The unabated rising prices of crude oil and other petroleum products in the international market is now unbearable to the millions of Filipinos, rich and poor.

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.

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.

A multicab-turn-fish car whose driver tried to evade a parked Rovo car has collided with a motorcycle with one backrider coming from the Upper Ichon, Macrohon as it crossed the bridge in brgy. Amparo and shattering the former’s windshield.

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 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.

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.