Leyte-Samar DAILYPOSITIVE EXPRESS l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI I NO. 103 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN Mining seen on provincial seal Rumor causes panic among residents will be removed Gov. Tan nixes any mining operations in Samar TACLOBAN CITY- Sa- mar Governor Reynolds Alfred says no Michael Tan said that he is opposing to any mining ac- tivities in the province say- ing it contradicts the thrust of his administration. “We are against min- lockdown in Tacloban JOEY A. GABIETA/ LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA ing because it is part of the Samar Spark Agenda that TACLOBAN CITY- No lockdown in the city. This was clarified by City Mayor Alfred -Ro we are against mining. In GOVERNOR REYNOLDS fact when my mother was MICHAEL TAN mualdez amid rumors that Tacloban will be still alive during her first placed under lockdown this Christmas. term (as governor), an or- bauxite mine in Samar in Romualdez said that in- Mayor Romualdez has dinance was approved; a 2016 after a merger with stead of the rumored lock- also appealed to the Ta- moratorium that prohibits Asia Pilot Mining Phil- down, protocols on the re- clobanons to also observe the operation of mining in ippines (APMPC) and turning residents of the city the health protocols, espe- Samar,” Gov. Tan said. the holding company of would be stricter, among cially now that gatherings “So I still stand with Brightgreen Resources other measures. could not be avoided due that. I do not want that. In Corp and acquiring Alu- “The city of Tacloban to the Christmas season. fact that is very damaging mina Mining Phils. Inc. will not be on a lockdown “Let’s just be careful. to the nature (and causes) (AMPI) that holds min- this December. We will just Dumadami ang tao sa irreparable damage (to our eral production sharing be more strict on our pro- downtown.Let’s exercise environment),” he added. agreement179-2002- VIII tocols, (especially) on the social distancing, wear a The statement of the (Samar Island Bauxite returning residents,” Ro- mask,” Romualdez, who governor comes in the heels Reservation) with an area mualdez said on his video admitted last Dec.10 that as a big mining company, of 6, 694 hectares. message released by the he had acquired the virus, Marcventures Holdings Tan said that since Tacloban City Information said. Inc. (MHI), is planning to the news had come out Office on Monday after- Earlier, both Vice May- operate a bauxite mining in regarding the operation noon. or Jerry ‘Sambo’ Yaokasin the province whose mining of bauxite mining in the Romualdez made this and city administrator claims involved the towns province, none of the of- clarification as rumor has Aldrin Quebec also dis- of Motiong, San Jose De ficials from the firm had been circulating in the city missed the rumor say- Buan and Paranas. meet and talked with him last week that Tacloban will ing the city would not be Once approved by the to discuss and inform him be placed in a lockdown placed in a lockdown. Mines and Geosciences about their operation. NO LOCKDOWN. Thus said Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez due to its increasing num- Meantime, Mayor Ro- Bureau (MGB), this will “If they come to me in a short video message released on Monday amid rumor that has ber of coronavirus disease mualdez gave his appre- make MHI the only firm in then I will tell them that I been circulating in the city since last week that Tacloban will be (COVID-19) cases, sending ciation and gratitude to the country to mine baux- do not want but I will not on a lockdown this Christmas. Last Thursday, Mayor Romualdez residents into panic. those who have prayed for ite mineral. be reaching out to them as The city has now 1,146 his fast recovery. MHI acquired the see Gov. Tan /page 6 ... admitted to have acquired the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (TACLOBAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE) total cases with 17 deaths. He also said that he is doing well and expected to recover from the ailment Assessor's Office conducts real property and is raring to report for work. It is not yet cleared how inventories in the barangays Romualdez acquired the TACLOBAN CITY- and revenue generation, virus. To assist in developing a according to provisions of Meantime, the num- strong fiscal base for the local laws and Bureau of see Alfred /page 10 ... local government, the City Local Government Finance Assessor’s Office (CAO), (BLGF) assessment regula- in the performance of its tions. mandate to declare all real Since the RPIO kicked properties within Tacloban off in 2019 to November City, is conducting real 2020, CAO was able to de- property inventory oper- clare 1, 163 real property ations (RPIO) in various units from 20 barangays out barangays in the city. of 138 here. For this week, employ- Meantime, tax declara- ees from the said office tions with the total assessed conducted an appraisal value of P127, 086, 040.00 and data gathering at Ba- were issued to property rangays 84 in San Jose and declarants. The City Assessor’s Office (CAO) of the Tacloban city government has launched real property inven- 3 Upper Nula-tula for is- tory operations in the barangays of Tacloban s part of its effort to strengthen the city’s fiscal base. suance of tax declarations see Assessor’s /page 6 ... (TACLOBAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE) 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Mondejar school donates books Retired cop shot for DepEd’s MTB-MLE program dead in Maasin City The Tacloban City TACLOBAN CITY-Un- a.m. Saturday. Schools Division of the identified gunmen shot The suspects fled the Department of Educa- dead a retired policeman in scene after shots were fired. tion in Eastern Visayas Barangay Dongon, Maasin Police are investigating (DepEd-Region 8) on De- City Saturday, December the incident. cember 3 got an assurance 12. On November 17, un- of donation of books from Authorities identifiedidentified gunmen on the J. E. Mondejar Com- the victim as Dominico Pe- board a vehicle also shot puter College (JEMCC) tere and a resident of the and killed a 35-year-old for the implementation of said barangay. man in Barangay Ibarra, the Mother Tongue-Based Initial report said three Maasin. Multi-Lingual Education gunmen wearing bonnet on Authorities have yet (MTB-MLE) Program, a board an unmarked vehicle to identify the suspects. shot the victim around 8:46 (RONALD O.REYES) legislated learning process A memorandum of agreement was signed between JEMCC and Tacloban city schools division on designed for Kindergarten December 3, 2020 at JEMCC Conferences Hall. Gretel Laura Cadiong of the Learning Resource and Grades 1-3 students. 2 cops wounded in an Lucita Mondejar, cur- Manager represented city schools superintendent Mariza Magan. JEMCC is donating copies of the rently president of JEMCC books to all public elementary schools in Tacloban City as its support on the MTB-MLE program of entrapment operation against and widow of the school the Department of Education(DepEd). agar woods illegal traders founder, the late business- man and journalist Jose TACLOBAN CITY- ting Loriaga, a resident of modules written in a lan- book that has English texts itor-in-chief of a regional “Bing” Mondejar, signed Two policemen were Brgy. Binaloan, also of the guage exclusive or endemic translated into the Waray magazine. a memorandum of agree- wounded after they were same town. to that place like Waray for language, fitting to what the Schlueter worked, in a ment for the school’s do- fired upon by the suspects During the entrap- Eastern Visayas. DepEd-8 needed. virtual mode, with North- nation of the books with they were to arrest who ment operation, the po- However, the DepEd-8 The English-Waray il- ern Samar-based poet Ar- Tacloban city schools divi- were engaging in anti-ille- seur-buyer after identi- earlier mentioned about the lustrated storybook se- deen Tuballas Capate in sion superintendent Mari- gal activity involving agar fying the items as agar lack of books in the Waray ries, starting with one ti- translating the book to za Magan. woods, a highly priced by woods and handing a language that can be used in tled Maya and Her Loyal Waray language, for the Republic Act 10533 considered as an endan- marked money as a pay- schools here in compliance Friends, is published by purpose of complying with (Enhanced Basic Educa- gered species. ment, removed his mask with the MTB-MLE pro- JEMCC, under the concept the MTB-MLE program. tion Act) mandates the im- Injured were Cpl. Je- to connote that the trans- gram directive. of Schlueter. Renowned Tacloban art- plementation of the MTB- rome Ortega and Pat. Ber- action has been consum- This prompted JEMCC, Helping her in enhanc- ist Ed Rompal provided the MLE program by using nardino Julius Magsambol mated. located at Barangay 71 (Na- ing and promoting the idea illustrations, from the cover teaching materials written Jr, both members of the Re- This prompted the law ga-Naga) in Tacloban City, of the Maya storybook series to every page of the story- in the native language of gional Special Operations enforcers to introduce to immediately mobilize its was her Zurich-based sister, book, as well as in the other the primary students in a Group (RSOG) of the Phil- themselves as police offi- resources and talent in pro- Minerva Mondejar-Steiner, forthcoming storybooks of particular region or place. ippine National Police-8 cers to effect arrest. ducing books, in Waray lan- who also created the web- the Maya series.