NEW OFFICE ADDRESS: HERMOSILLA DRIVE, ORMOC CITY Landlines: 832-0704 (PLDT); 561- 0809 (Globe) 0916-493-8704 (Elvie); 0921-211- 9603 (Rosenda); 0918-923-4408 (Lalaine). Email: [email protected] and VOL. 15 NO. 07 ORMOC CITY P 15.00 at the newsstands MARCH 10-16, 2014 [email protected] Website address: www.evmailnews.com For feedback/inquiries: e-mail [email protected] Rotary of Makati South donates 50 boats for Ormoc fishers Photo on top shows Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez receiving the checks from Rotary Club of Makati South president Ritz Estorco as payment for 50 motorboats that were donated to fisherfolks of Naungan and San Juan in Ormoc City. (L-R) Richard Gomez, Vice Mayor Toto Locsin Jr., Manuel Torres Sr., the delegation from the Rotary of Makati South and Lucy, councilors Vince Rama, Tommy Serafica, Dr. Gerry Penserga and Dr. Mayong Rodriguez. At right, the Gomez couple wth Mayor Ramon Oñate and Vice Mayor George Arevalo during the turnover of 20 motorboats to fishers in Palompon town. BY LALAINE M. JIMENEA ORMOC CITY – It was the dughan”, he said. (I will 50 bancas with Honda anathema of the known never forget this day in my engines at P 32,000 each Filipino machismo, but life. I will make this day were distributed to the NA- men folk of Brgy. Naungan (March 11) a holiday for my SAMPA today. There were and San Juan here visibly family and I will tell them more to come, Rep. Gomez Leyte coco farmers get 500 chainsaws cried as their leader made about this day when our said. a tearful speech, thanking beautiful congresswoman The motorized ban- ORMOC CITY – the Rotary Club of Makati and people with golden cas were donations from The UN Commis- South and Leyte Rep. Lucy hearts gave us our lives the Rotary Club of Makati sion on Human Torres-Gomez for giving back through a motorized South and its sister clubs Rights (UNCHR) them motorized bancas on boat.) from other parts of the turned over to the the morning of Tuesday, At his back were his world that they coursed International Or- March 11, 2014. members who tried to hide through Lucy’s “6,200: Mis- ganization on Mi- In the vernacular, their tears unsuccessfully. It sion Possible”. The sister gration and the Naungan-San Juan Man- was an emotional moment clubs are the Rotary Clubs Philippine Co- grove Planters Association that Rep. Lucy T. Gomez, of Tokyo Jonan, Hapan; conut Authority (NASAMPA) president Re- at loss on what to say, just Jakarta Gambir, Indonesia; some 500 chain- nato Quilay said the motor- hugged Quilay. West Lake Village, Cali- saws donated ized bancas will not only “I was very touched at fornia; Tanglin, Singapore; by the Swedish give them back their liveli- his words”, said Lucy, “and Gumbak, Kuala Lumpur, power tool pro- hood, but it also gave them hearing him … seeing them Malaysia. ducer Husqvarna The UN-Commission on Human Rights turns over 500 chainsaws from the hope and faith in the good- in tears, so thankful and Rep. Gomez said Ro- on Friday, March Swedish power tool company Husqvarna to the International Organization ness of men. happy, just makes all the tary Club of Makati was the 14, during a Me- on Migration (IOM) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) on Friday, “Di gyod ni nako maka- hard work worth it”. first donor of motorboats dia Orientation March 14, in Ormoc City. (L-R) Jaime Nunez, PCA officer for West Leyte limtan nga adlaw sa ako There was a light mo- who called her, signifying on Humanitar- and Biliran, Caroline Blay of UNCHR, Christy Marfil of IOM, and Ashley kinabuhi, Ma’am, Sir. Amo ment, however, when they wanted to help her ian System and Clements of UN-OCHA in Ormoc. ni himoong holiday sa ako Quilay mentioned that even district. “It was another Yolanda Re- pamilya. Ako gyod sugin- if fishing nets were not in- answered prayer”, she said. sponse organized back on their feet” and The IOM is the co-lead in lan ang ako mga anak, mga cluded in the gift of hope The Leyte congress- by the UN-OCHA. hasten shelter completion. the clusters for shelter and apo, og mga anak sa akong they got, they will find a woman has since launched The chainsaws are the The turnover was done camp coordination and mga apo kabahin ning way to put it to use imme- “6200: Mission Possible”, latest of non-food interven- by Caroline Blay of UN- management. Standing as adlawa nga gihatagan mi diately. It elicited laughter aiming to raise 6,200 motor- tions that the UNCHR is HCR-Ormoc to the IOM witness to the donation was og Bangka sa among con- from the guests because boats for her constituents. giving to Yolanda victims represented by Christy Ashley Clements, head of gresswoman nga gwapa na they knew it was his way SEE P. 9 in Leyte Province, “to help Marfil and the PCA, rep- LUCY SEE UNCHR P. 9 kaayo, bulawanon pa ang of asking for it. affected communities get resented by Jaime Nuñez. 2 NEWS March 10-16, 2014 Ormoc now has New Zealand commits 2.5-million dollars for P 8.415-Million in donations ORMOC CITY now has P 8,415,175.84 in a special account agricultural rehabilitation through FAO it opened with the Land Bank of the Philippines, for cash and check donations from various donors intended to help the LGU respond to the Yolanda crisis. to the Philippines Reuben The generated donations cover the period from November 8 Levermore. Also with them was Rajendra Aryal, FAO to March 4, according to a signed report by city treasurer Angelo representative to the Philip- Roman obtained from councilor Vincent Rama. pines, and assistant regional The top four donors are the City Government of General directors Ismael Aya-ay and Santos City which gave P 1.5-million; and the LGUs of Cebu Dr. Jennylyn Ruiz-Almeria of City, the Province of Bukidnon and the City of San Juan which the Department of Agriculture. gave P 1-million each. In an interview with one First to donate was the LGU of Cebu City which gave their villager, Leopoldo Morbos, donation on November 12. Mayor Mike Rama himself personally 49, he was very thankful at the delivered the check to the City Hall. intervention of international However, the publicized P 3-million from Davao City, as NGOs. He was looking for- allegedly announced by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte through the ward to the farming interven- national media, has yet to materialize. tions that the FAO would be Mostly, the donors were LGUs, among them the City of giving them. Mandaue (P 600,000); Valenzuela (P 500,000); Province of Morbos has 10 children. Misamis Occidental (P 500,000); Panabo City, Davao del Norte He has a rice and coconut (P 400,000); Gingoog City (300,000); Iligan City (250,000); farm. His rice, already harvest- Digos, Davao del Sur (P 200,000); Sto. Tomas, Batangas (P able when Yolanda slammed 200,000); and P 100,000 each from Pigcawayan in Cotabato, through last November 8, are the Island Garden City of Samal, San Isidro in Davao Oriental, all gone. All of his coconut San Fernando in Pampanga. Maasin City in Southern Leyte trees, about 100, are totally gave P 50,000. damaged. The LBP-Ormoc Branch also donated P 200,000 while Sena- The farmer Morbos said that he used to have a reason- tor Ramon Revilla and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez Farmers pose with New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Reuben Levermore, NZ Civil able income from selling tuba, gave a combined amount of P 100,000. Defence Minister Nikki Kaye, FAO’s representative to the Phils. Rajendra Aryal (2nd, 3rd, 4th at P 300 per Jerry can before Other donors are CFI Community-Ormoc and CFI Com- from left). Flanking them are DA assistant regional director Ismael Aya-ay and Dr. Jennylyn Yolanda. He could have made munity-Tacloban for P 50,000 each; John 15 Foundation which Ruiz-Almeria. a killing now because tuba is gave 750 US dollars or P 33,262.40; lawyers Thaddeus Alviso being sold at P 300 a gallon or PALO, LEYTE – New Zea- fam and the like. are putting our money into it”. and Allan Fontansa gave P 10,000 each, and spouses Randy & P 1,000.00 for one Jerry can, land Minister of Civil De- Rajendra Aryal, FAO rep- She emphasized that her Charlene Rautolo, P 5,000. but the problem is, he does not fence Nikki Kaye announced resentative to the Philippines, presence in the village was a The DSWD Kalahi Pantawid of Tukuran, Zamboanga del even have one tree to gather during a meeting with vil- Sur donated P 3,082.75; Sixto Comia of NBI Manila, P 2,000; said that the money would be show of how committed they tuba from. Michael Curry, P 1000; Felix lagers in a Yolanda-affected used to help the farmers restore are to help the villagers but He was able to send all of Mallen, 645.50 and Benjie farming community here their farms, replant it, buy tools added they did not want to his children to school. In fact, Pore, P 100. on the afternoon of Sunday, and farm animals. Necessary impose the solutions to their NOW SHOWING @ two have graduated from col- The deposits already earned March 16, that their govern- trainings would also be held problems but would rather lege and were already helping STAR THEATER an interest income of 415.09 but ment is giving 2.5-million for both the farmers and agri- that the approach taken is them with the daily expenses.