Red Cross initiates jobs fair in Tacloban

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July 31, 2014

TACLOBAN CITY- More than 500 unemployed people coming from different parts of Leyte tried their luck during a two-day jobs fair sponsored by the Philippine Red Cross held at the Robinsons Place, this city. The two-day jobs fair, which ended on July 20, 2014, had 43 job openings for those who sought employment, said Karen Grace Udtuhan, staff of the Philippine Red Cross.

The job fair had a theme “Grab the opportunity. Build a career with us.” Udtuhan said that the 43 job available are for the Red Cross for the United States, Germany, Spain and Australia chapters working in the country, particularly in Eastern Visayas.

The job vacancies were for administrative assistant, bookkeeper, community development organizer, drivers, finance assistant, logistics assistant, procurement assistant, project engineer, project team leader, technical project assistant in administration, DRR, finance, health, water and sanitation, shelter and water sanitation and warehouse assistant.

“This job fair is part of the supertyphoon Yolanda response here in Leyte. We are still blessed because there are many international and non-government organizations that came here to help us and give as opportunity to have jobs. We should always think of the positive side and be thankful to Him up above”, added Udtuhan. (AIRYLL A. YAPOC LNU-Intern)

UNDP extends assistance to Tacloban’s operations of its dumpsite

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TACLOBAN CITY-The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will continue to help the city government of Tacloban in the operations of its open dump site located at Barangay Santo Nino until February next year. This was revealed by Reggie Urmeneta, environmental specialist of the Environment Management Bureau (EMB-8) who said that the city government no less sought the UNDP to extend their assistance to them.

Since the UNDP took over the operations of the city’s open dump site, Urmeneta said that noticeable difference of the facility could be seen like proper segregation of recyclable materials from other wastes collected. The said facility sustained some damages due to supertyphoon Yolanda.

“The extended operation of the UNDP is a big help not just to the city of Tacloban but to other municipalities in Leyte and Samar,” Urmeneta said. Urmeneta said that collection of garbage in the city is easier considering that the city government has its own equipment like dump trucks and people.

She added that there are still waste pickers in the open dump site but it has been reduced after the UNDP hired some of them under its cash-for-work program to help them in the garbage collection. They also indentified an area where these collected wastes should be dumped.

The waste-pickers who have been hired by the UNDP are also the ones who collect those recyclable materials that can be recovered in the open dump site which the garbage collector brings in the site. They were also tasked to cover soil those garbage that cannot be recycled as required under Republic Act 9003.

“There are some recyclable materials that do not reach anymore to the open dump site for they been already separated by those waste pickers hired by the UNDP to assist in the garbage collection and the bring it in junk buyers identified in which the proceeds thereof will serve as additional income for them,” Urmeneta said.(RYAN GABRIEL ARCENAS)

Bobon town to mark its 151st founding anniversary

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BOBON, Northern Samar-Mayor Rene Celespara of this town enjoins the public particularly, municipal and village officials, employees and the academe to participate on their forthcoming 151st founding anniversary on August 4, 2014.

Mayor Celespara said that though this year’s celebration will be simple, several activities have been lined up involving youths, the elderly, students as well as officials and employees.“The celebration does not only contribute to the general well-being of the town’s various infrastructure, social services and other developmental projects, it also poses a more involved awareness among us public servants and further urges us to achieve our expectation for a more peaceful and developed town,” he said during a meeting. “Samtang akon gin-aaghat an ak mga igkasi Bobonanon ug mga opisyales–ky sa bahin san lokal nga pan-gobyernohan, gin-gagarintiya ko nga igpaabut sa aton mga igkasi-Bobonanon an aton padayon nga panalimbasug nga mahipa-angbet an nano man nga aton makuha san mga ahensya san gobyerno nga prohektos para san padayon nga pagmantiner san kamurayawan san bungto,” the mayor added.

This year’s founding anniversary has a theme “Kamurayaw ug Pagkasarayo, Tangkud ug Makusog nga Liberato, Dalan san Progreso”. Among the activities are an open basketball tournament which started on July 13 with a prize of P50,000 for the champions. However, the kick-off ceremony leading to the celebration will be held on July 31, coinciding with the observation of the nutrition month.

As part of the celebration on August 4, the foundation date, a thanksgiving mass at 6am will be held to be followed by a colorful parade to be participated by high school and elementary students; street dancing competition; Tuklas Talento- hiphop and vocal solo competition; agro-industrial fair showcasing Bobon’s agri-products and native specialties with a cultural and variety show to cap the 4-day celebration. (PETER D. PAREDES)

Ormoc procure state-of-the-art rescue truck

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July 30, 2014

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ORMOC CITY-The Organized Rescue and Medical Aid of Ormoc City (ORMOC) expects a shorter response time now that they are equipped with a new rescue truck that arrived recently, said team leader Dominic Eamiguel. Eamiguel said that the new vehicle is used as equipment storage or carrier. Currently, every time there is a call, the rescuers need to manually carry their equipment that are stored at their headquarters. The P2.8 million rescue truck is equipped with hydraulic attachments, three-ton capacity boom, winch, built-in generator set and flood lamps. Responding to emergency and accident calls from nearby municipalities are likewise expected considering that ORMOC rescuers are trained and now equipped with the tools.

The high-end rescue truck is a surplus from Japan that was purchased in Manila and said to be the first in region 8. The finance used in procuring this new unit was taken from the city’s Disaster-Risk Reduction Management fund being part of enhanced capability program. (ELVIE ROMAN ROA)

“Impossible Dreams” Never Die…In spite!

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Former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has revealed during her 85th birthday, July 2, of her dream to return to Malacañang via Senator Ferdinand R. “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
It’s prophetic to blind loyalists and believers of the late dictator. Mind you there are still many of them.
Imelda, who shall be at the helm of those campaign teams in 2016 for her son’s presidential dream, if ever, will certainly face avalanches of issues that will certainly be raised by other presidential hopefuls for them to clarify and credibly explain. One of which is they should come clean of burning issues like the alleged billions of dollars plundered by them during their 20-year reign, 14 years committed under the reign of the dictatorship which these dollars/pesos are still believed to be intact in their possession, in spite of a commission tasked to recover their hidden wealth, the PCGG organized and commissioned by President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
The commission failed.
President Ferdinand E. Marcos sallied forth into politics, from the House of Representatives, then became an outstanding senator of the Republic, and later elected Senate President – and eventually President of the Republic of the Philippines.
Evidently he was prepared to assume the top post as the nation’s top executive. He had a very clear vision, a good one for the country. Even as a law student at the University of the Philippines and topping the bar as well, his focus was the presidency of the land. He prepared for it.
And it happened! He won! And so much have been accomplished under his first term (1965-1969). Those sterling performances won him easily a re-election. In time, supported by the people he declared Martial Law on two objectives: (1.) To quell rebellion and (2) To create a New Society. He crafted a unifying burning battle cry: “This nation can be great again.”
As the years went by however, his cronies, close associates and members of his family were discovered to have amassed unexplained hidden wealth and sadly there was not much improvement in the economy and of the lives of the suffering poor Filipino people.
Worse, the Filipino nation, via the alternative press learned (press freedom was curtailed then) of billions of dollars were deposited in foreign banks by the Marcoses and cronies and by the way is not history yet because up to now the Marcos trial for plunder which has been in our courts for 4 decades already but still pending with no credible end in sight seen.
How will presidential hopeful Bongbong or the brains behind the dream Imelda explain to the people of this large- scale thievery, to warrant a Marcos return to Malacañang?
This is not to mention other crimes like killings, kidnappings, human rights violations committed during that 20-year regime which are still languishing in our courts. Imelda should go over again her plans and humbly consult people.