29.1 C
Tacloban City
April 26, 2025 - Saturday | 11:58 AM
Home Blog Page 1481

Leyte SP approves ordinance increasing on hospital fees

By
Web Master
-
0

TACLOBAN CITY- An ordinance seeking for an increase of fees in all hospitals run by the provincial government of Leyte has been approved on third and final reading.
The provincial board approved the proposed ordinance mainly authored by board member Anlie Apostol during their regular session held DATE. Increase of fees to be collected by the management is necessary to ensure that these health facilities would not be penalized by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Phil health).

Fee increase ranges from 50% to as much as 200%, but Apostol said it is still a minimal fee if to compare with other hospitals like Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center. The provincial government has 14 community and district hospitals under its supervision with the Leyte Provincial Hospital in Palo and the Ormoc District Hospital in Ormoc City as two of the biggest.

The proposed increase will take effect once the ordinance is posted in all the affected hospitals and in a newspaper of general circulation, Apostol said.  She, however, stressed that only those who can afford to pay hospital bills will be affected by the ordinance as residents of the province who are considered indigents could avail free services. “Basically it is us, paying patients that will be affected by this ordinance and not the indigents. Indigent patients can still avail free services from hospital of the province. (ROEL T. AMAZONA)

It’s Aquino vs. Tan anew in Calbayog

By
Web Master
-
0

CALBAYOG CITY- The mayoralty race in this city will be a repeat of the 2013 elections.
While the 2013 elections was a three-cornered fight, next polls will have reelectionist Mayor Ronaldo Aquino of Liberal Party as against Angelie Tan, running under the Nacionalista Party fighting it out for the top post for Calbayog, whose economy is on the rise but its peace and order among its problems. Tan, daughter of Rep. Milagrosa Tan, said that if elected, making Calbayog a better place to live in will be her top agenda. “If given the chance, I will do everything whatever that I need to do to make Calbayog a better place to live in” she said. The mayoralty candidate, in particular, said that she would further open up the city to investors to generate employment to the residents and ensure that peace and order will reign.

Tan, who was disqualified during the 2013 polls due to lack of residency, has board member Lolita Daguman as her running-mate. Included in her line up are former city councilors Susano Salurio and Minda Pasacas, lawyer Eduardo Tibo, Marlon Villamento, Berting Montad and Abbie Joy Irigon representing the Tinambacan and Oquendo Districts. Meantime, also part of Tan’s line up are Sunshine Diomangay, Augusto Bon Lucero, Lydia Naparan, Romeo Durmiendo, Jessie Guianan and Jeffrey Bernate for Calbayog District. (JENNIFER SUMAGANG-ALLEGADO)

Leyte marks 71st landings of American forces

By
Web Master
-
0

Doug

TACLOBAN CITY – Dignitaries from the United States, Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom will grace today’s 71st commemoration of the Leyte Gulf Landings headed by the provincial government of Leyte.

Invited to attend this historic event which led to the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese Imperial Army are Tetsuro Amano, deputy chief of mission of the Embassy of Japan; Lain Mansfeld, trade and investment director of the British Embassy; Australian Ambassador Bill Tweddell; Glenda Taylor, head of the Veterans Service Center, US Embassy; US Marine Attaché Lt. Col. Mark Broekhuizen together with Lt. General Ernesto Gonzalo Carolina, Administrator of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) as the commemorative speaker of the program to be held at the national shrine named after American legendary general, Douglas MacArthur in Barangay Baras, Palo town.

This year’s commemoration kicked off with a series of cultural activities launched by the local government of Palo through Mayor Remedios Petilla which engaged the youth in the appreciation and commemoration of the Leyte Gulf Landings like historical quiz bee and song and dance competitions. This year’s commemoration carries the theme “Liberation: A Paradigm for a Renewed Leyte”. Gov. Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said the theme best describes Leyte’s renewed sense of liberation after all the setbacks it has suffered. “Our liberation as a people now comes with a new face, that of a renewed province, better and stronger than we once were,” Gov. Petilla said.
For his part, Vice Gov. Carlo Loreto called on the people not to waste the ultimate sacrifice that our heroes paid during the war, by making better choices and better decisions.

“Our heroes paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we may have the freedom we now cherish and enjoy. Our choice is not between life and death. Our choice is between honesty and petty corruption, between developmental projects and ghost projects, between doing what is right and good,” Loreto said. The Battle of Leyte lasted from Oct. 20 to Dec. 31, 1944, resulting in a victory for the Allied forces. It was a milestone in the Second World War in the Pacific that culminated in the end of almost three years of Japanese occupation of the Philippines. The Leyte landings also marked the re-establishment of the Commonwealth government on Philippine soil after years of government-in-exile in the US.

“Icot” vows to lower power rates if elected to the Senate

By
Web Master
-
0
ICOT
ICOT

HILONGOS, Leyte-– Lower and cheaper power rates in the country. This would be the political agenda of former Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho “Icot” Petilla if ever he will eventually seek a Senate seat in next year’s elections. Petilla is among being considered as possible senatorial candidates of the ruling Liberal Party.

But if ever he will be drafted by the party, one of the things he will do is to lower down the country’s power rates which is among Asia’s highest. Petilla, in his speech before officials of various electric cooperatives of the region held last Sept.26 this town, said that he wishes to run not because of the prestige or power but rather “for a noble cause.”

And that noble cause is to lower the power rates, he said. Petilla, who was the Energy Secretary from 2012 up to early this year, said that he achieved some of his goals which included ending the power cartels from self-dealing. Before he stepped down, he signed DOE Circular No. DC2015-06-0008 or the Demand Aggregation and Supply Auctioning Policy or DASAP in the electric power industry, which mandates all distribution utilities to undertake a competitive selection process in securing power supply agreements.

This landmark measure is seen to ensure transparent and reasonable prices of electricity in a regime of free and fair competition and full public accountability. Petilla said he can carry on with more power-consumer friendly legislative measures if given the chance to become a senator. (AHLETTE C.REYES)

Tacloban native wins Mister Global Philippines

By
Web Master
-
0
Mister Global Philippines 2015 Rick Kristoffer Palencia, who is from Tacloban City, says the title paved the way for opportunities for him. The 23-year old titlist poses with Leyte Samar Daily Express publisher Dalmacio “Massey” Grafil during his visit on October 1. (Facebook account of Rick Kri)
Mister Global Philippines 2015 Rick Kristoffer Palencia, who is from Tacloban City, says the title paved the way for opportunities for him. The 23-year old titlist poses with Leyte Samar Daily Express publisher Dalmacio “Massey” Grafil during his visit on October 1. (Facebook account of Rick Kri)
Mister Global Philippines 2015 Rick Kristoffer Palencia, who is from Tacloban City, says the title paved the way for opportunities for him. The 23-year old titlist poses with Leyte Samar Daily Express publisher Dalmacio “Massey” Grafil during his visit on October 1. (Facebook account of Rick Kri)

TACLOBAN CITY- All Rick Kristoffer Palencia wants is to board a ship to help his family. But instead of boarding ships, being a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation, the mestizo-looking 23-year old Palencia has television and fashion shows as stage. At this point, the Tacloban native has to set aside his childhood dream of becoming a seaman to fulfill his obligation as this year’s Mister Global Philippines. The male beauty pageant was held last September 13 with Palencia beating 29 other candidates, some of them professional ramp models. He is the first from the region to have won the title whose winners include Neil Perez, a policeman by profession.

The title carries with it his representation of the country to the Mister Global International slated next year in Thailand. And obviously, Palencia is relishing his new-found role as a “beauty titlist.” “I just want to help my family, reason why I took the course and be a seaman. But this opportunity is now with me, so I have to make the best out of it,” Palencia said in an interview during his visit to Leyte Samar Daily Express office on October 1.

The 5’10 Mister Global Philippines winner is the grandson of Lourdes “Ate” Lulu Palencia, an institution in the local media industry. This early, opportunities are coming his way like doing some fashion shows and television appearances that could be his ticket to a possible career in showbiz. Incidentally, his aunt, Lourlyn Palencia, was at one time a movie actress.

As part of his preparations for the forthcoming international pageant, Palencia said that he is doing some strenuous workouts to make him more fit. He also said that his winning somehow compensated whatever emotional strain he suffered when super typhoon “Yolanda” struck Tacloban close to two years now. He was in Naval when the world’s strongest typhoon hit Tacloban. He walked and hiked for more than a 100 kilometers just to reach Tacloban and see the conditions of his loved ones.

“But I’d rather not recall the bad memories brought by Yolanda. Instead tell the entire world that Tacloban has recovered from it. People are returning to their normal lives and our economy is slowly recovering,” Palencia said. (JOEY A.GABIETA/ROEL T.AMAZONA)

Over 130,000 voters in EV have no biometrics-Comelec

By
Web Master
-
0

TACLOBAN CITY- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported that there are more than 130,000 registered voters in the region without biometrics data. Lawyer Jose Nick Mendros, Comelec regional director said that registered voters without biometrics cannot cast their votes during next year’s election as provided by law. The 134,510 registered voters of the region who have no biometrics represent 5.27 percent out of the original 456,000 voters who do not have their biometrics. “But our target is to lower it to just three percent considering many in the list could be dead already. However, we could not just delete their names as we need a certification from the Civil Registrar or an affidavit from the nearest kin,” Mendros said. Under Republic Act 10367, otherwise known as the Mandatory Biometrics Register Act, voters are mandated to register or validate their biometrics or be barred from voting in next year’s general elections.

Biometrics refers to the automated identification of an individual, which includes his picture, finger print and signature recorded by a computer during the registration.
Mendros said they want to ensure that all registered voters in the region to have their biometrics taken for them to vote. “We’re talking here of the right to vote. Everybody should be counted. We have exerted all efforts for them to know the campaign,” he said. The country is to hold a general election next year. The deadline for voters to have their biometrics taken is on October 31 with the exceptions on October 12 to 16, days of the filing of certificates of candidacy who will run in the 2016 elections.

The registration for biometrics data started last May 6, 2014. Mendros said that since they started their campaign, dubbed as “no bio, no boto,” they have made several measures to ensure that those who have no biometrics could be reached. For one, they posted list of voters in the barangays who have no biometrics and even wrote to all local chief executives, to include the governors, to help them on their campaign.

“We also conducted satellite registrations,” the Comelec regional director said. Based on their records, there are still 44,097 registered voters in Leyte who have no biometrics; 42,979 voters in Samar; 26,125 in Northern Samar; 11,667 registered voters in Eastern Samar; 7,883 in Southern Leyte and 1,749 in Biliran.
The region has total voting population of 2.51 million. BY: JOEY A. GABIETA

1...1,4801,4811,482...1,651Page 1,481 of 1,651

Recent Posts

DALMACIO C. GRAFIL
PUBLISHER

ALMA GRAFIL
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

ROMEO CEBREROS
OFFICE IN-CHARGE

OFFICE
BRGY. SONGCO, BORONGAN CITY

CONTACT NUMBERS
(055) 261 – 3319 | 0955 251 1533 | 0917 771 0320 | 0915 897 7439 | 0921 511 0010

DALMACIO C. GRAFIL
PUBLISHER

RICKY J. BAUTISTA
EDITOR

ALMA GRAFIL
BUS. MANAGER

OFFICE
RIZAL AVENUE, CATBALOGAN
(INFRONT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEAR CITY HALL)

CONTACT NUMBERS
0917 771 0320 | 0915 897 7439 | 0921 511 0010

EMAIL
lsdaily2@yahoo.com

WEBSITE
www.issuu.com/samarweeklyexpress