Leyte-Samar DAILYPOSITIVE EXPRESS l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI I NO. 092 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 07, 2020 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN 7th Yolanda anniversary Alfred: Only Masses due to COVID-19 pandemic JOEY A. GABIETA TACLOBAN CITY- This year’s commemo- ration of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ will be ‘very simple’ as it is impacted by another catastro- phe, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), that has also claimed lives. City Mayor Alfred Ro- mualdez, in a press confer- ence, said that several of the previous activities that were normally held during the anniversary of Yolanda’s on- slaught are cancelled. Tacloban, considered the ground zero of the world’s strongest typhoon to hit inland, is to hold the seventh year anniversary of the Nov.8,2013 deadly ty- phoon this Sunday. see Alfred /page 2 ... SIMPLE COMMEMORATION. As Tacloban City is also grappling the impacts of the coro- In Barugo navirus disease(COVID-19) pandemic, the 7th year onslaught of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ will be marked with only masses to be held in two areas, one of which will be at the mass Mayor Avestruz delivers her Soma: grave in Brgy. Basper. (FILE PHOTO) Despite COVID-19, projects, Farmers group receive aid programs for people unhampered TACLOBAN CITY- from Mayor Romualdez Barugo Mayor Maria Ro- sario ‘Macel’ Avestruz said that despite of the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-1) that hit their town, programs and proj- ects intended for the peo- ple were not affected. Avestruz made this re- marks during her Novem- ber 3 state of the munici- pality address (Soma) held at their public gymnasium. According to her, COVID-19 affected not only the lives of the Baru- gonons as many establish- Mayor Alfred Romualdez lead in the turnover of Artificial Insemination (AI) sa Barangay ments were forced to cease their operations due to the facility held last November 5, at Brgy. 108 Tagpuro Gymnasium. The mayor was joined by health pandemic. City Veterinarian Dr. Eunice Alcantara. (CIO) “Almost eight months TACLOBAN CITY- rangay facility held Thurs- Tagpuro Farmers United have passed since we Barugo Mayor Maria Rosario ‘Macel’ Avestruz deliverer her Mayor Alfred Romualdez day morning, November 5, for Progress (ATFUC), re- started this war against state of the municipality address (Soma) amid the threat of together with City Veteri- at Brgy. 108 Tagpuro Gym- ceived AI equipment and COVID-19. And for the COVID-19 which she said did not deter in enforcing some narian Dr. Eunice Alcantara nasium. consumables, laboratory past eight months, many of her programs and projects for her people. led the turnover of Artificial As a start-up support equipment, 6 bags of feeds, see Mayor /page 13 ... (Photo Courtesy) Insemination (AI) sa Ba- the beneficiary-association, see Farmers /page 11... 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Saturday, November 07, 2020 Biliran Gov. Espina offers reward for those who killed a critically-endangered bird TACLOBAN CITY - tened to him. The governor of Biliran is He said that he felt bad offering a reward for those that instead of helping in who can provide informa- protecting and conserv- tion on the identity of the ing the wildlife there are three poachers who were people who are capable of responsible in the killing of destroying it. a hornbill. Gov. Espina asked Those who can provide the public to contact the the identities of the three Provincial Environment suspect will receive cash re- and Task Force Kalikasan ward from him, Gov. Roge- head if they have infor- PAYBACK TIME. Officials and civic and business groups in Tacloban City gathered their lio Espina said. mation on the identities The cash reward offered of the suspects. resources to extend assistance to the people of Bicol Region who were devastated by su- by the governor stemmed Department of En- per typhoon ‘Rolly.’ Photo shows Tacloban City Vice Mayor Jerry ‘Sambo’ Yaokasin(left) from a post from Julius vironment and Natural and businessman Rhoel Ladrera(right), among others, who spearheaded the fund drive. Sabile on his Facebook ac- Resources VIII said the (Photo Courtesy Sambo FB) count where he took photos Visayas hornbill is one on the killing of the Visayan of the identified critically hornbill last October 31 in endangered bird species measure to stop any possi- where Yolanda made its Alfred... Barangay Libtong. ble spread of the virus. first landfall early morning Credit to Julius Sabile in the country. ...from Page 1 Sabile said that he asked Romualdez said that of Nov. 8, 2013 that killed It is usually found in the men, who used home- “For Yolanda’s anniver- while this year’s seventh more than 100 people of the rainforest in the islands made shotgun, not to shoot sary, it will be a very sim- anniversary of Yolanda’s the town. the bird but they did not lis- see Biliran /page 13 ... ple commemoration. We’ll onslaught will be simple just have some Masses, due to COVID-19 restric- perhaps at the mass grave tions, those who perished EDC, ASUS distribute laptops to Leyte and at the shipwreck,” the will still be remembered. city mayor said Friday The city mayor added scholars, support students in “new normal” (Oct.6). that the people should not Thirty four SIKAT Rica Baring, Batch 2018 environment. geothermal capacity. The sites Romualdez forget one of the lessons scholars of Lopez-led BS Mechanical Engineer- SIKAT is EDC’s flag- In total, EDC gen- referred were the mass learned due to Yolanda-to geothermal leader En- ing from Visayas State ship education program erates over 40% of the burial site located in Ba- evacuate once there is a ty- ergy Development Cor- University, expressed that aims to help the Philippines’ renewable rangay Basper where phoon. poration (EDC) recently her utmost gratitude to youth in EDC’s host com- energy output and serves more than 2,200 people “I ask the residents not received their brand new EDC and ASUS for their munities to have access about 10% of the coun- who died due to the mas- to forget Yolanda. If there ASUS laptops last 22-23 support in achieving to quality education and try’s overall electricity sive typhoon were buried, is a super storm, evacuate October as the learning her dreams of complet- enable them to become demand with its installed and the Yolanda Ship- immediately,” Romualdez environment in the coun- ing tertiary education. wreck Memorial Park lo- said. try shifted to online and “Words cannot describe cated in Brgy. 68(Anibong The city mayor said modular classes due to how thankful we, SIKAT District)where commer- that the simple ceremony threats of the coronavirus scholars, are for receiving cial cargo M/V Jocelyn of Yolanda’s onslaught is disease (COVID-19). the laptops. Through this, was washed inland due to mainly due to COVID-19 EDC tapped Tai- we can accomplish and the storm surge generated which has already claimed wan-based multinational perform our school tasks by Yolanda. 15 lives in the city. computer and electronics efficiently. We are eternal- He also said that while Tacloban has 950 total company ASUS to pro- ly grateful for the support mass gathering is strict- COVID-19 cases of which vide laptops for free to the that the companies have ly prohibited during this 869 of them have recovered SIKAT scholars in Kanan- provided us. This will time of quarantine, he from the deadly virus. ga, Leyte and Ormoc City serve as our inspiration might just allowed entry Other areas in the re- as they venture towards to strive harder in chasing at the mass burial ground. gion also affected by Yolan- the new normal of online our dreams,” Baring said. Social distancing and da have also cancelled learning. Kananga town Mayor other health protocols their annual commem- EDC Corporate Social Matt Torres facilitated the should always be observed orative programs due to Responsibility Head for turnover of 20 laptops to during the visit, the city COVID-19 pandemic. its Leyte geothermal fa- SIKAT scholars in Kanan- mayor said. For one, Guiuan Mayor cility, Erwin Magallanes, ga, Leyte while 14 laptop To recall, the nation- Annaliza Gonzales Kwan said it has always been units were given to schol- al government prohibit- said that instead of these the company’s top priori- ars from Ormoc City. ed any visit to cemeteries programs, the municipal ty to support unprivileged The laptop units, with and other burial grounds government will only have but deserving students memory capacity of 1 TB during the All Saints and a Mass on Sunday. through its newly brand- HDD and runs an Intel Souls Days as an added It was in Guiuan town ed flagship education pro- Core i3-1005G1 Proces- gram SIKAT. sor, will help the students Magallanes, likewise, attend synchronous class- We accept: expressed his gratitude to es, execute their class as- Publication for ASUS for its laptop do- signments and do research productive citizens and capacity of 1,499MW. Its National Newspaper nation to SIKAT scholars. for their class requisites. change-makers in our so- over 1,200MW geother- Malaya Business Insight by “We thank ASUS for their Moreover, each stu- ciety. mal portfolio accounts People’s Independent Media support to our program, dent beneficiary of the EDC’s Leyte geother- for 62% of the country’s which will definitely help laptops also received one mal facility that strad- total installed geother- Contact: our students in obtaining unit of pocket wifi from dles between Ormoc City mal capacity, putting the ALMA M. GRAFIL quality education despite EDC to enable them to and the Municipality of Philippines on the map Leyte Samar Daily Express the current remote learn- connect to the internet Kananga currently sup- as the world’s third larg- Tel.