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Leyte-Samar DAILYPOSITIVE EXPRESS l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI II NO. 005 SATURDAY, JANUARY 09, 2021 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN LGUs allocate millions of pesos for the purpose More LGUs in EV to procure RONALD O. REYES/ROELanti-COVID T. AMAZONA vaccines TACLOBAN CITY- Several local government units here in the re- As nation marks 500th year gion will not wait for the national government to provide them vaccines against coronavirus as they will procure their own. of Christianity this year The city government the city is encouraging ev- fund planning last year, Santo Niño Parish to hold fiesta of of Ormoc has allocated a eryone to inoculate,” Agda we made sure that here is P350 million budget for said. a provision counterpart the purchase of vaccines Earlier, Eastern Samar for the COVID-19 vaccine Santo Niño de Tacloban next week; against coronavirus dis- Governor Ben Evardone (procurement) because we ease (COVID-19) as it said that the provincial anticipated that the nation- urges parishioners to join the celebration aimed to inoculate its res- government is readying al government can only idents. around P500 million for accommodate a fraction TACLOBAN CITY- As Tacloban on June 30,1889 which was lost during a sea While Mayor Richard the procurement of the of our population,” Echano the country is to mark this incident. Gomez said that he wants vaccines and other related said. year’s 500th founding of the During this time, aside a 100 percent coverage of items to ensure protection With a target of 80 Christianity, the Santo Niño from Church-based activ- the city’s over 240,000 pop- of its people from further percent to be inoculated, Parish, this city, will give ities, the city government ulation, the budget might spread of the coronavirus 400,000 people of the prov- ‘emphasis’ on the less cele- of Tacloban and a private initially cover around 80 disease(COVID-19). ince will be receiving the brated fiesta of the city held nongovernment organiza- percent, citing that “there In Northern Samar, the vaccines. every January. tion, Pintados in partner- will be other expenses like provincial government has Meantime, the provin- The city’s annual fiesta is ship with the provincial syringes, cotton, alcohol, set aside P10 million for cial government of Samar observed every June 29-30 government, stages their storage, etc.” the same purpose and tar- has allocated P25 million to honor the recovery of the see Santo Niño / “There’s no need (for get around 80 percent of its with the city government image of the Santo Niño de page 10 ... pre-registration). Our population to achieve ‘herd of Catbalogan,P20 million City Health Department immunity,’ Rei Josiah Ech- and Maasin City, P15 mil- already has the priority list ano, head of the Provincial lion. ready and everybody on it Disaster Risk Reduction In Biliran province, will be inoculated unless Management Office. they refuse,” Gomez said. “During our investment see More LGUs /page 7 ... In Borongan City, Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said that they have allocated P35 million and Tacloban new bus target to buy the Astra Zeneca. “We target 73 percent terminal now 98 of our population good for 56,000 persons 18 percent complete years and above. We can increase it once a vaccine TACLOBAN CITY-The information arm of the Ta- is available for 17 years three-level building at the cloban city government. old and below. It’s free Tacloban City new bus ter- The three-level termi- and voluntary. However, minal is soon to be opera- nal building is “self-suffi- tional as it is now 98 per- cient” as it is built with a cent complete. water system and fire hy- Terminal manager Noli drant at each level, CIO Naval said the contrac- said. tor’s representative already Once completed, the wrote to Mayor Alfred Ro- terminal can accom- mualdez to signify intent modate 11 buses on the to a partial turnover of the ground floor and up to 80 said facility. jeepneys or vans on the “This request for a (par- second and third levels. tial) turnover is to ensure It is also equipped with the proper safekeeping of a generator set, public toi- all equipment and devices lets, and a PWD ramp for The Santo Niño Parish of Tacloban City announces that the annual January fi- installed in the building,” the convenience of the rid- esta in honor of Santo Niño de Tacloban will be highlighted this year as nation Naval, as quoted by the ing public. marks the 500th year anniversary of Christianity in the country. City Information Office, (RONALD O.REYES) (ROEL T. AMAZONA) 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Saturday, January 09, 2021 Critical transmission projects Villar commends the passage to face further delays due to new travel ban of amended Organic As the country puts in Agriculture Act of 2020 place a travel ban to pre- Senator Cynthia Vil- patory Guarantee System vent the entry of the new lar expressed gratitude to (PGS), which refers to COVID-19 strain, pow- President Rodrigo Dute- a locally-focused quali- er transmission operator rte as he has signed into ty assurance system and NGCP raises concerns on law a measure seeking to shall be the mechanisms further delays on the com- strengthen organic agri- in which farmer engaged pletion of critical projects culture in the Philippines. in organic agriculture meant for the improve- Republic Act (RA) shall be certified. ment of the power grid. 11511, an amendment to It also creates the Na- The submarine ca- RA 10068 or the Organic tional Organic Agricul- ble laying activity for the all safety protocols and ity of power transmission Agriculture Act of 2010, ture Program-National Mindanao-Visayas Inter- strict compliance to health services, especially with the was signed on December Program Coordinating connection Project, for standards. growing demand for pow- 23 last year, released on Senator Cynthia Villar Office (NOAP-NPCO) example, faces new de- “NGCP understands er. We hope this will also be Tuesday, January 5, 2021, to manage the effective lays with the vessel carry- the need to control the vi- taken into consideration,” and will take effect 15 days tutes a big chunk of the implementation of the ing the said transmission rus and prevent the new said NGCP. following its publication. farming sector and should National Organic Agri- equipment unable to en- strain from affecting our NGCP is a Filipino-led, Villar, Chairman of the be given the opportunity culture Program, and will ter the country due to the people, but there must also privately owned compa- Senate Committee on Ag- to benefit from a more af- serve as planning, secre- travel ban. be creative ways in place ny in charge of operating, riculture and Food, and fordable system of organic tariat and coordinating NGCP is seeking the to balance health concerns maintaining, and devel- the principal sponsor of certification, for without office of the NOAB. government’s consider- with the need to keep the oping the country’s power the law said; “It will pro- them organic farming will Further, the new ation to allow its suppli- economy afloat. NGCP’s grid, led by majority share- vide for a more affordable not be developed. law also restructures, ers, as well as shipments critical projects cannot face holders and Vice Chairman system of organic certifi- “The law aside from strengthens, and empow- of essential transmission any further delays as this of the Board Henry Sy, Jr. cation, which will allow environmental protection, ers the Bureau of Ag- equipment, to enter the may have an implication and Co-Vice Chairman small farmers to benefit the increased in farmer’s riculture and Fisheries country, while observing on the stability and reliabil- Robert Coyiuto. (PR) from producing organic profitability will be a great Standards (BAFS), which Efforts of LGUs in addressing spread of COVID-19 products.” motivation to promote and will provide technical as- She reiterates that, “The develop the organic indus- sistance to the NOAB and should be highlighted and not on the number of most important feature of try. It promotes the use of the NOAP-NPCO. infected people, says Leyte Gov. Petilla this law is that, it will allow natural and farm-based Senator Cynthia Villar small farmers to get certi- resources and inputs like as the principal author, TACLOBAN CITY “We cannot just count fication at P600 to P2,000 organic fertilizer, which put her high hopes for the - Addressing issues on the total cases. We should per year, as against the in- would yield to less input proper implementation coronavirus disease also study how the LGU is ternational certificate of cost on the part of the of the law, and mentioned (COVID-19) should not responding to decrease, if P100,000 per year.” farmers.” Villar stressed. that, over 165,000 organ- only focus on counting not return to zero cases of “The exorbitant cost The senator has been ic farming practitioners the number of people COVID-19 on their area,” in the past prevents small promoting the compost- would benefit from the who are infected by the Petilla said. farmers from practicing ing of kitchen and garden Amended Organic Ag- deadly virus but how The proper response organic farming and also wastes into organic fertil- riculture Law, and will local government units that these LGUs did is very makes organic products izer that farmers can pro- sustain the growth of or- (LGUs) respond to re- important as it could lead expensive for many Filipi- duce instead of buying in ganic agriculture in the duce the number of in- to decline of severe and nos,” Villar added.