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Leyte-Samar DAILYPOSITIVE EXPRESS l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI I NO. 088 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN North Samar now under GCQ amid spike of COVID-19 cases ROEL T. AMAZONA TACLOBAN CITY – The entire province of Northern Samar is now under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) after the Re- gional Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (RIATF8) and Regional Task Force on COVID-19 (RTF8) approved the request of Governor Edwin Ongchuan to place the province on a higher quarantine status. The two councils issued The Department of Health Only two towns of the 24 Joint Resolution No. 33 on Center for Health and De- municipalities of the prov- October 19, granting the velopment VIII reported ince are still COVID-19 request that will last for 15 that there 343 confirmed free or have no cases since days starting October 20. COVID-19 cases in the the region first recorded The body also approved province of Northern Samar COVID-19 in March. the request of Gov. Ongch- in 21 affected municipali- These are the island uan to temporarily suspend ties, with the capital town towns of San Vicente and the arrival of locally strand- of Catarman recording the San Antonio. ed individuals (LSIs) and most number at 130 con- Of the 22 towns with returning residents for 14 firmed COVID-19 cases. In confirmed cases, Catar- days. addition, the province has man has the most cas- Under the joint resolu- the second highest number es with 135, followed by tion, except for the 23 vil- of active COVID-19 cases Laoang with 97. STRICTER QUARANTINE. Amid the growing lages in the municipal prop- in the region with 164 cas- Other towns with number of persons being infected with the corona- er of Catarman, the capital es, 61 of which are in Catar- double digit cases of virus disease (COVID-19), the province of North- town of the province that man,” the resolution reads. COVID-19 are Gamay ern Samar is now placed under General Commu- was placed under Modified As of October 20, North- (18), Palapag (17), Mon- nity Quarantine for 15 days starting Oct.15. Photo ECQ, all other villages in ern Samar has a total of 384 dragon (16), Allen (15), shows a woman from Gamay town of the said the town and other munic- COVID-19 cases where Lavezares (13), and San province being swabbed. (RHU-GAMAY) ipalities in Northern Samar 299 are active cases, while Roque (12). are placed under GCQ. 153 had already recovered, Town with single dig- “As of October 18, 2020 and two recorded deaths. see North /page 2 ... 90- year old woman from Southern Mayor Romualdez presides meeting Leyte among region’s new COVID-19 patients; appears to be asymptomatic on COVID-19 update in the city TACLOBAN CITY- The TACLOBAN CITY- A The elderly was said to Local Health Board of this 90-year old woman from have acquired the infection city convened on Thursday, a town in Southern Leyte from her grandson whom October 22, chaired by May- province is among the latest she lived with. or Alfred S. Romualdez, to persons from the region to Mayor Alan Jose Aroy discuss the coronavirus dis- have acquired the corona- said that the woman ap- ease 2019 (COVID-19) sit- virus disease (COVID-19). pears to be asymptomatic uation of the city and pos- On Thursday night, see 90-year old /page 7... sible strategies to continue the Department of Health the delivery and uptake (DOH) in the region re- of immunization services ported that its COVID-19 amid the pandemic. cases is now at 6,151 with With the nine addition- the additional 96 new cas- al cases logged last night, es. acting City Health Officer The new cases were re- Dr. Gloria Fabrigas report- ported in Northern Samar ed Thursday morning that with 37 cases; Samar,33; Tacloban City has a total of Leyte,19; and Southern 878 confirmed cases with 63 Leyte,5. active cases and 15 deaths. The 90-year old woman Of the total number of Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez presided the who was tested positive of COVID-19 cases present- meeting of the city local health board on Oct.22 on the the virus is from Macro- ed during the third quarter current situation on COVID-19 in the city, among others. hon, Southern Leyte. see Mayor /page 7 ... (TACLOBAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE) 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Saturday, October 24, 2020 Army foils NPA’s plan to disrupt In Lavezares, Northern Samar gov’t livelihood opportunities in Can-avid, East Samar Youths conduct reading program CAMP VICENTE suggest that many in the among nonreader pupils under its LUKBAN, CATBALO- NPA were wounded,” said GAN CITY-The gov- Lt.Col. Bugarin. ernment troops repelled Utilizing K9 teams, ‘Maleta ng Karunungan' advocacy Communist NPA Terror- recovered were two an- TACLOBAN CITY- A LES to help its non-reader ists (CNTs) who were plan- ti-personnel mines (APM), group of youth leaders pupils improve their read- ning to disrupt the imple- blasting caps, and electrical and some volunteers from ing abilities and perfor- mentation of government’s wires that will be used by Barangay Libas, Lavezares mance. livelihood trainings in two the NPA to sow terror. town in Northern Samar And being students remote villages of Can-av- To recall, on December are going around in their themselves, the 15 young id, Eastern Samar in a gun- 13, 2019, three innocent ci- village, bringing with them leaders and volunteers, con- fight about 10 am,October vilians were killed while 14 a big ‘maleta’ or a suitcase. duct their reading program 20, 2020 in Barangay Sal- were wounded including These young people, every Wednesday, Satur- vacion, Can-avid, Eastern two minors and an infant whose ages range from day and Sunday, their free Samar. caused by NPA’s roadside 18 to 24, have launched days from their own school According to Lieu- bombing in Barangay Libu- on Monday (Oct.19) their works. They start at seven in tenant Colonel Joven D ton, Borongan City. ‘Maleta ng Karunungan’ the morning and end up at Bugarin, commanding While on April 2019, a program which aims to 5 pm. officer of 52nd Infantry nine-year-old boy died in help elementary pupils in Adriatico said during Battalion, soldiers were another NPA bombing in the village learn how to their visits to the houses sent in order to conduct Barangay San Miguel, Las read. of their target pupils, they security operations for the Navas, Northern Samar. About 53 pupils who bring out the stuff they put upcoming Agrikultura at And recently, four civilians live in the village who were inside their suitcase and Kabuhayan tungo sa Kaun- including two teachers were identified as ‘struggling turn themselves as tutors to laran at Kapayapaan (AK- also wounded in an ambush readers, ‘or non-readers their students. KAP) Project launching in Barangay Tagbayaon, Jia- are the target of their read- The stuff from their male- on Thursday, October 22, bong, Samar. ing program, said Proculo ta consists of reading materi- 2020 in the villages of Boco “This only shows how Adriatico, Jr., the chairman als, pencils, papers, scissors, and Balagon of Can-avid. cruel and heartless the of the Sangguniang Ka- chalk and chalkboard, cray- However, during the NPA’s are. They ignore the bataan (SK) of their village on, and even modules. conduct of security oper- safety of the civilians and who initiated the program. The group teaches their The Sangguniang Kabataan and some volunteers of Ba- ations the troops clashed put their lives at risk for Adriatico,22 and is ‘pupils’ for about 20 to 30 rangay Libas in Lavezares, Northern Samar have lunched with more or less 25 CNTs their own gain,” Lt.Col. now on his fourth year of minutes and after their tu- their ‘Maleta ng Karunungan’ program which aims pupils in Barangay Salvacion who Bugarin added. college taking Bachelor of toring, they give them bis- from their village improve their reading skills and compre- scampered to different di- The livelihood training Education in elementary, cuits for their snacks. rections after the 15-min- under AKKAP is part of hension. said that their ‘Maleta ng And during this time of ute firefight. the Provincial Task Force (Photos: Sangguniang Kabataan ng Barangay Libas) Karunungan’ program is pandemic caused by corona- Three soldiers were to End Local Communist tied up with the ‘Bahay-Ba- virus disease (COVID-19), wounded while an unde- Armed Conflict (PTF- day was raining and mud- leaders and volunteers is a sa’ program of the Libas El- the group strictly observes termined casualty was re- ELCAC) program in order dy, it was very fulfilling as big help to him. ementary School (LES). the health protocols like ported on the CNT’s side. to address the insurgen- we know we can help these “I am thankful to them Bahay-Basa program wearing of facemasks and “Traces of bloodstains cy problem in the remote children to read. And we for helping me improve my refers to the program of using alcohol. in the area they abandoned see Army /page 16 ... are hoping that at the end of reading skills. Hope they The funds used by the this school year, they would will return and teach me Northern Samar cops raise young leaders and volun- be delisted as struggling some more,” the eight-year teers, was sourced from readers,” Adriatico said. old pupil said. their SK funds. The group, considering His mother, Gena, also P1.2-M for COVID-19 response “Aside from being an ad- that they target to carry thanked the group for TACLOBAN venture of sort as our first out their program for the helping her son improve CITY-Personnel from rest of the school term, will his reading skills.