Leyte-Samar DAILY EXPRESS POSITIVE l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI NO. 029 TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN IMEE MARCOS. The daughter of former first lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos, Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, asks the voters of Region 8 to help her gain a Senate seat as she campaigned in the city Sunday(March 31) for the second time. She was joined by her cousin, mayoralty candidate Alfred Romualdez and his slate, Aimee Delgado-Grafil, Vangie Esperas, Elvie Casal, Leo Bahin,Brian Steve Granados,Elizabeth Lesiguez,Rodolfo Padillo, Wena Pfleider, Marvin Modelo and Dalisay Erpe. Imee woos EV voters as she seeks Senate seat GAY GASPAY, CONTRIBUTOR TACLOBAN CITY- The daughter of former first lady Imelda Marcos, The younger Marcos was was accompanied by her Marcos was in the city Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, appeals to the voters of Eastern in the city Sunday (March cousin, Alfred Romualdez during the regional grand Visayas to support her Senate bid. 31) to campaign here, the who is running for mayor. rally of the administra- region’s most vote-rich city This was the second time tion- backed Hugpong ng with 139,422 voters. that Marcos was in the city Pagbabago last March 19. Plans now underway for its 500th year in 2021 The Senate aspirantafter she formally sought for Region marks 498th First Mass celebration toured around the city and a Senate seat. see Imee/page 2 ... LIMAWASA, Southern Leyte-About 3,000 Roman Catholic faithful gathered in Limasawa Island, South- ern Leyte for this year’s see Plans/page 7 ... FIRST MASS.Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Arch- bishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia celebrated the 498th an- niversary of the First Mass in Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte. He was joined by Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, Palo Archbishop John Du and Maasin Bishop Precioso Cantillas.(ROEL T. AMAZONA) Paid for by: Doc. Adaline M. Grafil , Tacloban City 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, April 02, 2019 Sen. Villar nixes post as Senate president BAYBAY CITY- Sena- gymnasium led by Mayor tor Cynthia Villar said that Carmen Cari, said that she she does not aspire to be- would like to see women come a Senate president. become empowered by hav- Villar made this re- ing their own source of in- mark in an interview here come of their own, thereby after she urged the women lessening their dependency of this city to become em- to their husbands. powered during the cul- Sen. Villar asked the mination program of the women to have their own Women’s Month celebra- income adding that there tion Sunday (March 31). are livelihood programs “Ano ang gagawin ko that they could avail. Senator Cynthia Villar doon (as Senate president). “It’s my advocacy, espe- Magma-manage ng mga cially for women,” she said. A total of 100 Jobstarter program trainees successfully graduated from the six-month full senador? Gusto ko buma- tiveros, and Laila de Lima, Villar, among the strong cycle training in this city last March 29. lik sa committee on agri- now detained for drug-re- favorites to win based on culture kasi ito yung most lated charges. various pre-election sur- challenging,”she said dur- The current Senate pres- veys on the May 13 elec- 100 complete Jobstart ing a media interview. ident is Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto tions, said that she would While the House of who is to end his term this continue to push for the Representatives has elect- June 30,2019. improvement on the liv- training in Tacloban ed a woman for speaker Villar’s husband, Manny, ing conditions of the coun- TACLOBAN CITY- A ployment Representative Before their 3-month in former president Glo- served as Senate president try’s farmers reason why total of 100 Jobstarter pro- Roanna Kyra Querijero. internship on food and ria Macapagal-Arroyo, the in 2006 until 2010 where he she would like to keep the gram trainees successfully Mayor Cristina G. beverage in a partner busi- Senate has yet to produce a ran for President, losing to chairmanship on the com- graduated from the six- Romualdez was represented ness establishment, the woman president. senator Benigno ‘Noynoy’ mittee on agriculture. month full cycle training in by Executive Assistant Atty. trainees first underwent Aside from Villar, the Aquino. “Poverty remains to be this city last March 29. Marie Ronette Salve Barre- a 55-day Life Skills and current women in the Villar, in her speech the biggest problem of the The graduates repre- da who read the message Technical Training. Senate are Nancy Binay, before the 3,000 women country,” she said. sented the first batch of the of the mayor exhorting the The life skills training is Loren Legarda, Risa Hon- who gathered at the city’s (JOEY A. GABIETA) partnership program of Jobstart trainees to use their an essential component of the Department of Labor full potential and not take the full-cycle employment Imee... Among these plans, the poverty incident in and Employment (DOLE), the opportunity for granted. facilitation service which ...from Page 1 she said, is the revival her province of Ilocos Asian Development Bank “We hope that you will offers one-on-one career of the Kadiwa Centers Norte was addressed and The outgoing Ilocos (ADB), the Canadian In- not take this opportunity for guidance among the ben- which will sell cheap but reduced drastically un- ternational Development granted. Paniguro kita ngan eficiaries. Norte governor said that better qualities of basic der her administration. it has been decades since Agency (CIDA) and the lo- ayaw naton sayanga ine nga At the end of the train- necessities like rice. Aside from former cal government of Tacloban oportunidad. Hinaot unta ing, the completers re- the region had a repre- Kadiwa Centers or mayor Romualdez, sentative at the Senate and which aims to increase the Nga makabulig a Jobstart ceived their National terminal food centers, Marcos was also joined employability of the youth para makabiling kamo hin Competency (NC) II it’s about time that the were established during by council candidates, region, among the poor- through technical and skills trabaho ngan makabulig Accreditation from the the time of her father, namely, Aimee Delgado training. han iyo pamilya,” the mes- Technical Education Skills est in the country, should former president Ferdi- Grafil; Evangeline “Van- have one. Present during the grad- sage read. Development Authority nand Marcos, aimed to gie” Esperas and Dr. El- uation held at the Fatima The Chief Executive(TESDA). “The region needs a bring down prices of ba- vira Galapon Casal, all representative sa Senate Parish Hall in Tacloban was likewise lauded the gener- The jobstart partner sic commodities. incumbent councilors; Public Employment Service ous partners of the local establishments are Mc- who will for see the re- “Kung kaya pa-ubson radio broadcaster Mar- gion’s issues,” she said. Office (PESO) Manager government in the program Carol Ventures, Pinutos an bugas, kaya liwat an vin Modelo; Elizabeth Emilia Cruz, Cooperation which is being implemented Express Kuisin, Taytay During the 2016 elec- iba nga papliton, kon Lesiguez, Rody Padillo, tions, her cousin, Ferdi- Embassy of Canada Head for the first time in the City. Sa Kauswagan, Stephanie kaya namon ha Ilocos, Leo Bahin, Brian “Yan- Stephen Weaver, DOLE The jobstarter com- Smoke Haus, Mang Inasal nand Martin Romualdez, kaya liwat naton dinhi ha Yan” Granados, Dalisay ran unsuccessfully for North Leyte Field Office pleters started their training and McDonalds. (HENRY Rehiyon Otso,” she said. Tolibas Erpe and Wena Head Bernardita Navarra last September 2018 until JAMES ROCA with a re- senator. He is now run- Marcos claimed that Pfleider. port from D. ABARQUE) ning as a congressman for and Bureau of Local Em- March 20, 2019. Leyte’s first congressional district currently occu- pied by his wife, Yedda First hanging hammock adventure opens in Eastern Samar Marie Romualdez. TACLOBAN CITY- Island was opened since He also said that East- souvenirs, events, and improvement we of- Rep. Romualdez is One can now enjoy last year. ern Samar Governor conventions. fered,” said Eguia, the now the first nominee of watching the sunset “The ‘duyan’ or ham- Marcelo Picardal through “The good thing is EVTA secretary. party-list group Tingog while one is sitting in a mock was opened for the Provincial Tourism they are receptive to the see First /page 11 ... with Jude Acidre as the hammock at Bantayan public since March last Office “regularly spon- second nominee. cliff off Ando Island in year but they have been sors some of the events Marcos, in her cam- Borongan City. doing rappelling ac- conducted thereat.” We accept: paign sortie here, asked “Welcome to the new- tivities before that,” said Meanwhile, Eguia said Publication for the people to also vote est playground in Eastern Robedizo. they are also assessing the Tingog. Visayas, the Huplag Ad- Eleazar Labtic of Hu- tourism services offered National Newspaper Gov. Marcos said that venture in Ando Island plag adventure is its op- in the island being part of Malaya Business Insight by she has so much plans off Borongan City,” said erator and event man- the Eastern Visayas Tour- for the region once she Butz Eguia, an expert ager. ism Association (EVTA), People’s Independent Media gets elected to the Senate, tour guide in Eastern “The provincial tour- a Department of Tourism Contact: particularly in addressing Visayas. ism office is supporting (DOT)-recognized group its poverty situation by Eastern Samar pro- Eleazar for his passion on which aims to strengthen ALMA M. GRAFIL providing its people, par- vincial tourism officer his craft, the new tourism the working relationships Leyte Samar Daily Express ticularly the economically Franklin Robedizo said playground with its eco- of allied tourism services Tel.