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Multi-awarded local newspaper May 2014 - SM Foundation Inc.s’ Super Awards October 2014 - PIRA’s Award for Excellent Media Coverage of Disaster PPI’s 2015 Civic Journalism Community Press Awards, Best in Fisheries Reporting-Weekly Listen to EV Mail sa Radyo! VOL. 19 NO. 08 ORMOC CITY P 15.00 at the newsstands MARCH 19-25, 2018 Monday to Friday Website address: www.evmailnews.net For feedback/inquiries: e-mail [email protected] 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. 107.1 Hot FM Ormoc NOTICE OF ORMOC PROPERTY OWNERS OCCCI founding member WITH DELINQUENCIES UP TO 2016 IS PUBLISHED IN THE EV MAIL contests ‘termination’ SUPPLEMENT A1-A12. A PIONEERING member of the Metro Ormoc Pri- mary Multipurpose Coop- 3 RTRMF graduates top MedTech licensure exams erative or OCCCI, as it is BY TONETTE MARTICIO more known, is contesting TACLOBAN CITY – Three the Board of Directors’ graduates from the Remedios “intent to terminate” her Trinidad Romualdez Medi- membership, as advised cal Foundation (RTRMF) in in a registered letter she this city topped the recently received recently. concluded medical technol- ogy licensure examination last In a reply letter copy furnish March 14-15, 2018. the EV Mail, Fe Videdo, a found- Alvin Aurelio Bahin was ing member of OCCCI, said she Top 1 among the 2,648 pass- received the letter from the Board ers around the country with of Directors through registered a 90.50% rating, while Xenia mail on March 19. Vicedo is one Plaza and Imee Rose Cunanan of the coop’s 78 original members ranked landed 8th and 10th when it was organized in 1978 by place, respectively. Fr. Oscar Lorenzo and Sr. Carmelo RTRMF was also recog- Mitaran. nized as one of the Top 10 Vicedo, in her letter-reply, said that the letter she received SEE RTRMF P. 12 ARVIN BAHIN, NO. 1 XENIA PLAZA, NO. 8 IMEE ROSE CUNANAN, NO. 10 “bears a handwritten notation which indicated attached copies of documents … but said docu- ments are nowhere to be found.” LGU, partners launch “Resilient Ormoc Initiative” She is also asking the Board of Directors to state the specific BY DAILYN CABARSE & JOSEPH PILAPIL Ormoc is one of the partner grounds on which they want to cities of the council, alongside terminate her membership, citing THE CITY government together the cities of Bataan, Naga, Iriga, that “among others” was vague. with its stakeholders from the Cagayan de Oro, Ilo-ilo Valenzu- She added that “the intent to ter- private sector, business sector, ela, and Zamboanga. minate my membership according and the academe pledged com- “The NRC would like to help to the letter is pursuant to the mitment for a more resilient Ormoc City develop its own ca- Amended Cooperative’s Articles Ormoc by launching its disaster pacity to become resilient from the of Cooperation” but no specific resilience initiative on Thursday, inside. The partnership modalities provision was cited. March 22. that we are looking for will not “May I demand that the spe- The signing of the pledge of come from us--they will come cific provision/s of the Articles of commitment among stakeholders from you,” NRC president, Ma. Cooperation be cited so that I can was jointly done with the National Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga told the properly answer it in writing,” Resilience Council (NRC), the first stakeholders. Vicedo wrote the Board in her public-private partnership for She added that becoming disaster resilience in the country SEE P OCCCI . 12 recently formed in 2017. SEE LAUNCH P. 12 Legal wife: The power of “Mrs.” STERLING INSURANCE CO., INC RICE NO LIMIT!!! “We go further to ... and more Filipino favorites serve you better” MILAGRINA For your non-life insurance needs, visit us at: RESTAURANT Door 486 now with a better and Lilia Avenue, Cogon fresher ambiance. Ormoc City, Leyte Located at Telefax: (053) 561-0750 134 Real St., READ STORY ON P. 6 Ormoc City 2 NEWS March 19-25, 2018 DOLE gives livelihood assistance to 225 parents of child laborers Minimum wage increase to take effect in EV ORMOC CITY – A public of workers who are treated gas, furnishings, housing mean, however, that they ORMOC CITY – The De- sociation of Brgy. Can-un- consultation on the mini- the other way around. The equipment and repairs, are against the minimum partment of Labor and Em- tog. The project/livelihood mum wage was held at employees who are treated etc.) daily requirements of wage increase; the issue just ployment (DOLE), through assistance given to them the Sutuwaki Restaurant, better will, accordingly, a minimum wage earner. needs to take time before its the City Social Welfare is the Women’s Bakeshop. Ormoc City, on March 21, be more loyal and more Another workshop was effectivity since it is very and Development Office For the start-up, they will 2018 led by the Department committed to their work, done wherein the partici- critical, considering all the (CSWDO), gave livelihood be given facilities and raw of Labor and Employment therefore, making them not pants were asked if they possible consequences. assistance to 225 benefi- materials worth P500,000. (DOLE), National Wages want to leave the company are in favor of a minimum In an interview, Dir. Joel ciaries including parents Meanwhile, beneficia- and Productivity Com- and find another job; and wage increase, how much, Gonzales said that the goal of child laborers/working ries of rice retailing and mission (NWPC), and the is able to “double and even and why. Majority of the of the board is for the mini- children here, in this city. sari-sari stores will receive Regional Tripartite Wages triple the investment that participants who are em- mum wage increase to take The activity is funded commodities worth P10,000 and Productivity Board the employer has invested”. ployees answered in the effect on May 1 this year. by DOLE through its Ka- instead of cash. For exam- (RTWPB). Ms. Alma Moreno, positive and suggested That is why they started buhayan Enhancement pro- ple, a rice retailing benefi- The activity is mainly meanwhile, from the Na- for an increase ranging doing the consultations ear- gram, which was given a ciary will be given 5 sacks of about Wage Order No. RB tional Economic and Devel- from 20-25 pesos due to lier in the cities of Eastern funding of P2-million. The rice (which is equivalent to VIII-19, prescribing a new opment Authority (NEDA) the implementation of the Visayas so that by first week latter fund was then added P10,000 since a sack of rice minimum wage structure Region 8, discussed about TRAIN Law, which greatly of April, they can already with a counterpart from the costs more or less P2,000). for Eastern Visayas. The the socio-economic indica- affected the prices of the have a public hearing, for city, which will enable the She will sell the commod- consultation was conducted tors of the region. In her goods and commodities a the purpose of coming up recipients to run a bakery, ity (rice) and her sales will so that the RTWPB-Re- discussion, it was learned person needs for survival. with an order, and have it sari-sari stores, and rice be used to roll the business. gion VIII will be able to that last 2016, the region However, Ms. Evange- published on April 15, so retail endeavors. She can also shift to other determine and fix minimum recorded a significant in- line Chu, an employer, and that it will really take effect The livelihood assis- businesses if her sales from wage rates applicable in crease of 12.4% (which is the one of the Board of Trustees on May 1. tance beneficiaries were that rice retail is already the region, province, and highest ever recorded in the of the Ormoc Chamber of Asked about the side of identified per district with enough to open a new busi- industries therein. history of Eastern Visayas), Commerce, said “not yet”, the employers, he said that the help of the district in- ness. Firstly, Dir. Joel M. Gon- making the region the fast- in behalf of all other em- the board would definitely charges and social workers. However, to ensure zales, Regional Director of est growing economy in the ployers. She said that they consider the point of the em- Twenty-five of the ben- that these beneficiaries are DOLE-8, discussed about year 2016. have to wait for the prices ployers. However, he said, eficiaries are from the Villa what a minimum wage rate After that, a 15-minute to settle down before they that majority are in favor of Survivor Homeowners As- SEE 225 P. 11 is and why it is necessary workshop was conducted would increase their em- the adjustment. “But consid- for the government to set wherein the participants ployees’ salary. ering the employers, maybe a minimum wage rate. He were asked to estimate the She added that to her, the increase would not be also emphasized that the food (rice, corn, meat, fish, instead of a minimum wage abrupt but certainly, this performance of employees vegetables, fruits, milk, oils, increase, it would be best year, there would really be who are well-taken care of eggs, sugar, etc.) and non- to give incentives to em- a minimum wage increase,” by their employers are way food (clothing, footwear, ployees who are perform- concluded Dir. Gonzalez. By better than the performance housing, water, electricity, ing well. This does not Dailyn Cabarse VISITORS FROM MAGALANG, PAMPANGA. One of Mayor Richard Gomez’s visitors this week was the Mayor and Vice- Mayor of Magalang, Pampanga, who came with their municipal treasurer and tourism officer.