Leyte-Samar DAILYPOSITIVE EXPRESS l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXXI I NO. 049 TUESDAY, JUNE 09, 2020 P15.00 IN TACLOBAN Amid calls to scrap it due to increase of COVID-19 cases Alfred backs ‘Balik Probinsiya’LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA/ROEL T. AMAZONA program TACLOBAN CITY- Mayor Alfred Romualdez of this city said he welcomes residents of this city who are returning home under the ‘Balik Probinsiya’ program of the government, to include the overseas workers. Romualdez said that To recall, Ormoc City returned home under the Health Office to have recov- these people should not Mayor Richard Gomez Balik Probinsiya program ered from the deadly ail- be deprived of their right asked the national agencies as well as the local overseas ment and has now returned to return home despite to conduct swab samples to workers started returning. to her home where she will some calls for them to re- those who wish to return to In Leyte, which was undergo another 14-day main where they currently the provinces to ensure that among the first provinces of quarantine as part of the stay amid the coronavirus they are not carriers of the the country to implement health protocols. disease 2019(COVID-19) virus and would not cause the Balik Probinsya pro- Mayor Romualdez said pandemic. any spread of the virus. gram, its COVID-19 now that the government, to in- “They should not be Ormoc City has posted stand at 17 cases. clude the local government barred from returning its first COVID-19 case in- In Tacloban City, two units, are doing their effort home. It is their consti- volving an overseas worker. of its COVID-19 cases in- to ensure that the coronavi- tutional right to return The COVID-19 cases of volved returning overseas rus would not further spread. home. Will you not allow Eastern Visayas, particu- workers. Its first case, in- For one, he said, those your loved ones to return larly Leyte, saw an increase volving a 29- year old wom- who are returning home are home?” Romualdez said. after several of those who an, was reported by the City immediately being quaran- tined to isolation facilities put up by the local govern- PEACE AND SECURITY. Palo Archbishop John Du Borongan mayor asks public to ment units. meet with Col. Zosimo Oliveros, the commanding officer The city government of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, on Monday(June 9) and always observe health protocols to here has put up its own iso- discussed the current peace and order situation in the lation center located at the provinces of Leyte, Biliran and Southern Leyte which are within the coverage of the brigade. Archbishop Du ensure its being COVID-19 free city northern part of the city promised his full support with the military in the attain- TACLOBAN CITY – which was originally built ment of lasting peace and sustainable development in Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan as an evacuation center. these three provinces.(802ND IB) Agda of Borongan City is determine to continue making his city COVID-19 As Ormoc City reports its first COVID-19 case free through strict imple- mentation of health pro- Mayor Gomez reiterates appeal to national tocols and having infor- mation of residents who agencies to swab test returnees before wanted to return to the city. leaving for provinces With the ballooning of TACLOBAN CITY- A 2019(COVID-19) case. allowed to return to their COVID-19 cases in the re- returnee overseas work- This was confirmed by respective hometowns. gion, Agda urged his peo- er is Ormoc City’s first its city mayor, Richard Go- Gomez said that its first ple to be vigilant to make coronavirus disease mez, who issued his appeal confirmed COVID-19 case sure that Borongan will is a 46-year old man who remain without any coro- previously worked in Saudi navirus case. Arabia but returned to Or- As of present, Boron- moc on May 27. gan is the only two cities His swab results were in the region without any part of the 90 samples re- COVID-19 case. The other leased by the Eastern Vi- one is Maasin City. sayas Regional Medical The city mayor calls Center Testing Center on on the public to always Borongan City Jose Ivan Dayan Agda says strict practice MAYOR RICHARD Friday. observe health protocols on the wearing of face mask and social distancing are GOMEZ Gomez, who confirmed while going out of their key towards in making their city free from the corona- their first COVID-19 case houses and by wearing of to national government virus. Thus, he is appealing to his people to observe this agencies to test all return- see Mayor Gomez/ see Borongan /page 10... health protocols. (City Information Office) ees before they would be page 10 ... 2 Leyte Samar Daily Express NEWS Tuesday, June 09, 2020 About 300 local government employees will help strengthen the implementation of the city ordinances on anti-smoking and face mask (City Ordinance 2020-14-07). They will assist in ensuring that the public observes the wearing of face masks and other health protocols such as physical distancing in the com- munity. (TACLOBAN CITY INFORMATION OFFICE) 300 City Hall employees designated PRO-8 turns over as COVID-19 monitoring team 597 units of ISO TACLOBAN or Alfred Romualdez, sons are required to wear case, who is a 29- year CITY-Acting City the said employees will a facemask when going old returning overseas equipment Health Officer Dr. Glo- be part of the coronavi- outside their homes, Filipino (seafarer) is now PALO, Leyte – The fices (CPOs), Regional ria Fabrigas during the rus disease (COVID-19) while in transit, inside isolated but will soon be Police Regional Office Mobile Force Battalion deputization seminar Monitoring Team and an establishment, and in discharged after her sec- (PRO-8) has turned (RMFB) and all Pro- on Monday, June 8, talks will assist in ensuring public spaces. ond sample tested neg- over 597 units of Inter- vincial and City Mobile to the 300 local govern- that the public observes Any person found vio- ative, while the second nal Security Operations Forces. ment employees to help the wearing of face masks lating the ordinance shall case, who is asymptom- (ISO) equipment to its Balba said that along strengthen the imple- and other health proto- be penalized ranging atic and currently admit- different units. with the 597 are 20,020 PRO-8 Regional rounds cartridge 5.56 mentation of the city or- cols such as physical dis- from P1,000 to P5,000 ted, is a 31-year old lo- Director Police Briga- mm ball; 20,000 rounds dinances on anti-smok- tancing, in the communi- with community service. cally stranded individual dier General Bernabe cartridge 7.62mm ball; ing and facemask (City ty. To date, Tacloban (LSI). Balba said that the 597 3,627 Magazine 30 Ordinance 2020-14-07). According to the face- City has recorded two (TACLOBAN CITY INFOR- MATION OFFICE) units consist of 372 rounder for AR15/M16 As ordered by May- mask ordinance, all per- COVID-19 cases, the first units 5.56mm Basic As- 5.56mm; 2,600 rounds sault Rifle (BAR) “Galil cartridge 9mm ball; Ace22N” with accesso- 863 ballistic eye wear; Gym instructor killed after assaulting ries; 141 units 5.56mm 208 Magazine for 9mm BAR “K2C1” with ac- Pistol and 128 maga- cessories; 50 units 9mm zine box/pouch were a police officer in Baybay City “Taurus” Striker Fired also turned-over to the with accessories; 20 said recipient units. ORMOC CITY- A pull out his service fire- units “NEGEV 7” Light “We are very grate- gym instructor was arm and fired the suspect Machine Gun (LMG) ful to our President for killed by a police officer once at a close range, Re- with Retractable Butt giving priorities to our whom he challenged to nomeron said. Assembly and accesso- men in uniform. Mas- a fist fight. Recovered at the scene ries; 12 units K3 5.56 werte tayo dahil meron Baybay City police was one piece fired bullet Light Machine Gun tayong ganitong kag- station chief Lt. Col. of caliber .9 mm pistol. (LMG) with accesso- amitan. Indeed, it will Alberto Renomer- Tapales voluntarily ries and 2 units 9mm boost the morale of our on said that Samuel deposited his service fire- “Canik” Striker Fired personnel to fight our Managbanag, 31, a gym arm, a .9 mm caliber gun with accessories were battle against the CPP/ instructor, sustained and one magazine loaded turned over to different NPA,” Balba said. single gunshot wound with 11 live bullets. Police Provincial Offices (RESTITUTO A. CAYUBIT) in his chest and was al- (ELVIE ROMAN ROA A gym instructor was killed after he had a scuffle with a police with RONALD O.REYES) (PPOs), City Police Of- ready dead upon arriv- AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY officer of the Baybay City Police Office. Samuel Managbanag al at the city’s Western SOLE HEIR OF ESTATE was shot by Corporal Ronel Tapales after they engaged in a NOTICE is hereby given that Leyte Provincial Hos- Leyte Samar NESTOR C. PORTILLO SR., the only fistfight after the police officer reminded him that public drink- surviving heir of Sps. Sotero S. Portillo pital as declared by at- ing is prohibited in the city.(BYRON ALCOBA) and Leonila C. Portillo who died on Oc- tober 17, 1989 at Alangalang, Leyte and tending physician Dr. December 15, 2005 at Quezon City, Metro Russel Gerry Dejarme. reminded the men that he was assaulted which DailyDaily ExpressExpress Manila executed an Affidavit of Adjudi- cation over two (2) parcels of land which Renomeron said in drinking of liquor in the prompted him to run.