STERLING Refuse the Mayor, So the Turtle Carlo Loreto and New Police Direc- INSURANCE CO., INC Got His X-Ray
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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. 18 NO. 36 ORMOC CITY P 15.00 at the newsstands OCT OBER 2-8, 2017 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 Samar, Palompon bag PEARL tourism awards BY MYRA M. TAMBOR THE PROVINCE of Samar and the Municipality of Palompon in Leyte, all from Eastern Visayas region, bags two prestigious Pearl Awards of the 12th Depart- ment of Tourism and the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP), during their na- tional convention held in Iloilo City last October 4-7, Ms. Earth- 2017. Palompon, Leyte bested other Canada 2017 entries for the category of best tourism event in sports for the Jacqueline Marsh entry Abre Grande – Lawig Tour- ism Sports Festival. This activity SIGNING WITH DPWH FOR AIRPORT REHAB. Mayor Richard Goma Gomez, Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, Vice is half-Ormocana showcases various environmen- Mayor Toto Locsin and ODT city councilors, pose for posterity with DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, after signing a tal, cultural and social events in MOA for the complete rehab and repair of the Ormoc airport that was neglected then by the PNoy administration. ORMOC CITY – Indeed, one occasion. The municipality With them is DOTr Usec. Skee Tamayo. Ormoc is “The City of got the 1st place of the Best Tour- Beautiful People”! ism Event – Sports category. The story of “Kan” and the reality of harmful plastics Ms. Earth-Canada 2017 Jac- Palompon is already a Hall of queline Juntilla Marsh, who will Famer for the “Best Tourism Ori- ORMOC CITY – They named set free, but Mayor Gomez noticed be vying for the Ms Earth 2017 ented LGU-Municipality level”. him “Kan”, short for “Pawikan” that “Kan” was weak and emaci- title at the Mall of Asia on Novem- On the other hand, the prov- (marine turtle in the vernacular). ated, and he said it was pointless ber 4, is half-Ormocana. ince of Samar bags the 1st runner He is probably the first turtle in to release him because the turtle She was in this city on up place for the Best Tourism the region to have been X-rayed, would just die without them do- Wednesday (October 4) to touch Oriented LGU – Provincial level, if not the country, thanks to ing anything. base with relatives here. sharing it with the province of Mayor Richard Gomez, who took “Kan”, by the way, is a young She also went to the City Ilocos Norte who also got the one look at him and refused to turtle around 2 to 3 years old, Hall to pay a courtesy call to city same award. Champion of this release him to the sea a day after and belongs to the endangered officials, and visited the Libertad category is the province of Davao he was caught. Chelonia mydas specie. He was Elementary School where she Del Norte. He is also a realization of the caught by a fisherman who did talked to the young pupils about Vice Governor Stephen James horror stories we hear of turtles, not even want to turn him over caring for the environment. T. Tan personally received the fishes and birds, that ingest plas- to the authorities, and had to be Jacqueline, who stands 5”11’, award for Samar along side with tics thinking it is food – and die confiscated by fish wardens. No is a half-Ormocana. Her mother, the Samar’s provincial board because they can’t digest it. charges was filed against the fish- Teresita, hails from Brgy. Libertad A day after “Kan” was caught erman, though. here. She is also the reigning Ms SEE PEARL P. 6 in July 30, he was supposed to be The mayor suspected the “Kan” gets an X-ray at the OSPA. Ontario, before she joined the Ms. Earth-Canada pageant. She bested turtle had eaten something toxic 11 other candidates, two of who and asked that it be X-rayed by were Fil-Canadians, too. the City Health Office. The CHO The Fil-Canadian beauty, said they couldn’t do it, so Mayor however, is not a stranger to Or- Gomez calls up Dr. Sandra Fiel- moc as they would often “come Chiong, director of the private- home since I was six years old.” run OSPA-Farmers Medical Cen- She also went around Leyte, ter if they can do it. to meet mayors and provincial Apparently, she could not officials like Leyte Vice Governor STERLING refuse the mayor, so the turtle Carlo Loreto and new police direc- INSURANCE CO., INC got his X-ray. The radiologist was tor Ch. Supt. Gilbert Cruz, to ask RICE NO LIMIT!!! quite amused. He said it was a for their support. “first” in his life that he will never ... and more Filipino favorites “We go further to In an interview, Jacqueline forget. serve you better” says her personal advocacy is MILAGRINA The mayor’s suspicion, on “water conservation.” For your non-life insurance the other hand, proved true. The She said they lived near “one RESTAURANT needs, visit us at: X-ray revealed that there was of the great lakes, Lake Superior, something lodged inside the and we don’t really have to worry now with a better and Door 486 turtle’s bowels. fresher ambiance. about droughts and running out Lilia Avenue, Cogon After which, Mayor Gomez of clean water, but it also means asked the city veterinarians to do Located at Ormoc City, Leyte we have to use the resource care- their best to cure the turtle. 134 Real St., Telefax: (053) 561-0750 fully, and not abuse it just because Ormoc City SEE TURTLE P. 6 SEE MS. EARTH P. 6 2 NEWS October 2-8, 2017 District 1, NOCNHS are Taguig, Caloocan give cash donation to Ormoc Siglaro 2017 overall champions THE CITIES of Taguig ORMOC CITY – Ormoc I School. and Caloocan, this week, or the Ormoc City District Meanwhile, NOCNHS gave Ormoc City offi- 1 delegation is this year’s garnered a total of 68 gold, cials led by Mayor Rich- Siglaro (formerly Division 48 silver and 31 bronze ard Gomez, check dona- Meet) overall champion medals. Behind it in second tions of P1,500,000.00 and in the elementary divi- place is GBLNHS with 13 P1,000,000.00 each, respec- sion while New Ormoc gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze tively, to help in the re- City National High School medals. Rounding up the habilitation and recovery (NOCNHS) was hailed top 5 high schools are: Ipil efforts of the July 6 earth- rank 1 among the compet- NHS in third place with quake victims. ing secondary schools. 11 gold, 13 silver and 21 Mayor Gomez, accom- District 1 garnered a to- bronze medals; PGBNHS in panied by city adminis- tal of 27 gold, 32 silver and fourth place with 11 gold, 5 trator Vincent Emnas, at- 9 bronze medals. Following silver and 9 bronze medals; tended the flag ceremony in second place is District 6 and Ormoc City Senior HS on October 2, Monday, in with 12 gold, 9 silver and in fifth place with 8 gold, Caloocan to receive the 18 bronze medals. In third, 11 silver and 16 bronze P1-million donation from Ormoc Mayor Richard Gomez, together with Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr., fourth and fifth places, medals. Mayor Oscar Malapitan. and six city councilors, receive a P1.5-million check donation for earthquake victims from Taguig respectively, are Ormoc Se Finally, the other com- Mayor Malapitan also gave City officials led by Vice Mayor Ricardo Cruz and Cong. Pia Cayetano. San School (gold – 11, silver peting high schools in the Gomez a copy of Caloocan’s – 9, bronze – 3), District 5 secondary division of the coffee table book. Gomez Pia Cayetano handed over Mayor Gomez profuse- relief and rehabilitation (gold – 8, silver – 11, bronze Siglaro 2017 are: Liloan reciprocated by handing the to Mayor Gomez a P1.5- ly thanked the two LGUs campaign. – 13), and District 3 (gold – NHS (6th), Western Leyte mayor a plaque of apprecia- million check donation. for their donations, assur- Other LGU and gov- 8, silver – 8, bronze – 11). College (7th), Margen NHS tion for the donation. This time, Gomez was ac- ing them he would put it ernment donors are the The other competing (8th), St. Peter’s College On October 5, Thurs- companied by Rep. Lucy to good use for the earth- Municipality of Palompon teams/schools are District (9th), Valencia NHS (10th), day, officials of Taguig City Torres-Gomez, Vice Mayor quake victims. So far, the (P150,000.00), League of 2 (6th), Ormoc Adventist Dolores NHS (11th), Ormoc led by Vice Mayor Ricardo Leo Carmelo Locsin Jr., and two LGUs are the biggest ES (7th), St. Paul’s School Se San School (12th), ACLC Cruz and Congresswoman six city councilors. donors of the earthquake See DONATION P. 8 (8th), St. Peter’s College (13th), Linao NHS (14th), (9th), OICSF (10th), Dis- Cabintan NHS (15th), Sto. trict 4 (11th), St. Anne’s Nino College (16th), RCS- DPWH Leyte Fourth DEO augments efficiency with 2 new drones Playschool (12th), St. MNHS (17th), Ormoc City IN ORDER TO serve the another for the Public In- structures. These drones can lowering the cost and risk Therese’s School (13.5th), Sports HS (18th), St.