Dec. 21,2011
Marquez, As Challenger,Failed To Show He Was The Better Fighter
by Ruel H. Espaldon,guest writer
If the third Pacquiao-Marquez were a non-title bout,I would have agreed with the opinion that Manuel Marquez won the fight. However,it was a title defense,so the challenger had a heavier burden to prove himself the better fighter inside the ring.
From its definition,a “challenger” is the one obliged to engage,test and breach the Bastille of the person he wants to overthrow. Hence,Marquez,the challenger,should have been the one engaging Manny Pacquiao.The role of the belligerent was with him,not with Pacquiao.
But it was Pacquiao who initiated most of the exchanges. No fort can be taken by anyone who doesn't go aggressively and consciously for the flag.
Marquez,the boxer, may seem to have won the match. But Marquez,the challenger,lost it.(ruelespaldon@yahoo.com)
(Source:Philippine Daily Inquirer's letters' section. Thanks to Ma'am Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc,Editor-In-Chief and Publisher Isagani Yambot).
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Maasinhon Trio Held A Concert At The Plaza
Nov.23,2011
In Gratitude Of Support
Maasinhon Trio Held A Concert At The Plaza
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City,Southern Leyte-The Maasinhon Trio who have just arrived a few days ago after their triumph in the singing competition in Manila held an evening concert at the Anatalio Gaviola plaza here during the recent Friday.
The singing trio whose group was formed sometime in the 1990s is composed of Bonifacio Leonor Salubre,Licinio Telen Lolo and Andrew Mori Sanchez. Their decisive participation in the Filipino Got Talent was anchored on the fact that ABS-CBN's nighttime program was a showcase of a wide variety of talents throughout the archipelago.
According to Lolo there were 500 participants from different places of the country who subjected themselves for audition at the ABS-CBN studio in Quezon City.
Nevertheless, the kind of selecting participants for the daily evening show was on how a group or an individual rendered his/her chosen song or whatever talent a contestant has for consideration.
He disclosed that of the aforesaid numbers,only 36 participants composed of either solo or team were finally chosen. And the local Maasinhon Trio was one of them.”There were only 6 participants either in group or individual who would vie in every show”,Lolo said.
The Maasinhon Trio upon their arrival en route to Tacloban airport were warmly welcomed by the Maasinhons and some Southern Leyteños who have given their full support during the Grand Final.
A Mass was offered on their behalf officiated by Rev Arniel Vallinas,Main Celebrant and Garnet Jhon Quirong Executive Pastor,OLAP-Cathedral. It was attended by supporters,friends and relatives. After their spiritual rendezvous inside the Spanish-built Cathedral there was a motorcade of vehicles loaded with fans.
Aboard the convoy of vehicles were also some City Hall employees and officials,Provincial Capitol employees and officials and some Couples for Christ members. The car where the Maasinhon Trio were on board has led the motorcade towards brgy. Ichon in Macrohon then back to the city plaza.
Majority of the songs that they have sung were originally rendered in vocal solo by its respective artists. But the Maasinhon Trio have made it more pleasantly cool and entertaining with the harmoniously blending of their voices to the great delight of the audience.
“Kining among mga kanta,amo ning halad kaninyo isip nga among pasalamat sa inyong pagsuporta kanamo”,matod pa ni Licinio.”Kung mohatag mi'g kuarta kada usa kaninyo dili gyud moigo ang among premyo”.(The songs that we are singing to you are a kind of offering as a sign of our profound gratitude for giving us your full support. If we give you money from our winning prize it would not be enough for all of you here.)
Some of the songs that they have rendered in trio were “You're Amazing”,”Forevermore”, “Guitara” and "Aso"(Smoke)both composed by public school teacher Cipriano Mikin,their original entry to the Bohol Music Festival held in 1996 in Tagbilaran City,“Somewhere Over The Rainbow”,Bituing Walang Ningning,Kay Ganda Ng Ating MusikA,Nais Ko,Wag Nalang Kaya,Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko,Say You Love Me,Dance With Me and Dahil Sa Iyo.
The Maasinhon Trio have also belted out solo love songs individually. When they told the audience that they are going to leave, the latter responded in the negative and instead requested for encores which the former dutifully obliged. Two local bands have also joined in the concert like the Hybrid Monkeys and Yawtakis who won second place in 2010 Leyte Idol Grand Final(band category) held in Tacloban City.
Actually,if we think of their recent winning the 2011 Filipinas Got Talent Third Season Grand Final,the Maasinhon Trio's championing is long overdue. It should have been earlier. This group which was formally formed sometime in 1996 when they were one of those who have participated in the 1996 Bohol Music Festival held in Tagbilaran City. The contestants were required to render original compositions from various Cebuano Composers. No cover, remake or imitating songs were allowed during the competition.
Nevertheless,their becoming a champion as fate would have it,needs a timing with the conception of a TV program the Filipinas Got Talent. It awaits a kind of show that's unique in some aspect of selection and participation from interested parties. The competition's judgment by selected judges was stiff that every participant must perform to the best of their ability. That’s why interested contestants should prepare themselves by rehearsing and practicing regularly for months to get a chance of being chosen as one of them during the final auditions.
WE are happy for the Maasinhon Trio. More power to you and more success. At last,they have finally found their niche,where their singing talent could be fully used meaningfully for a more productive endeavor.
A big thanks above all to the management of ABS-CBN for conceiving a program of talents so that talented Filipinos of various genres can show their wares to the televiewers worldwide for entertainment and enjoyment.
On the other hand,the province of Southern Leyte is one of the provinces in the archipelago where talents in singing and acting are found. However, what they've lacked is the proper venue for exposure in which they could be discovered to make their respective talents be improved and refined to its full potential of being either singers in recording companies or artists in theater or film.
Their being complacent for remaining in their respective places of birth or residency will just make their talents stagnant that would gradually retrogress into decay. What a waste of talents!
Earlier during the concert Maasin Mayor Maloney Samaco congratulated in his short speech the Maasinhon Trio for their triumph in the recent third season FGT Grand Final. After his talk ,photo sessions together with some City Councilors and the Triumphant Trio took place at the makeshift stage for posterity.
(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
In Gratitude Of Support
Maasinhon Trio Held A Concert At The Plaza
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City,Southern Leyte-The Maasinhon Trio who have just arrived a few days ago after their triumph in the singing competition in Manila held an evening concert at the Anatalio Gaviola plaza here during the recent Friday.
The singing trio whose group was formed sometime in the 1990s is composed of Bonifacio Leonor Salubre,Licinio Telen Lolo and Andrew Mori Sanchez. Their decisive participation in the Filipino Got Talent was anchored on the fact that ABS-CBN's nighttime program was a showcase of a wide variety of talents throughout the archipelago.
According to Lolo there were 500 participants from different places of the country who subjected themselves for audition at the ABS-CBN studio in Quezon City.
Nevertheless, the kind of selecting participants for the daily evening show was on how a group or an individual rendered his/her chosen song or whatever talent a contestant has for consideration.
He disclosed that of the aforesaid numbers,only 36 participants composed of either solo or team were finally chosen. And the local Maasinhon Trio was one of them.”There were only 6 participants either in group or individual who would vie in every show”,Lolo said.
The Maasinhon Trio upon their arrival en route to Tacloban airport were warmly welcomed by the Maasinhons and some Southern Leyteños who have given their full support during the Grand Final.
A Mass was offered on their behalf officiated by Rev Arniel Vallinas,Main Celebrant and Garnet Jhon Quirong Executive Pastor,OLAP-Cathedral. It was attended by supporters,friends and relatives. After their spiritual rendezvous inside the Spanish-built Cathedral there was a motorcade of vehicles loaded with fans.
Aboard the convoy of vehicles were also some City Hall employees and officials,Provincial Capitol employees and officials and some Couples for Christ members. The car where the Maasinhon Trio were on board has led the motorcade towards brgy. Ichon in Macrohon then back to the city plaza.
Majority of the songs that they have sung were originally rendered in vocal solo by its respective artists. But the Maasinhon Trio have made it more pleasantly cool and entertaining with the harmoniously blending of their voices to the great delight of the audience.
“Kining among mga kanta,amo ning halad kaninyo isip nga among pasalamat sa inyong pagsuporta kanamo”,matod pa ni Licinio.”Kung mohatag mi'g kuarta kada usa kaninyo dili gyud moigo ang among premyo”.(The songs that we are singing to you are a kind of offering as a sign of our profound gratitude for giving us your full support. If we give you money from our winning prize it would not be enough for all of you here.)
Some of the songs that they have rendered in trio were “You're Amazing”,”Forevermore”, “Guitara” and "Aso"(Smoke)both composed by public school teacher Cipriano Mikin,their original entry to the Bohol Music Festival held in 1996 in Tagbilaran City,“Somewhere Over The Rainbow”,Bituing Walang Ningning,Kay Ganda Ng Ating MusikA,Nais Ko,Wag Nalang Kaya,Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko,Say You Love Me,Dance With Me and Dahil Sa Iyo.
The Maasinhon Trio have also belted out solo love songs individually. When they told the audience that they are going to leave, the latter responded in the negative and instead requested for encores which the former dutifully obliged. Two local bands have also joined in the concert like the Hybrid Monkeys and Yawtakis who won second place in 2010 Leyte Idol Grand Final(band category) held in Tacloban City.
Actually,if we think of their recent winning the 2011 Filipinas Got Talent Third Season Grand Final,the Maasinhon Trio's championing is long overdue. It should have been earlier. This group which was formally formed sometime in 1996 when they were one of those who have participated in the 1996 Bohol Music Festival held in Tagbilaran City. The contestants were required to render original compositions from various Cebuano Composers. No cover, remake or imitating songs were allowed during the competition.
Nevertheless,their becoming a champion as fate would have it,needs a timing with the conception of a TV program the Filipinas Got Talent. It awaits a kind of show that's unique in some aspect of selection and participation from interested parties. The competition's judgment by selected judges was stiff that every participant must perform to the best of their ability. That’s why interested contestants should prepare themselves by rehearsing and practicing regularly for months to get a chance of being chosen as one of them during the final auditions.
WE are happy for the Maasinhon Trio. More power to you and more success. At last,they have finally found their niche,where their singing talent could be fully used meaningfully for a more productive endeavor.
A big thanks above all to the management of ABS-CBN for conceiving a program of talents so that talented Filipinos of various genres can show their wares to the televiewers worldwide for entertainment and enjoyment.
On the other hand,the province of Southern Leyte is one of the provinces in the archipelago where talents in singing and acting are found. However, what they've lacked is the proper venue for exposure in which they could be discovered to make their respective talents be improved and refined to its full potential of being either singers in recording companies or artists in theater or film.
Their being complacent for remaining in their respective places of birth or residency will just make their talents stagnant that would gradually retrogress into decay. What a waste of talents!
Earlier during the concert Maasin Mayor Maloney Samaco congratulated in his short speech the Maasinhon Trio for their triumph in the recent third season FGT Grand Final. After his talk ,photo sessions together with some City Councilors and the Triumphant Trio took place at the makeshift stage for posterity.
(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Friday, October 28, 2011
Punta Fish Sanctuary To Be Converted Into A Memorial MPA
Oct. 28,2011
Punta Fish Sanctuary To Be Converted Into A Memorial MPA
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Brgy. Punta,San Francisco,Panaon Island,So. Leyte-Dags Jelmar Navarrete of Coral Cay divulged during the recent Saturday that brgy. Punta Fish Sanctuary will be converted into a memorial Marine Protected Area(MPA) either on Dec. 19,2011 or Dec. 19,2012.
The aforesaid date was the time when brgy. Punta in San Francisco,Panaon Island was hit by a massive landslides at about 9:00 p.m.The mudslides caused by continual rains for several days sans forest trees on the mountains but coconut trees, which lack the holding power of absorbing volumes of rain-waters and soil,buried the houses and some were swept away to the open sea.
Although many have died in that catastrophe,there were also those who were missing,of whom some were considered dead.
A notice on a small board showed that the area which was declared as fish sanctuary in June 2009 under ordinance no.128-s-2009 has a total area of 5 hectares core area and 5 hectares buffer zone.
The fish sanctuary from the shoreline is located between 15 to 20 meters away with a deep of 15 meters or more inside its core area.
Navarrete said they have surveyed the place and found some remnants of the victims of the tragedy like roofs,windows,clothes,.umbrellas,doors,bones. While diving inside the newly-declared fish sanctuary they have spotted at a distance a seeming coral reefs.”But when we get closer to t he curious object”,he said,”we found it to be of humans ribs!”
The NGO representative further informed the area was qualified to be under the category of Marine Protected Area due to the presence of its coral reefs.
He implied that Punta fish sanctuary's eventual conversion into a memorial MPA in the near future is not a new thing. An oceanic are in Camiguin Province where the human cemetery can be clearly seen beneath the sea was also proclaimed as a memorial place. Its sinking was believed to have occurred several decades ago when Mt. Hibokhibok in Camiguin had erupted.
Navarrete also explained that by proclaiming Punta Fish Sanctuary as a memorial MPA,poachers and illegal fishers would give due respect and would avoid catching fish inside the sanctuary.
Fish Scarcity
Punta Barangay Captain Benny Deloso in an interview with the press told the group that fish in their area has become so scarce because of over fishing and the use of “buso”,a common method employed by illegal fishers allegedly from Surigao province.
At the start of reviving the stock of fishes in their barangay waters,he said,only few people at first have given their support.”Later on when the barangay folks understand our purpose”,he said,”more people have turned to show their full support. Some have even volunteered to guard the fish sanctuary”.
He disclosed that nobody has dared to catch fish inside the sanctuary for violators would heavily be fined.Nonetheless, fishermen were allowed to catch fish within the 5 hectares buffer zone.
Deloso revealed that after two years of the sanctuary's existence different kinds of fishes are now found inside it like parrot fishes, clown fishes, surgeons,sulid,andayaw,wapay, and other fishes.
Navarrete who was a RARE Conservation scholar at the Georgetown University in Washington,DC,USA having a master's degree in Development Communication admonished the fisher-folks in particular and the barrio people in general that they should take care of their fish sanctuary.”We will not be staying here permanently”,he stressed. “We would be gone soon”.
The Barangay Captain further confided t hat on that day of the Pride launching campaign a fisherman in their place was able to catch 60 kilos of different fish species.
Earlier,there was a parade participated in by some barangay officials,some volunteer folks and students,led by Navarrete and the10-member team of the LIVE(Legacy of Independent Volunteer for Environment) who assisted him in his endeavor,down to the location of the Fish Sanctuary.In the evening there was a concert organized by the local bands from Maasin City,which is about 125 to 130 kilometers away.
Later on the day election of officers and the organization of fisher-folks were likewise being conducted by Navarrete and his group of volunteers “so that in the future they(the fisher-folks) will also become stakeholders...”(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Punta Fish Sanctuary To Be Converted Into A Memorial MPA
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Brgy. Punta,San Francisco,Panaon Island,So. Leyte-Dags Jelmar Navarrete of Coral Cay divulged during the recent Saturday that brgy. Punta Fish Sanctuary will be converted into a memorial Marine Protected Area(MPA) either on Dec. 19,2011 or Dec. 19,2012.
The aforesaid date was the time when brgy. Punta in San Francisco,Panaon Island was hit by a massive landslides at about 9:00 p.m.The mudslides caused by continual rains for several days sans forest trees on the mountains but coconut trees, which lack the holding power of absorbing volumes of rain-waters and soil,buried the houses and some were swept away to the open sea.
Although many have died in that catastrophe,there were also those who were missing,of whom some were considered dead.
A notice on a small board showed that the area which was declared as fish sanctuary in June 2009 under ordinance no.128-s-2009 has a total area of 5 hectares core area and 5 hectares buffer zone.
The fish sanctuary from the shoreline is located between 15 to 20 meters away with a deep of 15 meters or more inside its core area.
Navarrete said they have surveyed the place and found some remnants of the victims of the tragedy like roofs,windows,clothes,.umbrellas,doors,bones. While diving inside the newly-declared fish sanctuary they have spotted at a distance a seeming coral reefs.”But when we get closer to t he curious object”,he said,”we found it to be of humans ribs!”
The NGO representative further informed the area was qualified to be under the category of Marine Protected Area due to the presence of its coral reefs.
He implied that Punta fish sanctuary's eventual conversion into a memorial MPA in the near future is not a new thing. An oceanic are in Camiguin Province where the human cemetery can be clearly seen beneath the sea was also proclaimed as a memorial place. Its sinking was believed to have occurred several decades ago when Mt. Hibokhibok in Camiguin had erupted.
Navarrete also explained that by proclaiming Punta Fish Sanctuary as a memorial MPA,poachers and illegal fishers would give due respect and would avoid catching fish inside the sanctuary.
Fish Scarcity
Punta Barangay Captain Benny Deloso in an interview with the press told the group that fish in their area has become so scarce because of over fishing and the use of “buso”,a common method employed by illegal fishers allegedly from Surigao province.
At the start of reviving the stock of fishes in their barangay waters,he said,only few people at first have given their support.”Later on when the barangay folks understand our purpose”,he said,”more people have turned to show their full support. Some have even volunteered to guard the fish sanctuary”.
He disclosed that nobody has dared to catch fish inside the sanctuary for violators would heavily be fined.Nonetheless, fishermen were allowed to catch fish within the 5 hectares buffer zone.
Deloso revealed that after two years of the sanctuary's existence different kinds of fishes are now found inside it like parrot fishes, clown fishes, surgeons,sulid,andayaw,wapay, and other fishes.
Navarrete who was a RARE Conservation scholar at the Georgetown University in Washington,DC,USA having a master's degree in Development Communication admonished the fisher-folks in particular and the barrio people in general that they should take care of their fish sanctuary.”We will not be staying here permanently”,he stressed. “We would be gone soon”.
The Barangay Captain further confided t hat on that day of the Pride launching campaign a fisherman in their place was able to catch 60 kilos of different fish species.
Earlier,there was a parade participated in by some barangay officials,some volunteer folks and students,led by Navarrete and the10-member team of the LIVE(Legacy of Independent Volunteer for Environment) who assisted him in his endeavor,down to the location of the Fish Sanctuary.In the evening there was a concert organized by the local bands from Maasin City,which is about 125 to 130 kilometers away.
Later on the day election of officers and the organization of fisher-folks were likewise being conducted by Navarrete and his group of volunteers “so that in the future they(the fisher-folks) will also become stakeholders...”(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Summit On Climate Change Held At Silago
Oct.25,2011
Summit On Climate Change Held At Silago
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Brgy. Hingatungan,Silago,So. Leyte-Congressman Roger Mercado has initiated a summit on climate change held inside a church building here to less than 300 high school and college students representing the 7 parishes in the Pacific towns during the recent Saturday.
The aforesaid affair was in coordination between Congressman Mercado and the assigned Parish priest Hope Lambunao several days earlier.
Mercado said that climate change or global warming is a worldwide man-made phenomenon triggered by heavy pollution from carbon dioxide emitted by hundreds and thousands of vehicles and factories from various countries,particularly among the industrialized nations.
He explained that pollution from various pollutant elements converge in the earth's atmosphere would prevent the release of Earth's heat to the open space and bounce back. “The result would be too much heat”,he said.
The Congressman disclosed to the students that it was in the 1960s that man started to use too much of the natural resources. There were many cut-and burn farmings,to much cutting of forest trees,denudation of forests like that of Sierra Madre,Marikina Valley and other kind of environmental abuse are the root causes of climate change or global warming today.
He claimed that because of climate change we have experienced erratic weather condition like El Niño or El Niña, typhoons,flashfloods destroying houses and killing people,landslides,
earthquakes in varous places of the world.
The ice in the North and South poles are now gradually melting,he intimated, including icebergs in various cold places of the earth which add to the rise in sea levels.
Mercado further stressed that one of the effective ways to combat climate change is to plant forest and fruit trees in the denuded forests,to plant mangrove seedlings along coastal areas of the province. It is also important to take care of all the planted trees so that it will grow into full maturity.
He pointed out that forest and fruit trees would provide shades and shelters to the birds and man,hold soil to prevent erosion,trees also absorb volumes of rainwater as drinking water among mountain and lowland springs. It also provide us with fruits and trees release oxygen that humans need and can be used as construction materials.
“WE have now several laws on environmental protection and conservation”,he said.”There's now a total log ban in Southern Leyte”.
One of the places that cutting of logs or trees are strictly prohibited are the watershed areas of the province,in the mountain forests and in mountains with soft sandy-like soil which would easily be eroded comes heavy and continual rains.
The representative further underscored that there should be a regular schedule of tree planting activities in every municipalitiy/barangay to achieve the Aquino Administration’s target of 6B trees from 2011 up to 2016.”We will also be building nurseries in every municipality for seedling production”,he said.”We will not stop the tree planting activities that we have been doing”.
He also encouraged the people to plant trees and vegetables on their arable lands,vacant lots and idle lands..
Although there's a total log ban in the province,he admonished the planters,(those whose trees were planted in the lowland areas or considered as industrial planting) to register their trees at the DENR. He said the owners can cut their planted trees in the lowland areas after 12 or more years if they need money or construction materials to build houses.
Furthermore,he believed that his clean and green program he initiated , one of which is the tree planting activities has served as the contributory factor that change the direction of the destructive winds from typhoon ”Ramon”which was scheduled to hit Southern Leyte. Additionally,he estimated that thru the tree planting activities conducted in Maasin and in other parts of Southern Leyte for the past several years, it has already reached about a million trees being planted. This is thru the help also of other officials and employees from different government agencies and some private sectors that join in the efforts to help minimize the effect of climate change.
On that same afternoon after the lecture ,the students led by Congressman Mercado and Rev. Lambunao trekked towards the coastal area of brgy. Hingatungan where they planted some seedlings of mangrove trees. (Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Summit On Climate Change Held At Silago
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Brgy. Hingatungan,Silago,So. Leyte-Congressman Roger Mercado has initiated a summit on climate change held inside a church building here to less than 300 high school and college students representing the 7 parishes in the Pacific towns during the recent Saturday.
The aforesaid affair was in coordination between Congressman Mercado and the assigned Parish priest Hope Lambunao several days earlier.
Mercado said that climate change or global warming is a worldwide man-made phenomenon triggered by heavy pollution from carbon dioxide emitted by hundreds and thousands of vehicles and factories from various countries,particularly among the industrialized nations.
He explained that pollution from various pollutant elements converge in the earth's atmosphere would prevent the release of Earth's heat to the open space and bounce back. “The result would be too much heat”,he said.
The Congressman disclosed to the students that it was in the 1960s that man started to use too much of the natural resources. There were many cut-and burn farmings,to much cutting of forest trees,denudation of forests like that of Sierra Madre,Marikina Valley and other kind of environmental abuse are the root causes of climate change or global warming today.
He claimed that because of climate change we have experienced erratic weather condition like El Niño or El Niña, typhoons,flashfloods destroying houses and killing people,landslides,
earthquakes in varous places of the world.
The ice in the North and South poles are now gradually melting,he intimated, including icebergs in various cold places of the earth which add to the rise in sea levels.
Mercado further stressed that one of the effective ways to combat climate change is to plant forest and fruit trees in the denuded forests,to plant mangrove seedlings along coastal areas of the province. It is also important to take care of all the planted trees so that it will grow into full maturity.
He pointed out that forest and fruit trees would provide shades and shelters to the birds and man,hold soil to prevent erosion,trees also absorb volumes of rainwater as drinking water among mountain and lowland springs. It also provide us with fruits and trees release oxygen that humans need and can be used as construction materials.
“WE have now several laws on environmental protection and conservation”,he said.”There's now a total log ban in Southern Leyte”.
One of the places that cutting of logs or trees are strictly prohibited are the watershed areas of the province,in the mountain forests and in mountains with soft sandy-like soil which would easily be eroded comes heavy and continual rains.
The representative further underscored that there should be a regular schedule of tree planting activities in every municipalitiy/barangay to achieve the Aquino Administration’s target of 6B trees from 2011 up to 2016.”We will also be building nurseries in every municipality for seedling production”,he said.”We will not stop the tree planting activities that we have been doing”.
He also encouraged the people to plant trees and vegetables on their arable lands,vacant lots and idle lands..
Although there's a total log ban in the province,he admonished the planters,(those whose trees were planted in the lowland areas or considered as industrial planting) to register their trees at the DENR. He said the owners can cut their planted trees in the lowland areas after 12 or more years if they need money or construction materials to build houses.
Furthermore,he believed that his clean and green program he initiated , one of which is the tree planting activities has served as the contributory factor that change the direction of the destructive winds from typhoon ”Ramon”which was scheduled to hit Southern Leyte. Additionally,he estimated that thru the tree planting activities conducted in Maasin and in other parts of Southern Leyte for the past several years, it has already reached about a million trees being planted. This is thru the help also of other officials and employees from different government agencies and some private sectors that join in the efforts to help minimize the effect of climate change.
On that same afternoon after the lecture ,the students led by Congressman Mercado and Rev. Lambunao trekked towards the coastal area of brgy. Hingatungan where they planted some seedlings of mangrove trees. (Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Abendan Is Southern Leyte's Lone LEE Passer For Police Inspector
Oct. 19,2011
Abendan Is Southern Leyte's Lone LEE Passer For Police Inspector
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City,Southern Leyte- PO2 Ronnie Estrada Abendan, 27 years old,son of former Army Officer Rudnie H. Abendan and Gleceria Estrada-Abendan of bgry. Ibarra, here,is Southern Leyte's lone Lateral Entry Exam passer for Police Inspector out of 5 takers police officers from this province and is No. 6 in overall 20 passers here in Region 8(Leyte and Samar).
This was the disclosure of the elder Abendan in an interview with this news writer/news blogger at his working place during his duty.
Of a total 101 takers police officers,14 were PO2s, 5 SPO1s and only 1 SPO2 whose Lateral Entry examination was held on July 26,2011 at PNP regional Police office-7 in Jones Avenue,Cebu City.
The 5 LEE takers comprised 3 from Maasin City and 2 in Panaon-Pacific areas. Abendan’s No. 6 position as passing taker has an average rating of 77.95% and with an average rank seniority experience of 11.50% as records show. He has 5 years length of service.
The senior Abendan informed that before any police officer who wants to take the Lateral Entry exam,an applicant should be a criminology graduate and a board passer. Length of service is at least 4 years with a rank of PO2.
He claimed that his first-born son was an academic scholar at the Saint Joseph College during his college days taking up a course in criminology. In 2005 to 2006,right after his graduation at his Alma Mater,he underwent a 6 months police training in Tacloban City where he's Top 1 in his batch.
From July 2010 up to December 2010,the younger Abendan has again took a training in criminal investigation .In this particular endeavor, his father said,he also grabbed the Top 1 status among his colleagues in the profession.
Because of his good track records,Police Superintendent Pepito M. Pacada assigned him at the Provincial Police Office's investigation section located at Camp Alfredo Bantug in brgy. Canturing,this city.
The elder Abendan further revealed that after the 20 Lateral Entry Exam passers took their oath of office this coming Oct.24,2011 at the PNP-R8 Headquarters in Palo,Leyte, they shall be going to Bacolod City for another 6 months training in line with their individual promotion as Police Inspectors to be assigned in different areas in Leyte and Samar.
He elucidated that Bacolod was chosen by the PNP hierarchy as the place where other LEE passers from various places and regions in the Visayas area would converge for the above-mentioned overall 6 months training.
The names of the 20 LEE passers with their respective average ratings were the following police officers: 1) PO2 Lope I. Cebreros,111-ORLS-79.51%; 2) SPO1 Ronald A. Puso-ORIDMD-78.92%; 3) PO2 Reynaldo L. Rollo-SPPO-78.62%; 4) PO2 Sherylle T. Sumalbag-ORD-78.45%; 5) SPO1 Romulo Ritz M. Renomeron-LPPO-78.31%;
6)PO2 Ronnie E. Abendan-SLPPO-77.95%; 7) PO2 Analiza C. Catilogo-ORPHRDD-76.91%; 8)PO2 Jim D. Balase-NSPPO-76.79%; 9)SPO2 Lloyd B.Lagrimas-NSPPO-76.43%; 10)SPO1Kerwin S. Sevillano-LPPO-76.36%;
11)SPO1 Arturo A. Salvacion,Jr.-ORID-75.57%; 12)SPO1 Neil Fernando M. Cerdena-LPPO-74.91%; 13)PO2 Rommel D. Quinio-SPPO-73.86%; 14)PO2 Alexander B.Joaquin-TCPO-73.83%; 15)PO2 Kim Wendell P. Montilla-ORIO-73.13%;
16)PO2 M ichael M. Duran-TCPO-72.33%; 17)PO2 Chamberline B. Ludevise-OCPO-72.08%; 18)PO2 Darwin D. Dalde-LPPO-71.83%; 19)PO2 Joselito T. Tabada-LPPO-71.23%; 20)PO2 Dennis N. Gatela-LPPO-70.28%.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Kinamot Sa Abgao Restaurant.Tel. no. (053)381-3878.
Villa Romana Hotel.13 airconditioned rooms with TV sets,etc.
Tel no.(053)381-0639.Tomas Oppus St.,brgy. Abgao, Maasin City.
New Supercha Foodhauz 2 & Function Hall
Tel. no.(053)381-0929
Open Daily From Monday To Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 10:00p.m.
EXCEPT Sunday: 4:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.
N.B.The eleven years old city of Maasin has no skin specialist yet until now. Only those w ho have the means can go to Cebu City for their skin problems. But those with little income cannot afford to go to Cebu for consultations. We hope that a skin specialist/dermatologist from nearby cities will be interested to put up a clinic here to serve those who have skin problems.
Abendan Is Southern Leyte's Lone LEE Passer For Police Inspector
by Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City,Southern Leyte- PO2 Ronnie Estrada Abendan, 27 years old,son of former Army Officer Rudnie H. Abendan and Gleceria Estrada-Abendan of bgry. Ibarra, here,is Southern Leyte's lone Lateral Entry Exam passer for Police Inspector out of 5 takers police officers from this province and is No. 6 in overall 20 passers here in Region 8(Leyte and Samar).
This was the disclosure of the elder Abendan in an interview with this news writer/news blogger at his working place during his duty.
Of a total 101 takers police officers,14 were PO2s, 5 SPO1s and only 1 SPO2 whose Lateral Entry examination was held on July 26,2011 at PNP regional Police office-7 in Jones Avenue,Cebu City.
The 5 LEE takers comprised 3 from Maasin City and 2 in Panaon-Pacific areas. Abendan’s No. 6 position as passing taker has an average rating of 77.95% and with an average rank seniority experience of 11.50% as records show. He has 5 years length of service.
The senior Abendan informed that before any police officer who wants to take the Lateral Entry exam,an applicant should be a criminology graduate and a board passer. Length of service is at least 4 years with a rank of PO2.
He claimed that his first-born son was an academic scholar at the Saint Joseph College during his college days taking up a course in criminology. In 2005 to 2006,right after his graduation at his Alma Mater,he underwent a 6 months police training in Tacloban City where he's Top 1 in his batch.
From July 2010 up to December 2010,the younger Abendan has again took a training in criminal investigation .In this particular endeavor, his father said,he also grabbed the Top 1 status among his colleagues in the profession.
Because of his good track records,Police Superintendent Pepito M. Pacada assigned him at the Provincial Police Office's investigation section located at Camp Alfredo Bantug in brgy. Canturing,this city.
The elder Abendan further revealed that after the 20 Lateral Entry Exam passers took their oath of office this coming Oct.24,2011 at the PNP-R8 Headquarters in Palo,Leyte, they shall be going to Bacolod City for another 6 months training in line with their individual promotion as Police Inspectors to be assigned in different areas in Leyte and Samar.
He elucidated that Bacolod was chosen by the PNP hierarchy as the place where other LEE passers from various places and regions in the Visayas area would converge for the above-mentioned overall 6 months training.
The names of the 20 LEE passers with their respective average ratings were the following police officers: 1) PO2 Lope I. Cebreros,111-ORLS-79.51%; 2) SPO1 Ronald A. Puso-ORIDMD-78.92%; 3) PO2 Reynaldo L. Rollo-SPPO-78.62%; 4) PO2 Sherylle T. Sumalbag-ORD-78.45%; 5) SPO1 Romulo Ritz M. Renomeron-LPPO-78.31%;
6)PO2 Ronnie E. Abendan-SLPPO-77.95%; 7) PO2 Analiza C. Catilogo-ORPHRDD-76.91%; 8)PO2 Jim D. Balase-NSPPO-76.79%; 9)SPO2 Lloyd B.Lagrimas-NSPPO-76.43%; 10)SPO1Kerwin S. Sevillano-LPPO-76.36%;
11)SPO1 Arturo A. Salvacion,Jr.-ORID-75.57%; 12)SPO1 Neil Fernando M. Cerdena-LPPO-74.91%; 13)PO2 Rommel D. Quinio-SPPO-73.86%; 14)PO2 Alexander B.Joaquin-TCPO-73.83%; 15)PO2 Kim Wendell P. Montilla-ORIO-73.13%;
16)PO2 M ichael M. Duran-TCPO-72.33%; 17)PO2 Chamberline B. Ludevise-OCPO-72.08%; 18)PO2 Darwin D. Dalde-LPPO-71.83%; 19)PO2 Joselito T. Tabada-LPPO-71.23%; 20)PO2 Dennis N. Gatela-LPPO-70.28%.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
Kinamot Sa Abgao Restaurant.Tel. no. (053)381-3878.
Villa Romana Hotel.13 airconditioned rooms with TV sets,etc.
Tel no.(053)381-0639.Tomas Oppus St.,brgy. Abgao, Maasin City.
New Supercha Foodhauz 2 & Function Hall
Tel. no.(053)381-0929
Open Daily From Monday To Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 10:00p.m.
EXCEPT Sunday: 4:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.
N.B.The eleven years old city of Maasin has no skin specialist yet until now. Only those w ho have the means can go to Cebu City for their skin problems. But those with little income cannot afford to go to Cebu for consultations. We hope that a skin specialist/dermatologist from nearby cities will be interested to put up a clinic here to serve those who have skin problems.
Monday, October 10, 2011
DYAS-Viper FM 106.1 Is Now Back On Air
Oct.10,2011
DYAS-Viper FM 106.1 Is Now Back On Air
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Brgy. Ichon,Macrohon,So.Leyte-DYAS-Viper FM 106.1 whose powerhouse and transmitter were damaged by a powerful lightning strike during the first week of June 2010 is now back on air after a tedious pace of repairing, ordering and installing of some parts/equipments of the first Southern Leyte’s hit music station.
The unexpected destruction took a great financial toll for its owner since the FM station’s first new transmitter that was damaged cost about one million,aside from the new replacement which also cost more that one million pesos as revealed by the Station Manager Chito Saludo in an interview here.
“Aside from the new one”,Saludo said “we will be installing a backup transmitter in case of emergency. But for now,if the weather is bad and rains would be pouring we will switch off to protect the radio station”.
The Station Manager said that according to Joy Amora,former GMATV technician, GMA's transmitter despite its sophisticated equipments/gadgets was not spare from being hit by lightning strikes in some occasions. The only thing that differs GMATV from an AM or FM radio is that it has some backup transmitter units which could be used right away whenever the popular network’s transmitter would be struck by lightning.”In any part of the world,when nature strikes like a lightning”,he informed “no one can prevent it or control its powerful force from striking against any object.”
Amora informed that instead of connecting long wires from the station up to the transmitter installed atop a nearby hill Viper FM’s management has decided to make the connection wireless by using the so-called Station Transmitter Link(STL)installed right at the rooftop of the radio station.
During the earlier construction of the music station long wires were connected from the main station up to the 135 feet height tower with antennae and lightning arrester attached to its tip. The place was overlooking the Saludo Ice Plant compound where Viper FM is currently located.
Saludo also said they have maintained Viper FM’s licensed power capacity of 5,000 kilowatt.However,since the music station has just started its operation, as of now only 2,000 kilowatt power was released on the air.
He stressed that the radio station’s tower location atop a nearby hill has its advantage compared to a radio’s transmitter and tower which were constructed on the ground level.”Height is might”,he said. ‘With the power that we have released it can reach farther to distant places than another AM or FM whose transmitter and tower were only placed on the ground level”.
He divulged that he received numerous text messages coming from the listeners of Bohol, Surigao,municipalities of Matalom,Bato,Hilongos,Hindang,and Inopacan in the northern part of Leyte province.Viper FM’s signal can also reach Limasawa Island, Malitbog,Libagon,Liloan,Pintuyan in Panaon Island,St. Bernard,part of Misamis Oriental. It can also possibly be heard clearly in Camiguin Island.The island province is facing Macrohon and Maasin which can be reached by ordinary passenger ship for an estimated 4 hours.But less than 4 hours by a high-powered engine motorboat, it was learned.
However, radio listeners from far away places are advise to raise their radio's antennae to the fullest for clearer reception of radio signal.
The Radio Station Manager further said that they are still installing some equipment to enhance its “on the air” operation and would gradually increased its release of kilowatt power as the operation progresses.
Amora also said that pyrite chokes were installed in some sensitive wire connections including one at the main switch of the music station. Nevertheless, pyrite chokes installations are not 100% sure protection against a lightning strike when it would hit either an AM or FM radio. “It can only contain a lesser force of an electrical discharge from a lightning strike if a transmitter was erected on the ground level”,he explained.”
But when an AM's or FM's transmitter is placed atop an open high hill like the Viper FM’s ,a lightning strike would be so powerful which might hit its powerhouse or any wire connections. He continued to explain that pyrite chokes installations would become ineffective to prevent or block the destructive speed of electrical discharge released by a lightning. Likewise,the same is true with the lightning arrester that was installed at the tip of the radio tower.”
Furthermore,Viper FM’s technician confided that there’s also a plan to make Southern Leyte’s first hit music station to be heard in the internet via live streaming. The radio listeners who listen to music can also view live a disc jockey on board,he disclosed.
He claimed he has already started installing some apps and gadgets necessary for the plan’s realization that might become functional about a month from now.
As of the moment, Viper FM would sign on at 5:00 a.m. and sign off 9:00p.m. Later on as the operation progresses and its listeners would increased in numbers,the sign off would be moved to ten,then eleven or twelve midnight.
We also hope that Viper FM management would include playing the songs of yesteryears popular bands,duets and soloists who were contemporary with the Beatles and Matt Monroe in a round-robin fashion like the Hollies, Beach Boys,Herman's Hermits,Dave Clark Five,The Searchers,Gerry and the Peacemakers,Gary Lewis and the Playboys,Freddie and the Dreamers,The Animals,The Monkees,TheTurtles, Fabulous Echoes,Bee Gees,The Gallery, Celia Black,Dusty Springfield,Brenda Lee,Timi Yuro,Connie Francis,lulu,Patsy Cline,Jerry Vale,Del Shannon,Perry Como,Freddie Fender,Niel Sedaka,Paul Anka,Bobby Vinton,Elvis Presley,Cliff Richard,English songs of Pelita Corrales and Nora Aunor,Louie Levant,Merci Molina,Bobby Gonzales,Eddie Peregrina,Anita Bryant,Pauline Sevilla,Everly Brothers,among others.Some of these bands and soloists can be seen in the internet thru their websites.Their songs can suitably be played side by side with the new songs and current hits throughout the week and on weekends for pleasure and entertainment.
I would further strongly encouraged that music lovers listening in various places where Viper FM’s signal has reached to include and consider Southern Leyte’s new music station on their list because it also caters to different kinds of songs that covers English,Tagalog and Cebuano/Visayan songs.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
DYAS-Viper FM 106.1 Is Now Back On Air
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Brgy. Ichon,Macrohon,So.Leyte-DYAS-Viper FM 106.1 whose powerhouse and transmitter were damaged by a powerful lightning strike during the first week of June 2010 is now back on air after a tedious pace of repairing, ordering and installing of some parts/equipments of the first Southern Leyte’s hit music station.
The unexpected destruction took a great financial toll for its owner since the FM station’s first new transmitter that was damaged cost about one million,aside from the new replacement which also cost more that one million pesos as revealed by the Station Manager Chito Saludo in an interview here.
“Aside from the new one”,Saludo said “we will be installing a backup transmitter in case of emergency. But for now,if the weather is bad and rains would be pouring we will switch off to protect the radio station”.
The Station Manager said that according to Joy Amora,former GMATV technician, GMA's transmitter despite its sophisticated equipments/gadgets was not spare from being hit by lightning strikes in some occasions. The only thing that differs GMATV from an AM or FM radio is that it has some backup transmitter units which could be used right away whenever the popular network’s transmitter would be struck by lightning.”In any part of the world,when nature strikes like a lightning”,he informed “no one can prevent it or control its powerful force from striking against any object.”
Amora informed that instead of connecting long wires from the station up to the transmitter installed atop a nearby hill Viper FM’s management has decided to make the connection wireless by using the so-called Station Transmitter Link(STL)installed right at the rooftop of the radio station.
During the earlier construction of the music station long wires were connected from the main station up to the 135 feet height tower with antennae and lightning arrester attached to its tip. The place was overlooking the Saludo Ice Plant compound where Viper FM is currently located.
Saludo also said they have maintained Viper FM’s licensed power capacity of 5,000 kilowatt.However,since the music station has just started its operation, as of now only 2,000 kilowatt power was released on the air.
He stressed that the radio station’s tower location atop a nearby hill has its advantage compared to a radio’s transmitter and tower which were constructed on the ground level.”Height is might”,he said. ‘With the power that we have released it can reach farther to distant places than another AM or FM whose transmitter and tower were only placed on the ground level”.
He divulged that he received numerous text messages coming from the listeners of Bohol, Surigao,municipalities of Matalom,Bato,Hilongos,Hindang,and Inopacan in the northern part of Leyte province.Viper FM’s signal can also reach Limasawa Island, Malitbog,Libagon,Liloan,Pintuyan in Panaon Island,St. Bernard,part of Misamis Oriental. It can also possibly be heard clearly in Camiguin Island.The island province is facing Macrohon and Maasin which can be reached by ordinary passenger ship for an estimated 4 hours.But less than 4 hours by a high-powered engine motorboat, it was learned.
However, radio listeners from far away places are advise to raise their radio's antennae to the fullest for clearer reception of radio signal.
The Radio Station Manager further said that they are still installing some equipment to enhance its “on the air” operation and would gradually increased its release of kilowatt power as the operation progresses.
Amora also said that pyrite chokes were installed in some sensitive wire connections including one at the main switch of the music station. Nevertheless, pyrite chokes installations are not 100% sure protection against a lightning strike when it would hit either an AM or FM radio. “It can only contain a lesser force of an electrical discharge from a lightning strike if a transmitter was erected on the ground level”,he explained.”
But when an AM's or FM's transmitter is placed atop an open high hill like the Viper FM’s ,a lightning strike would be so powerful which might hit its powerhouse or any wire connections. He continued to explain that pyrite chokes installations would become ineffective to prevent or block the destructive speed of electrical discharge released by a lightning. Likewise,the same is true with the lightning arrester that was installed at the tip of the radio tower.”
Furthermore,Viper FM’s technician confided that there’s also a plan to make Southern Leyte’s first hit music station to be heard in the internet via live streaming. The radio listeners who listen to music can also view live a disc jockey on board,he disclosed.
He claimed he has already started installing some apps and gadgets necessary for the plan’s realization that might become functional about a month from now.
As of the moment, Viper FM would sign on at 5:00 a.m. and sign off 9:00p.m. Later on as the operation progresses and its listeners would increased in numbers,the sign off would be moved to ten,then eleven or twelve midnight.
We also hope that Viper FM management would include playing the songs of yesteryears popular bands,duets and soloists who were contemporary with the Beatles and Matt Monroe in a round-robin fashion like the Hollies, Beach Boys,Herman's Hermits,Dave Clark Five,The Searchers,Gerry and the Peacemakers,Gary Lewis and the Playboys,Freddie and the Dreamers,The Animals,The Monkees,TheTurtles, Fabulous Echoes,Bee Gees,The Gallery, Celia Black,Dusty Springfield,Brenda Lee,Timi Yuro,Connie Francis,lulu,Patsy Cline,Jerry Vale,Del Shannon,Perry Como,Freddie Fender,Niel Sedaka,Paul Anka,Bobby Vinton,Elvis Presley,Cliff Richard,English songs of Pelita Corrales and Nora Aunor,Louie Levant,Merci Molina,Bobby Gonzales,Eddie Peregrina,Anita Bryant,Pauline Sevilla,Everly Brothers,among others.Some of these bands and soloists can be seen in the internet thru their websites.Their songs can suitably be played side by side with the new songs and current hits throughout the week and on weekends for pleasure and entertainment.
I would further strongly encouraged that music lovers listening in various places where Viper FM’s signal has reached to include and consider Southern Leyte’s new music station on their list because it also caters to different kinds of songs that covers English,Tagalog and Cebuano/Visayan songs.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
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