of Education (DepED) from using a public school as their venue for the campaign including a mall, a source from the team disclosed. (PR)
around 700 graduates when the program started last year in the various schools of the city. And pupils already in their next grade when they meet the D.A.R. E. officers give an impression they have been prepared peer pressure against illegal drugs telling classmates they are D.A.R.E learners. RCD
(Ginapasabot ang mga tigbasa nga ang maong balita niining maong kolum, dili tinood nga panghitabo. Gimugna lang kini aron sa paghatag ug pasiaw ug palingaw… Ed.)
Ganahan sa mango shake ORMOC CITY – Lahi gyud kuno pag babaye ang magka-crush sa lalake. Kay ang lalaki magpa-uwaw-uwaw pa man. Dugay pa makasulti sa tinood. Daghan pa ang pasakalye. Pero, pagbabaye gani, paatbang dayon. Dili na man kuno uso ang pakipot karon. Mao kini ang ginabuhat sa usa ka estudyante dinha sa EVSU nga na-crush sa parabaligya’g mango shake dinha sa city plaza. Ang iyang buhaton, kada hapon gyud mopalit og mango shake ug kon wala siyay kwarta, manghulam gyud siya sa iyang classmate aron lang gyud makapalit og mango shake. Sumala pa sa iyang classmate nga nahibalo sa iyang trip, dili kuno siya makatulog kon dili makakaon og mango shake. Ug ang labing alegre kay ginatigum diay sa maong estudyante ang baso sa mango shake. Mao na nga karon pwerteng daghana na sa mga baso sa ilang balay. Iya man gud kuno simhot-simhoton ang baso kay lagi nagunitan man sa iyang crush….haay…
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(OWWO II, Heidi A. Hosillos with Julita OFWs and Beneficiaries Association during the Financial Literacy and Values Re-orientation Seminars)
OWWA RWO 8 conducts seminars with OFW family circle in Julita, Leyte JULITA, Leyte -- As part of OWWA’s intervention in giving OFW-members and their beneficiaries’ helpful training on technical know-how and personal growth, OWWA RWO 8 conducted a Financial Literacy Seminar (FLS) and Values Reorientation Seminar (VRS) at ABC Hall Julita, Leyte on February 24, 2016. The seminars were participated by 30 members of Julita OFWs and Beneficiaries Association. The financial literacy seminar aims to give the families of OFW knowledge on handling their finances responsibly. The FLS also desired to instill to the OFW families the importance of being independent and help
them maximize the resources they receive from their loved-ones abroad. On the other hand, values re-orientation seminar was one way of the agency to reinstill to the participants the significance of constant communication between families. It also give encouragement to the families to cope up with the changes they will be facing whilst their loved-ones is working overseas. After the seminar, OWWO II Heidi A. Hosillos had a brief discussion on OWWA programs and services as well as matters on constitution and by-laws of their association. The participants were also given time to raise their queries on the available programs and services offered by the agency. After
a thorough discussion on their queries, the participants were delighted and appreciative to the agency for conducting such seminars that help them grow as an individual and as a group. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration continues to implement and conducts beneficial and responsive programs that is timely and could help OFW and their families enrich their interest and well-being. Prepared by: (sgd)KATRINA D. OBEJERA Labor Communication Officer Approved by: (sgd)MA. EVANGELINA V. FILAMOR Chief, Programs and Services Division
LN4 Foundation launches ‘Give hope –give a hand project’ ORMOC CITY ---- A total of 55 individuals get free prosthetic hands during the final day of LN4 Foundation’s project launch Eastern Visayas operation at Liga ng mga Barangay building here recently. In partnership with Kiwanis Club of Geo Ormoc and other stakeholders, LN4 Foundation was successful in its project which aided not just residents from Ormoc City but also from nearby municipalities. The project is also supported by the Philippine Army’s 19th Infantry Battalion that was able to find a dozen of qualified recipients from upland barangays in the province of Leyte. Lt. Bryan Albano, Public Information Officer of 19IB was quoted that information about the project does not reach some remote villages; especially in areas were forms of multi-media and print is inaccessible. “We tried our best to help LN4 Foundation and Kiwanis Club by maximizing information dissemination regarding the project through CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK
radio and even during conversations with residents in communities where our soldiers go”, Albano said. LN4 Foundation is a humanitarian organization based in San Francisco, California. Its primary mission is to provide prosthetic hands to anyone who qualifies and needs it at no cost to the recipient. It has already distributed over 23,000 prosthetic hands in 80 countries since 2005. Their goal is to be able to give 100,000 hands within the next five years.
Ambassador Grace Cabato of LN4 Foundation-Philippines said that in Region 8, the foundation has already distributed close to 200 prosthetic hands during its project launch in Catarman, Northern Samar, Catbalogan City and Tacloban City. Qualified recipients are those who have at least 11 inches of remaining limb from the armpit. And to request for prosthetic hands, one may contact LN4 Foundation at mobile phone number 0939-275-6775 or visit their website at: ln4foundation.ph. RCD