The Coast Guard Maasin has secured the grounded Ro-Ro vessel M/V Ocean King II by applying around it the oil spill boom.

The P18M Legislative building, which is done in a phase by phase style of construction, is estimated to be finished before July 2009, in time for the upcoming 49th anniversary celebration of the province of Southern Leyte.

According to the report, Globe will make the WiMAX available to the internet users in Leyte by the end of the year.

WiMAX or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access is a telecommunication technology that provides wireless transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes, from point-to-multipoint links to portable and fully mobile internet access. It is much faster and more affordable compared to the existing Globe Broadband products which can be availed at PhP795 per month in 512KBPS speed and PhP1,295 in 1MBPS.

resident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has inaugurated during the recently Tuesday the newly-finished P120M roro-type port terminal in brgy. Binet, San Ricardo, Panaon Island of this province in a simple ceremony attended by some local, provincial and Maasin city officials.

Governor Damian Mercado in behalf of the provincial government, has allocated an amount for each of the 3,350 Barangay Tanods (Barrio Guards) in the whole province of Southern Leyte for their Red Cross Insurance.

The ongoing construction which started sometime in 2007 of the P995,037,013.61 Agas-Agas bridge with a current accomplishment of 78.63% incurring a positive slippage of 4.39%,as of February 2009, was estimated to be completed before the end of this year.

The contract under Contract Package V signed between the Philippines and Japanese Governments has its source of funds from JBIC and implemented by the Philippines-Japan Highway Loan Project Office.