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 untimely death of an old widow caused by a vehicular accident that took place at past 5:00p.m. in Brgy. Mambajao during the recent Wednesday has caused for the equally untimely death of her older daughter after receiving the sorrowful message from her nephew.

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.

A motorcycle driver coming from Brgy. Canturing who drove fast in going to the proper city to buy hamburger bumped a Gawad Kalinga service car as it crossed San Vicente street in Brgy. Abgao a t about 10:30 p.m.Monday recently.

A retired worker of a box factory for soft drinks in Butuan City, now an SSS pensioner who was living alone in his small house in sitio Sumayod,brgy.Amparo,Macrohon was bludgeoned by a young attacker inside his residence one evening at past 7:00p.m.(Sunday) recently.

An innovative change in the holding of a weekly Sangguniang Panlalawigan sessions is now in the process of implementation as agreed upon by SP members during their recent session held at the SP?s Session Hall at the Provincial Capitol here.

A tricycle driver who detached TV antennae at the rooftop of his parents-in-laws in Brgy. Combado here in this city was electrocuted recently (one Sunday afternoon at 4:00p.m.) when he raised the TV antennae and accidentally touched it on (Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc.) SOLECO?s 7,620 volts mainline transmission.

Meriam Gaviloa, Prov?l Consultant of Solid Waste Management has revealed during the SP?s recent session at the provincial capitol, this city, that the dumpsite located in brgy.Zone V, Sogod is now a mountain of garbage.

The National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) or in short PhilHealth with its current theme: ?Kalusugan ng lahat,PhilHealth ang katapat? has aimed to provide a universal coverage of at least 85% of the entire 90M Filipinos by the year 2010.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has released the November 2008 Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) result. Among the 88,649 nurses who took the exam, 19 examinees were product of the College of Maasin. Among those who took the exam nationwide, 39,455 examinees passed which is 44.51%. And those coming from College of Maasin, only 4 of them failed.
For the complete list of passers, please visit “November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Result“.