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Water project claims another victim

by EVMail News on March 8, 2010

Senator Manny Villar pays Ormoc pineapple king Sabin Larrazabal and wife Rosie a private visit. Also seen are the couple's children.

THE CODILLA version of the Locsin initiated Comprehensive Waterworks Program which was only started during the term of Mayor Eric Codilla has claimed another victim last Saturday evening, February 27, at around 8:20 PM.
A motorist died after bumping a pile of gravel from a road digging dumped on the road at Brgy. Bantigue, just in front of DYRR, with no proper warning devices in place.  The victim was coming from Albuera, on his way home to Kananga town. [click to continue…]

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Tsunami warning causes panic in seaside towns

by EVMail News on March 8, 2010

THE TSUNAMI alert raised around the world after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile in South America has elicited various reactions, even panic, here in Eastern Visayas where four provinces were included.
The tsunami alert has caused a wave of evacuation from coastal areas in the four provinces, even those not facing the Pacific. [click to continue…]

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Senator Manny Villar with 5th district representative Carmen L. Cari and former Leyte governor Matin Petilla.

BAYBAY CITY – Senator Manny Villar said that the only other presidential candidate that he considers as a real contender is Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr., and even so, he has already eclipsed him in the latest surveys.
Villar said this when asked whether he thinks former Pres. Joseph Estrada would continue to pursue his candidacy. Estrada also counts as his bailiwick the vote rich Tondo, where Villar comes from.  “Huwag na nating pagusapan ‘yan, si Noynoy na lang”, he said, in an exclusive interview over lunch at the house of Rep. Carmen L. Cari (Lakas) in Baybay City. [click to continue…]

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Lucy breaks silence, urges Codillas to take the high road

by EVMail News on February 28, 2010

LUCY TORRES-Gomez, Ormoc’s homegrown beauty and one of the most respected stars in our local tinseltown, has broken her silence and is urging her husband Richard Gomez’s political opponents “to take the high road”.
In a Skype videoconference with Lucy, she answered “warnings” leveled against her and her husband by Edwin Codilla and Winnie Codilla, that they could destroy her modeling career with a perjury case, which will affect her various endorsements. [click to continue…]

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ACTOR RICHARD Gomez, who is seeking the congressional seat of the fourth district of Leyte against the incumbent’s son, urged supporters not to be “discouraged” with the resolution of the Comelec disqualifying him.
He said his name will continue to appear in the Certified List of Candidates issued last January 30 yet, and the votes cast for him on May 10 will be counted in his favor. Gomez, as of press time, has filed a motion for reconsideration with the Comelec.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said as much over the national news. Jimenez said that “votes of disqualified bets with pending motion for reconsideration will be counted”. [click to continue…]

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Winnie says he’s only fighting “fair and square”

by EVMail News on February 28, 2010

EUFROCINO “WINNIE” Codilla Jr. is happy. He is happy because he has triumphed on the first round of a disqualification case filed against his leading opponent, actor Richard Gomez, by an ally, former Libertad barangay chairman Ben Juntilla. He is also confident that the disqualification will be sustained in any Court that Gomez will go to. [click to continue…]

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Leyeco V asks council’s help for power contract

February 21, 2010

ORMOC CITY – Executives of the Leyte Electric Cooperative V (Leyeco V) here were told by city dads to muscle for priority status from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), especially in times of power shortage, saying that this is embodied in an agreement made between the PNOC-Energy Development Corporation and the National [...]

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Chulliante’s warehouse goes up in flames

February 21, 2010

A WAREHOUSE owned by Loreto “Loloy” Chu at Lilia Avenue, Cogon district here in Ormoc City went up in flames early morning of Sunday, and with it an estimated P10-million worth of sugar, corn, rice and two trucks.
The fire is the second in the city for this year, and the first within the Chinese New [...]

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NIA discusses steps to be taken in case El Nino hits Ormoc City

February 21, 2010

ORMOC CITY – The “oversight committee” on agriculture met with the National Irrigation Association this Friday, February 12, at the Sangguniang Panlungsod session hall here to hear what the agency has mapped out for the city’s rice farmers, in case the dreaded El Niño phenomenon hits.
Already, Ormoc and neighboring towns are feeling the pinch of [...]

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