E A S TE RN S A M A R

The Exponent of EASTERN SAMAR PROGRESS

Vol. XIII Issue No. 21

Oct. 25-31, 2015

PNoy visits
Arteche
ARTECHE, Eastern Samar- The visit of Presi- nect the town to the rest of the province and to the nearby
dent Benigno Aquino of this town has a historical towns of Northern Samar.
Aquino visited Arteche last Friday, October 30, during
magnitude.
Not only he was the first President to ever visit this impoverished town, 160 kms away from the provincial capital
of Borongan City, but it was under his administration to con-

which he announced the big ticket infrastructure projects in-

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Council to commemorate
Yolanda anniversary
By Samuel Candido
BORONGAN
CITY- The Our Lady of Seven
Dolors Parish of Hernani,
Eastern Samar through the
Parish Pastoral Council
(PPC) headed by Hernani
Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Joseph
A. Nicolas Jr. in cooperation with the Local Government Unit (LGU) led by
Hernani Municipal Mayor
Hon. Edgar C. Boco, met
in October 25, 2015 at the
Hernani Convent, this municipality.
The said meeting was is
in preparation for the second anniversary commemoration of Super Typhoon
Yolanda which devastated
the place on November 8,
2013.
In an interview with

PIA, Rev. Fr. Nicolas disclosed that one of the activities of the anniversary
celebration is the lighting
of candles along the national road which will start
on November 1 to Nov. 8,
2015.
We are appealing to
the public for their support
to put a lighted candle on
the main road when the 6
o clock church bell rings,
Rev. Fr. Nicolas said.
Nicolas further said that
the purpose of the activity
is to honor those who perished during the typhoon
and at the same time, as a
way of reflection for those
who survived the disaster.
On November 8, 2015,

Hernani
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Alleged P4.9 million

irregularities

Ombudsman
sacks PNP-RD 8

President Benigno S. Aquino III led the commemoration of the 50th founding anniversary of Eastern Samar on October 30, 2015, held at the Arteche Municipal Gymnasium. With the Health Secretary, he distributed blood-pressure apparatus and glocometer sents to barangay health workers and provincial health
officials. The President also inspected the Samar Road Rehabilitation Project, which involves the construction/rehabilitation of existing roads and bridges that
include road widening, pavement strengthening, and drainage improvement, among others. Expected to propel economic activity through reduced transportation costs and greater access to the communities in Eastern and Western Samar, the project is targeted to be completed in May 2016.
(Photos by the Malacaang Photo Bureau.)

Pray, live, laugh,

love, and a glass of
red wine. says this

centenarian mother from

Oras town; One of the perks
of being a centenarian,
Victoria Tomenio Arellano, a
103 year-old mother and a
former public school teacher,
is receiving the P100,000
Milestone Benefit from Government Service Insurance
System (GSIS); she is the
first and only beneficiary in
Eastern Samar. In Photo are
the children of the beneficiary and the officials of GSIS.

- Chief Supt. Asher

Dolina, police regional
director of the Philippine
National Police, cried foul
over the decision of the
Ombudsman dismissing
him, along with 17 others, from service due to
alleged irregular procurement of rubber boats.
Dolina, who assumed
his post January of this
year, chided the decision
of the Ombudsman saying
on its desire to achieve its
all-out campaign against
graft and corruption in the
government, it has to issue
a biased and unfounded
decision.
I am saddened that
the Ombudsman in its allout campaign against graft
and corruption in gov-

ernment will issue biased

and unfounded decision
that violated our right to
due process and right to
speedy disposition of cases, Dolina, in a text message, said.
Dolina appealed to the
Ombudsman to take a
second look on their case
as they filed a motion for
recommendation for a
possible reversal of an earlier decision.
Mayroon din naman
kami career and reputasyon na inaalagaan na nasira dahil sa very unjust
decision na ito, he said.
Dolina was among the
18 police officials who
were meted with perpet-

Ombudsman
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Oct. 25-31, 2015

NEWS
Oktubafest will continue to help support
the coconut industry in EV battered by
Yolanda- Noel

Eastern Samar Bulletin

- Entry from the local government unit of Alangalang and

EF Winery were adjudged as the best bahal and best bahalina,
respectively, in this years Oktubafest.
EF Winery also won the best bahal and bahalina for public tasting category.
Dish prepared by the Eastern Visayas State University
students Sutukil (Sugba-Tuba-Kilaw) was adjudged as best
tuba infused dish and John Paul Caubalesos entry was adjudged as best tuba concoction.
Oktubafest is an annual event highlighting tuba, a local
wine made from the coconut tree sap organized by the An
Waray party-list.
It aims to revitalize and enrich the tuba industry by promoting it not just as wine but also as part of the component of
Eastern Visayas culinary and cultural heritage.
Although the coconut industry in the region was severely
affected by supertyphoon Yolanda, the staging of Oktubafest
should not continue as it helps in promoting products from
coconut trees like tuba, Florencio Bem Noel, founder of
the An Waray party-list group, said.
As traditional wine, tuba has been part of Eastern Visayas
peoples lives and culture. We are happy that we are doing
this, he said.
The An Waray party-list group has been conducting this
annual event started since 2008.
Noel vowed that An Waray will continue to support the
coconut industry of the region thru Oktubafest. He, however,
encourages coconut farmers to do intercropping to support
their main source of livelihood considering that the industry is still reeling from the ill-effects of Yolanda. (ROEL T.
AMAZONA)

Ombuds-...

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ual disqualification from

government service due to
alleged irregularities in the
procurement of 16 rubber
boats worth P4.9 million
in 2009.
At that time, Dolina
was the chairman of the
bids and award committee
of the Maritime Group.
Last week, he filed for
a 15-day leave of absence
with Chief Supt.Cedrick
Train, who is the deputy
regional director for administration, now as the
officer-in-charge of the regional PNP.
Dolina said that the
Ombudsman, since the
case was filed against them
three years ago, did not
give them the chance to
rebut the allegations.

If we were given the

chance to answer these
allegations against us, we
can prove that there was
bidding that occurred as
evidenced by the video
coverage that was taken
during the bidding, he
said.
For more than three
years, inupuan ang kasong
ito ng Ombudsman para
lang sabihin na kami ay
may sala Dolina added.
According to the Ombudsman, the rubber boats
procured were defective.
But despite the defects,
they were accepted as conforming to (users) specifications, the Ombudsman
said.
It also noted that the
supplier of the boats, the
Four Petals, was not technically, legally and financially capable supplier.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

NEWS

Oct. 25-31, 2015

Eastern Samar Bulletin

Tingog Sinirangan An Waray party-list officially

named its nominees
joins party-list elections for next years polls

- A political group
based in the region has
joined the race for congressional seats under the
party-list system.
The Tingog Sinirangan, which was established in 2011, aims that
Eastern Visayas be heard
by national officials and
in the process, all the concerns and needs of the
people of the region would
not only be heard but provided with concrete programs and projects, said
Jude Acidre, one of the
nominees of the group.
Tingog Sinirangan was
given accreditation by the
Commission on Elections
last August 24, 2015.
Acidre said the plan of
their group to join the political race was born after
the region was devastated
by super typhoon Yolan-

da close to two years now.

According to him,
while the region suffered
the most due to Yolanda,
there is still much to be
done to alleviate the sufferings of the survivors.
We want to be heard
but only few people listened to our pleas. We
dont have a single voice
(to gain attention). And
for us, this is unfair considering that we have
suffered the most due to
Yolanda, Acidre said.
He said that due to
Yolanda, the poverty situation of the region, considered already as one of
the poorest regions in the
region, had escalated
further.
Acidre said that while
there are already congressmen from the region, there
is still a need for new rep-

resentatives in Congress
from the region.
There is always a room
for regional development,
he said.
We are more on economic recovery. Yolanda
is just one part, he said.
Aside from Acidre,
the other nominees of the
group are Sean Palami and
Alexis Yu.
Glen Capucion, the
groups president, said that
Tingog Sinirangan is an
all-encompassing group
as it could represent other
sectors of society like the
youth, persons with disabilities, women and the
poor.
Its time that our voices be heard by our national
leaders for the betterment
of our people here in Eastern Visayas, Capucion
said. (JOEY A. GABIETA)

The An Waray party-list formally presented

their five nominees for the
2016 elections.
Named as nominees by
outgoing Rep. Neil Benedict Montejo were Rep.
Victoria Noel, who is presently occupying An Warays
second seat; lawyer Raul
Creencia, Engr. Patrick
Aguilos, Rhoda Radoc and
Nikki Leano.
Montejo, who is serving
his third and last term, said
that he will have to take
the back seat after the 2016
elections together with
Florencio Bem Noel, the
groups national chairman.
We may have new
names for our nominees
but they are equally capable
of doing the job once elected, Montejo said.
He added that he is confident that their good track
record since 2004 will be
the key factor for another
win in next years elections.

Rep. Victoria Noel,

serving on her first term,
said that they have been
low key with their activities the past years but
insisted that the An Waray
has continued its health
and youth programs in the
countryside albeit quietly
compared to previous activities under her brothers
term.
She disclosed that
among her legislative agenda is the passage of the coconut bill proposed earlier
by An Waray congressman
but has yet to be passed by
Congress.
We will continue to
pursue the coco bill as this
will help much our coconut farmers especially here
in Eastern Visayas who are
still recovering from supertyphoon Yolanda in 2013,
Noel said.
Meanwhile,
second
nominee lawyer Creencia
said that part of his legis-

lative agenda is to push for

more benefits for small and
medium entrepreneurs in
the country which he believe is one of the major
economic drivers in the
countryside.
Mainly based on the islands of Leyte, Samar and
Biliran, An Waray introduces itself as a democratic multi-sectoral party-list
organization that envisions
a just, progressive and
peaceful Filipino society.
In the 2004 elections for
the House of Representatives, An Waray got 268,164
votes and one seat.
During the 2010 elections, the An Waray was
able to secure two congressional seats as represented
by Montejo and Rep. Florencio Bem Noel.
A party-list must get
at least two percent of the
total votes cast for the party-list in order to win a seat.
(AHLETTE C.REYES)

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OPINION

COMMENTARY:

Oct. 25-31, 2015

EDITORIAL

By Fr Roy Cimagala
Email: roycimagala@gmail.com

Death, a beginning
not an end
AS priest, I get to see many people already on the verge
of death. Their families invite me to give them the last sacraments of the anointing, communion or viaticum. If the
patients are still able, I would hear their confessions.
But its the effort to convey the Christian meaning of
suffering and death that I find most challenging. Im aware
of the different levels of faith that people have, and its in
how to adapt the doctrine to their level, such that they get
to appreciate it, that would leave me gasping for divine inspiration.
I just cant dish out the teaching in the raw. I need to
dress it up, using the appropriate words, tone, arguments
and examples. I also need a good sense of timing, feeling
the pulse of those around to see if my words are entering
or not. Indeed, a tricky affair, but all worth it. I learn something every time I do this.
Now that we are in this month of November when we
give special attention to our beloved departed, it might be
good to meditate once again on the reality of death. In this,
what is necessary is to see it always from the point of view
of our faith.
Its in our Christian faith that the complete picture of
death is shown and explained. Its in our Christian faith
where the source, cause and purpose of death are given. Its
in our Christian faith where we are told what attitude we
ought to have toward it as well as how to take advantage of
it, especially because it is unavoidable.
We have to be wary when we just allow ourselves to be
led simply by our emotions or some cultural and social beliefs and practices which, while having their valid inputs,
do not give us the whole picture. Without the light of faith,
these factors sooner or later will give us a distorted and
dangerous understanding of death.
Our Christian faith teaches us that death came as a consequence of sin, the sin of our first parents which we now
inherit. Obviously, our own personal sins contribute a lot
to it.
We have to remember that at the beginning we are
meant to be immortal, not only spiritually but also bodily.
Together with immortality, we in our first parents before
the fall enjoyed the preternatural gifts of integrity and impassibilitythe capacity not to suffer.
All these were gone with the sin of Adam and Eve,
and death came as the ultimate consequence of sin. Death
therefore came to us as a deformation of our human nature
in its original, sinless state, and as a divine retribution.
But God is full of love and mercy and he cannot remain
in anger with the masterpiece of his creation. He undertook a plan to save us, a long, tortuous and complex one
not because of his impotence but rather because of the
complex and complicated condition that we have fallen
into after falling into sin.
Gods plan of human redemption, which he carries out
with the fullness of his powers, is not pursued as pure doleout, a give-away without us corresponding to his plan. He
always respects our freedom, no matter how we misuse
and abuse it, and leads us back to him, irrespective of how
complex the ways to return to him might be.
In this regard, our Catechism teaches: God created
us without us, but he did not will to save us without us.
(St. Augustine) To receive his mercy, we must admit our
faults. (1847)
We now know how this divine plan was carried out to
its fulfillment. He sent his Son to us, the Son became man,
taught us everything that we need to know for our salvation, and ultimately offered his life on the cross, and then
resurrected.

All Souls Day/All Saints Day

he yearly observance of All Souls

Day is a regular religious ritualistic activity Christians worldwide
observe. It is a day where we
spend silent moments of remembering our
loved ones to include those we have high regards for having been positively influential in
our lives who have gone ahead of us to the
realm of the unknown .
Our religious beliefs, however, tell us that
those who leave this world in death are either
in the other world of eternal bliss in our Creators domain of perfect other life of heaven
for those who lived saintly lives.
Sinful living up to the moment of death will
bring his soul to eternal damnation or hell.
We were also taught that those who commit venial sins will first undergo a sort of soul
cleansing in Purgatory before he is brought
to haven.
Of course no soul has yet confirmed this
to us but we simply believe and accept this
dogma in faith.
The most significant action all of us should
do is to get ourselves into deep and serious
reflection and recall the lives of our loved ones

his goodness and what they have left as his

legacy to us left behind. On after-thought we
go into our privacy in prayer that their souls
may rest in peace..now and forever.

Along the way, he established his Church where we find

his living word and his living presence in the sacraments.
He endowed it with both visible and invisible gifts so that
the redemptive presence and work of Christ can continue
to be with us till the end of time. This is how God loves us.
As a result, death has ceased to be a punishment, but
rather a means of our salvation. Its not anymore merely
an end to life, but is in fact now the beginning of a new
and eternal life with God. When seen with faith, death is
actually a happy event, not a sad one, since with it one goes
home to his Father God.

Romeo Cebreros
OIC

The Christian world commemorates November 1 the annual observance of All

Saints Day. It is a day where we make attempts for a flash back into the lives of
saints Christian heroes who offered their
lives in to propagate and defend our Roman Catholic Christian faith.
Disciples of Jesus Christ, son of the living
God, also our Lord and Saviour to include
the apostles were the early Christian heroes
and have been canonized for sainthood by
religious authorities headed by the Pope in
Rome; to create models of faith that living

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NEWS

Oct. 25-31, 2015

Climate Change Office

accepting project proposals
The Climate Change Office is now accepting climate
adaptation project proposals for funding under the
Peoples Survival Fund [1]. It has mandated the allocation of a P1 billion fund to be accessed by local
government units and community organizations to
finance their climate change adaptation projects.
Under Republic Act
10174, the Climate Change
Office (CCO) of the Climate
Change Commission will
serve as secretariat of the
Board and will receive and
evaluate the proposals to be
approved by the Board. Secretary Cesar V. Purisima of
the Department of Finance
serves as Chairman of the
Board.
Citing data from the
Global Commission on the
Economy and Climate and
the World Economic Forum, Purisima described the
dire need for both domestic
and international funding to
combat and adapt to climate
change. Up to 2030, about $90
trillion in infrastructure investments and over $4 trillion
in incremental investments
for low carbon technologies
are required to deliver on the
2 degree Celsius goal. Further,
$5 trillion of infrastructure
funding is required annually
up to 2020 but $700 billion
in incremental resources is
needed to make it sustainable.
The PSF is a locally fundRepublic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
Eight (8th) Judicial
Region
Branch 5
Oras, Eastern Samar
IN THE MATTER OF
THE CORRECTION OF
ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE UNDER LOCAL
CIVIL REGISTRY NO.
2000-23
Spec. Proc. Case No. 677
For: Correction of Entries in the Civil Registry
MARY ANN M. ESPONILLA,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL
REGISTRY OF ARTECHE, EASTERN
SAMAR, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL
RIGISTRAR GENERAL
OF THEN NATIONAL
STATISTICS OFFICE
AND ALL INTERESTED PERSONS,
Respondents.
x----------------------x
ORDER

A verified petition for

the Correction of Entry in the
Certificate of Marriage under Local Civil Registry No.
2000-23 of MARY ANN M.
ESPONILLA, was filed on
July 23, 2015 praying that after due notice, publication and
hearing, this Honorable Court
adjudged that petitioners
date of birth be changed from

ed effort of the Philippines to

meet this investment challenge, enabling communities
under threat of climate change
to adapt and live sustainably.
We look forward to seeing
every peso in the fund count
towards more climate-resilient communities. This is an
investment for the future that
we hope will expand further,
Purisima said.
According to Joyceline
Goco, Deputy Executive Director of the CCO, the implementation of the PSF augurs
well for the government as it
undertakes efforts to tackle
the adverse effects of climate
change.
With the fund support
coming from the PSF, local
government units will now
have the means to realize the
plans they have set up to insulate their constituents against
climate change-induced disasters and even exploit the benefits that climate change may
bring, Goco said.
The fund is intended for
adaptation activities that include water resources manage-

MAY 13, 1978 to MAY

13, 1977 in the certificate of
Marriage at the National Statistics Office, Manila and likewise at the Local Civil Registrar, Arteche, Eastern Samar.
Finding the petition to
be sufficient in form and substance the court hereby orders
that the petition be set for
hearing on October 6, 2015 at
1:30 oclock in the afternoon
at which date, time and place
all persons interested may appear and show cause why the
petition should not be granted.
A copy of this order shall
be published at the expense of
the petitioner once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks in
a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Eastern Samar with the last publication at least one (1) week
prior to the date set for initial
hearing.
Furnish copy of this Order: The Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo
St., Legaspi Village, Makati
City; Office of the Provincial
Prosecutor, Oras, Eastern Samar; The Local Civil Registrar, Arteche, Eastern Samar;
The Civil Registrar General,
National Statistics Office,
EDSA, Quezon City, Metro Manila; And Petitioners
counsel, Atty. Robert John M.
Tejero, of Public Attorneys
Office, Oras District Office,
Oras, Eastern Samar.
The petitioner is directed
to furnish copy the aforesaid
offices each with a copy of the
petition.
SO ORDERED.
Done in Chambers this
30th day of July 2015, Oras,
Eastern Samar.

JULIANA ADALIM
WHITE
Presiding Judge

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ment, land management, agriculture and fisheries, health,

among others, and serve as
guarantee for risk insurance
needs for farmers, agricultural
workers, and other stakeholders.
It will also be used for establishing regional centers and
information networks and the
strengthening of existing ones
to support climate change adaptation initiatives and projects; for setting up of forecasting and early warning systems
against climate-related hazards; support to institutional
development such as preventive measures, planning, preparedness; and management
of impacts relating to climate
change, including contingency planning for droughts and
floods.
The other members of the
Board are the vice chairperson of the Climate Change
Commission, secretary of the
Department of Budget and
Management, director general of the National Economic
and Development Authority,
secretary of the Department
of the Interior and Local Government, chairperson of the
Philippine Commission on
Women, representative from
the academe and scientific
community, business sector,
and non-government organizations. (D0F)

All Saints...
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Christians are tasked to

emulate and follow.
There are already publications in bookstores
that narrate lives of Christian heroes, the saints. It
would be noteworthy to
possess them. It will also
be a blessing if we fulfill
our Christian obligations
like that of hearing mass
specially on Sundays and
other holy days of obligation decreed by Church
hierarchy because on
these masses sometimes
use and quotes the lives
of saints to strengthen
their homilies for better
appreciation and understanding of our Christian
believers and faithful as
their guides to live real
Christian lives.

Eastern Samar Bulletin

The

Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8

joins in the celebration of

The 68th United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils (IYS).
The IYS is a great opportunity to unify our actions and raise awareness on the soils
for food and nutrition security and environment protection.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015

LEO P. CAEDA, CESO III

Regional Executive Director
WILSON A. CERBITO, Ph.D, DVM, CESE
Regional Technical Director for
Operations and Extension

ELVIRA C. TORRES, Ph.D

OIC - Regional Technical Director for
Research and Regulations

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the anniversary day, a Holy

Mass will be held at 6 o clock
in the morning which will be
presided by Rev. Fr. Nicolas
at the Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish.
As the highlight of the
anniversary day, two priests
are invited by Rev. Fr. Nicolas to give a talk on The Human Suffering and Climate
Change. Two residents of

Hernani will also give a testimony about their ordeals

during and after Typhoon
Yolanda.
A tarpaulin with the pictures of the people who perished during the disaster will
be hanged at the site where
the Commemoration Mass
will be held. Relatives and
friends of those who perished and the general public
may light a candle under the
tarpaulin to pray for their
souls.
There will also be a slide
presentation to commemorate the day and
after Super Typhoon Yolanda
made landfall. This
slide show presen-

tation will be presented by

the Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish.
At exactly 5 oclock in the
afternoon, a Commemorative Mass will be held at Barangay Batang which will be
celebrated by His Excellency,
Most Reverend Crispin B.
Varquez, Bishop of the Diocese of Borongan and will be
concelebrated with other visiting priests.
The said activity is not
only for Hernaninhons but
also for the residents coming
from other municipalities of
Eastern Samar whose relatives and friends perished
during the disaster. (ajc/
PIA-E. Samar)

NEWS

Eastern Samar Bulletin

Oct. 25-31, 2015

Albay is 2016 Palarong Pambansa host

The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Philippine Sports
Commission (PSC) declared Albay the host of the
Palarong Pambansa in 2016.

Once the symbol of how strong supertyphoon Yolanda was, the M/V Eva
Jocelyn, washed inland during the massive disaster, now stands as a memorial where loved ones of those who perished could visit to remember them.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

PNoy...

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itiated by his administration

to the Samar Island.
According to the President, since he assumed office, his administration has
poured in P19.2 billion to
fund various road projects
across the Samar Island.
The amount, he said, was
far higher compared to the
P10.1 billion budget allocated by the previous administration from 2016 up to 2010.
Next year, another P7.49
billion will also be allocated
to various road projects in
the three Samar provinces
under his administration.
The road projects were on
top of the P8.15 billion covering 222 kms from the Millennium Challenge Corp. set
to be completed by next year.
Mga boss, sa pagkokonekta natin sa inyong
rural at urban areas, hindi
lang natin napapa-arangkada
ang lokal at komersyot ekonomya-napapabilis din natin
ang paghahatid sa ating mga
boss, tulad na lang ng mga
serbisyong panlipunan at
gayundin ng ayuda tuwing
humaharap tayo sa sakuna,
the President said during his
speech held at the town gymnasium.
Various health equipment
were also distributed during
his visit.
The President in Arteche
at 10:35 am from the Borongan Airport. He was joined
by Secretaries Mel Senen
Sarmiento of Department

of Interior and Local Government; Rogelio Singson

of Department of Public
Works and Highways and
Janette Garin of Department of Health.
Aquino was welcomed
by officials of Eastern Samar
led by Governor Conrado
Nicart, Rep. Ben Evardone
and officials as well as from
Northern Samar led by Gov.
Jose Ong, Rep. Emil Ong
and former deputy House
Speaker Raul Daza.
Former Interior Sec.
Mar Roxas was invited to
the affair by Rep. Evardone
as the event coincides with
the 50th founding celebration of the province.
For Mayor Rolando
Evardone, the Presidents
visit to his town, with a population of 17,000 and with
an annual income of P57
million, was historic.
He is the first President
to visit our town and at the
same, it is under his administration that our town has
been connected to the rest
of the province and to nearby town of Northern Samar
through Lapinig town,
Evardone, who is serving
his last term in office, said.
He said they have to use
pump boats just to reach the
nearby town of Oras, the
trade center in the northern
part of the province.
With a well-paved and
concrete road, Evardone
said that he expects his
town to become a new trade
center. (JOEY A. GABIETA)

Albay won over Tuguegarao City, Cagayanits only

competitor for the annual
national student games.
Before announcing the
results, Education Secretary
Armin Luistro asked both
provinces to continue supporting the agencys sports
development program. Sana
ipagpatuloy po ninyo ang
inyong naka-atas na mga
programa para sa sports sa
inyong probinsiya at sana
makasama pa po kayo ng

DepEd at ng PSC doon sa

iba pang sports events. Mayroon po tayong Batang Pinoy,
Philippine National Games,
at iba pang programa.
The final choice was made
based on voting results by the
Palarong Pambansa Board,
which is chaired by the education Secretary.
We reviewed the recommendations from the regions
and had our own deliberations. We went through billeting, facilities, your presen-

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tations, including readiness

of our regions, as well as
other considerations that are
specific to 2016. Ang nanalo
po with a very, very slim margin is Albay, Luistro said.
Before the bidding and
official presentations of the
two provinces, DepEd and
PSC technical officials inspected each venue last June.
PSC Commissioner Jose
Luis Gomez presented to the
body the rating system used
which included international
standards, distance from the

main complex, power supply,

and security, among others.
DepEds Schools Sports
Events and Activities Unit
Head Cesar Abalon reported
on the status of the billeting
areas, which are evaluated
based on the sufficiency of
rooms, bathrooms, kitchen
areas, and medical provisions.
With a budget of Php 300
million, Albay Governor Joey
Salceda assured the Palarong
Pambansa Board that Albay
has the equipment and resources needed to construct
and repair its sports facilities.
(DepEd)