The approval of the 2009 Annual Performance Budget was moved by City Councilor Ma. Essie Espina-Garvez, Chairwoman Committee on Finance and Appropriation, and were seconded by Councilors Margarita Bantug and Nestor Sy, who likewise approved it unanimously.

The Gawad Kalinga has turned over 70 housing units recently to beneficiaries of Brgy. Pinut-an, San Ricardo here in this province who were victims of the traumatic tragedy at about 9:00PM on December 19, 2003 in Panaon lsland?s massive landslides.

Likewise, mendicancy in the city is now minimized and prohibition of minors for playing video games during class hours were imposed. There?s also a massive information drive against swindling and neighborhood involvement in crime prevention, suppression and reporting.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan during its recent session held at the Provincial Capitol here has approved on its third reading of Resolution No.911-s.2008, the total annual budget of PhP446,596,822.00 for the province of Southern Leyte for the current year.

Maasin City, Southern Leyte – Three female churchgoers were unexpectedly sideswept when a high-speed running motorcycle hit them in one passing swept at Sitio Bugnay, Brgy. Ibarra here in this city one Thursday night at past 8:00 p.m.
The three victims were identified as Angela Balagot Serdan, 74 years old, married; Rosario Orais Espina, 67 years old, married; and Jennifer A. Gora, 16 years old, a first year BSBA SJC student. All of them were residents of Brgy. Ibarra.
Espina suffered a right arm fractured bone between the elbow and the shoulder. …

The province-wide barangay electrification project covering a total of 500 barangays shall be completed before the end of 2009, if the targeted timetables have no hitches to encounter.

Municipalities where Philippine Faultlines were detected to have traversed underground its respective areas become automatically landslide-prone and earthquake-prone.

Our source added that intensive educational drive and awareness to the local leaders, the academe, People Organizations, NGOs, the private and the religious sectors must be conducted so that the people in the entire province be made aware of the areas? condition and would help in the realization of the remedial measures being undertaken.

Maasin City, Southern Leyte – The Department of Health, regional office, has declared the province of Southern Leyte as filariasis-free after the continual seven years (2000-2007) preventive annual mass treatment was completed in the entire province led by Rural Health Unit physician Dr. Francelisa I. Tan.
Dr. Noel Lumen, IPHO?s Provincial Health Officer 2 disclosed that before the DOH-RO?s aforesaid declaration, a Regional Filariasis Team has conducted another random blood sampling extractions preferably to a total of 3,000 children ages from 6 to 7 years old in various municipalities of the …

It’s my first time to hear that a journalist or publisher here in Southern Leyte has been attacked.
According to the police, at past 3:00am this Thursday, December 11, 2008, unidentified gunmen fired two shots at the house of Mr. Tony Reyes, hitting the glass door and into the room just below room where Mr. Reyes stayed. Mr. Reyes’ house served as his home and at the same time the office of the Southern Leyte Times.
Neighbors said that they heard a motorcycle, stopped in front of the house before firing.
Mr. Tony …

Maasin City, Southern Leyte – Two motorcycles, both running in high speed. The first one speeding towards northwest and the other running towards southeast collided in Brgy. Dinahugan, Padre Burgos at past 7:00 p.m. recently (Nov. 29,2008) seriously injuring both drivers and the latter?s backrider.
The impact of collision was so destructive that it broke the facial bone of the unidentified motorcycle driver with no headlight. The other driver was identified as Eliseo Sabandal Mangalo, 44 years old, married, and resident of Brgy. Sta.Sophia, Padre Burgos. The backrider, his son, …