The 7-day Eastern Visayas Regional Athletics Association (EVRAA) meet hosted recently by Tacloban City (March 28 up to April 3, 2009), though there are faucets in all of the elementary and secondary school buildings where the 13 delegations from the entire region 8(Leyte and Samar) were billeted, have no water supply and the Leyte Sports Complex is allegedly a slippery venue for sports competitions.
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 right of reply bills, if you would look on its surface level is like a duplication of what every newspaper/magazine has provided for the readers and those for aggrieved parties that want to voice out their sides. Any public official or individual can write a letter-to- the-editor piece if he/she feels that he was treated unfairly by a reporter or a columnist.
Local bands in Maasin, Baybay, Ormoc, Tacloban and other cities in region 8 (Leyte and Samar) and even in Cebu and perhaps in Mindanao and Luzon, really need coaching from professional musicians. My years of observations on how some bands here were playing during live concerts have led me to this kind of suggestion and admonition.