The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the persistent requests of the Federation of Senior Citizens and World War 2 Veterans and Guerillas thru their respective resolutions submitted to the Provincial Board last February 2011 to make February 27 as Ruperto Kangleon Memnorial Day throughout the province of Southern Leyte, which was the date when the late War Hero died.

Every person, in his own way, has a kind of greatness in himself unique with other individuals. You don’t have to be a superman to be great, guest speaker Dr. Jude Alteveros Duarte of the Southern Leyte State University Sogod main campus told the 92 STI graduating students during the 10th STI’s commencement Exercises held at the city gymnasium during the recent Thursday night.

Vice-President Jejomar Binay has urged Governor Damian Mercado to ask the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to enact a resolution for housing project intended for Southern Leyte to make it official.

Bong Pedalino of the Philippine Information Agency reported that the Department of Public Works and Highways – Southern Leyte Engineering District or DPWH-SLED is planning to repair the Sogod-Liloan section of the Maharlika Highway.
The District Engr. Carlos Veloso told the PIA that PhP149 Million has been allocated by the department for the rehabilitation of the said section of the Highway and he will be going to the DPWH Regional Office and will try to press the office for the concreting of the road instead of just asphalting it.

It was noted …

Maasin City, Southern Leyte – The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Management Office (PENRMO) and GTZ (in literal English equivalent : German technical Assistance/Cooperation) has jointly formulated a Memorandum of Agreement for a project dubbed as Southern Leyte Mangrove Greenbelt Project with a funding of P1.5M. A resolution was passed authorizing Governor Damian Mercado to sign the MOA.
This was the disclosure of PENRMO head Eva Abad during the SP’s recent session held at SP session hall. She said that the P1.3M will be a grant from GTZ, the …

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.