by EVMail News on January 23, 2012
LUCY’S FIRST CURACHA EVER! Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez, who is known for her dancing prowess, giggles and is clearly amused as she dances her first curacha ever with Leyte governor Carlos Jericho Petilla’s brother Dominic Petilla. In a text to EV Mail after, she said “I have resolved to learn it (curacha) properly so that I will not be caught unaware”. When told it was a mating dance of birds, or specifically chickens, she answered “I will have to learn how to be a proper bird!”. Photo by Joel dela Cerna
TACLOBAN CITY – The queens of Pasaka Festival of Tanauan and Lingganay Festival of Alang-alang, both from the Province of Leyte, were proclaimed first runner-up and second runner-up, respectively, in the 2012 Sinulog Festival Queen pageant held on January 13 at the Cebu City Sports Center.
Tanauan’s Pasaka Festival star dancer Miss Nerissa Lopera Modesto, a freshman student at the Leyte Normal University, who was named first runner-up, won a cash prize of P30,000, aside from other prizes.
The second runner-up was Conchitina Cleofe Cloma Yu of Tribu Lingganay, Alang-alang, who got a P20,000 cash prize and other tokens. [click to continue…]
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by EVMail News on January 23, 2012
Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez and LTO regional director Camelo Guarin does a ceremonial cutting of the ribbon of the asphalt overlay project at Hermosilla Drive in Ormoc. By R. Cambaya
ORMOC CITY – Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez began her first district visit this year on January 9, Monday, by opening roads that she helped obtain funding for in several areas in the 4th congressional district of Leyte.
Asphalt Overlay
The congresswoman, together with 4th District Engineering officials led by Engr. Lino Gonzales, and representatives of the Land Transportation Office led by regional director Camelo Guarin, led a ribbon-cutting ceremony near the Malbasag Bridge for a ceremonial opening of Hermosilla Drive with asphalt overlay from Agua Dulce to District 28.
Barangay chairmen allied to the congresswoman also accompanied her in her various visits.
District Engineer Lino Francisco Gonzales said that the asphalt overlay spanned 714 meters. Really bad portions of the road, which is often used as a diversion route for sugarcane trucks and prime movers, were re-blocked before it was overlain with asphalt, and the congresswoman lobbied for the funds from the road board. Gonzales proudly added that the road was supposed to be finished on February 2012 yet, but was finished well in advance in December. [click to continue…]
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by EVMail News on January 23, 2012
15 lovely candidates FOR bb. isabel 2012 (one candidate is not around) however, will continue to vie for the title of town queen on January 14, the eve before the town fiesta notwithstanding the bad news that one of its industrial stalwarts have stopped operating for a still unknown period. Swinsuit photoshoot held at the poolside of the PASAR guesthouse. Photo by Joel dela Cerna
ISABEL, LEYTE – The Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation, Inc. (PASAR) based at the Leyte Industrial Development Estate here has stopped operations after a fire burned down its acid plant early morning of January 2, Monday. When it would resume operations remains unclear, but management has assured employees they will continue to report to work and get paid for it.
The plant employs around 800 regular people, aside from providing livelihood to an estimated 1,200 people indirectly through its various service contracts.
Management has said that while they could still operate the plant without its acid plant or electrostatic precipitator (EP), to do so would endanger the environment and community.
PASAR president Sias Els who visited the copper smelting plant on Friday, January 6, has assured its regular employees that while plant operations have stopped, everybody will continue to report to work and “everyone will get paid”, albeit they might have to be assigned to different tasks.
When the plant resume operations, however, is not clear. Unofficial sources said it could be between three to six months, but hoped it would be sooner.
Els himself said they are not sure how long it will take for PASAR to recover and return to its normal operations but added “we are assessing what needs to be done in rebuilding the EP, to keep the shutdown as short as possible and to restart operations at full speed as soon as possible.” Sadly, Els said, “ the reality is that the incident that happened is an integral risk of smelting”.
“Everyone will therefore continue reporting for work as usual until further notice, although perhaps with different work assignments, and everyone will get paid”, he said, adding the company might as well “use the opportunity to do housekeeping and properly clean and do repairs where needed”. [click to continue…]
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by EVMail News on January 23, 2012
Retired traffic chief Wilfredo Tumakin is happy his car was recovered intact, if but for a slight dent on the front.
PRANKSTERS? RUGBY boys? A group out to embarrass the city police force? Or, it may sound farfetched, a scenario leading to the 2013 national and local elections?
These are the questions running in the minds of both the police and civilian residents, especially the politically astute, about a series of carnap incidents in Ormoc starting from January 1 up to January 6.
In a period of six days, five cars and one motorcycle were carnapped. All five cars were immediately recovered, but curiously, only one was cannibalized. The motorcycle also remains missing as of press time.
The first victims were the couple Joel and Merced “Milay” Aviles-Gatchalian, whose khaki brown Land Cruiser was stolen while it was parked at the San Pedro Street. The Gatchalians were visiting Milay’s family when the incident happened. They discovered the theft when they were about to leave. The police at the city police station, just two blocks away, immediately went on a hot pursuit. [click to continue…]
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by EVMail News on January 9, 2012
ORMOC CITY – A fire broke out inside the plant premises of the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation (PASAR), the country’s only copper smelter located at the Leyte Development Industrial Estate in Isabel, Leyte, some 45 kilometers away, at around 6:05 this morning, January 2.
Firefighters from the company itself, its neighbor PhilPhos, and from the towns of Isabel, Merida, Kananga and Ormoc City battled with the blaze for around three hours until it was declared “under control” by around 9:00 AM. “Fire out” was declared at around 10:00 AM, said a reliable source who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to issue statements.
No casualties or injured people and workers were reported initially, but later, one worker reportedly sufffered minor burns. [click to continue…]
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by EVMail News on January 9, 2012
Ms Baybay City 2011 Ronette Latorre Bathan is a picture of perfection as she smiles into the camera as Baybay City Mayor Carmen L. Cari and Robinson L. Garcia, fiesta execom chairman, crowns her on the evening of December 27 at the city gymnasium. Photo by Ronald Villaver
BAYBAY CITY - The Binaybayon Festival and the coronation of Ms Baybay 2011 was the highlight of the fiesta activities in this city on December 27, Tuesday, that went on unmarred despite heavy rains and the Candadam River rising above its normal level early that morning.
Binaybayon Festival
The Pomponan National High School again bested six other competing national high schools both in street dancing and the showdown of the 4th Binaybayon Festival held at the Baybay National High School grandstand.
The Pomponan contingent was last year’s winner and continued to enamor the crowd with their improved dance moves and comic twists, observed Antonio “Toto” Cinco Jr., one of the judges.
A “controversial” Baybay National High School grabbed the first runner up spot. The contingent, the last to perform and already at dusk, had to restart thrice its number after technical problems plagued it. The other contingents, however, were not privy to what happened and booed their win. [click to continue…]
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