April 22, 2015
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http://ift.tt/WbKhRf EVMAIL Eastern Visayas Mail Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:45:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ift.tt/1Dk5req http://ift.tt/1EePGsV Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:43:27 +0000 http://ift.tt/1Dk5ruE
]]> http://ift.tt/1EePGsZ 0 http://ift.tt/1Dk5sPe http://ift.tt/1EePGt7 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:42:24 +0000 http://ift.tt/1Dk5sPjBIRI ISLAND IN NORTHERN SAMAR. The majestic rock formations of Biri is a MUST SEE in Northern Samar. The Department of Tourism once more highlights the island as one of the places to see in Eastern Visayas for its “Summer Fun” familiarization tour. The town is already tourist-ready, especially for those who wants a nature adventure. Other places that are now tourist ready and has interesting places to see and visit in Northern Samar are Capul Island, Sila Island,the Lalaguna Mangrove Forest of Lavezares. The DOT “Summer Fun”, involving tourism stakeholders, media from various outlets to include bloggers, launched the activity in Southern Leyte. Photo courtesy of DOT/Lemuel Palejaro
ORMOC CITY – The name of the mayor’s brother. A practicing lawyer with a Toyota Fortuner. High-income earners living in subdivisions like Camella Homes. The sibling of a barangay councilor who is allegedly not a resident of the barangay. Names of victims with totally damaged houses delisted, or now listed under “partially damaged”; and those who’ve signed up for relocations included.
These are drawing complaints from residents here, after the “masterlist” of the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) was released to the barangays on Wednesday, April 8. This, after the Department of Social Welfare and Development asked their city counterpart to make public the list, as provided for in the guidelines.
Social media comes into play
The masterlist of Brgy. Cogon, Ormoc’s most populous barangay, immediately made its way to Facebook. On Page 4, No. 168, is the name of Eufrocino Capahi Codilla, presumably the eldest brother of Mayor Edward Codilla, whose middle name is also Capahi.
On Page 6 is the name of Atty. Adelito Solibaga, anchorman of the radio talk show “Krusada”, who has been harping that the list should be made public.
In recapitulation of what he aired over “Krusada” on Friday, April 10, Solibaga told the EV Mail he would not accept the ESA, not because he does not need money, but because getting it would deprive the people who needed it more.
Aside from this, he said, to receive it would be condoning graft and corruption because the guidelines for giving out the ESA was not followed in his case. Under the guidelines, Solibaga is not a qualified beneficiary. The lawyer rents an apartment at Brgy. Cogon. It suffered minimal damage but his Toyota Fortuner, just a few months old when Yolanda hit in November 8, 2013, was not as lucky. Its rear windshield got smashed.
He also opined that the fact that his name appears on the list highlights the fact that the city social welfare and development office (CSWDO) did not do its work properly.
Other “masterlists” have also been posted on Facebook like that of District 19, which included two pages that was supposed to be for Brgy. Curva, more than 20 kilometers away.
Brgy. Alta Vista’s, too, was posted, with the names of allegedly dubious recipients, highlighted in yellow.
To recall, Congress appropriated a total funding of P 689-million for Ormoc City, based on the funding requirement for ESA submitting by the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) to Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III. This is for around 42,000 damaged households, both partial and total, that would get financial assistance of P 10,000.00 and P 30,000.00, respectively.
However, Mayor Edward Codilla wanted 53,000 households funded, proposing that those listed as “partially” gets the full P 10,000.00, while those with “totally damaged” houses will get P 15,000 each only.
Regional director Nestor Ramos, in a meeting with the city council over the issue, said that the Mayor’s proposal had the “blessings” of DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman. Until now, however, there is now written approval from the Secretary which would amend her won MC 24 S. of November 2014.
In the same meeting, Ramos also said that the “masterlist” should be made public, so that the “culling” process can take place. Over the radio, Marietta Legaspi, city social welfare officer, however, said she will not have it posted because it would create “chaos” but obviously, Ramos prevailed.
]]> http://ift.tt/1EePHNu 10 http://ift.tt/1Dk5sPs http://ift.tt/1EePHNw Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:39:46 +0000 http://ift.tt/1Dk5t5MORMOC CITY – How safe are your deposits in ATM accounts? This is the nagging question after the ATM deposits of three people, all women, were skimmed off by still unknown perpetrators over the week.
The first to complain to the police that she lost her ATM deposit is Ms Geraldine Gascon, manager of Camella Homes here in the city. She told police that somebody withdrew P 20,000.00 from her account on April 6 at 10:29 in the morning, followed by another P 20,000.00 withdrawal at 10:30 of the same day.
Not contented, the ATM skimmer wiped off Gascon’s balance of P 2,900.00 and she discovered the unauthorized withdrawals and found out that she already had zero balance. Gascon is a Union Bank card holder, which is a BancNet member.
By April 9, another woman complained to the police about unauthorized withdrawals on her ATM account, totaling to P 110,000.00. The victim is Daisy Lagapa, 45, an employee of the Land Bank. Records show that the withdrawals happened in two days, April 6 and 7. It was withdrawn from a Landbank ATM machine in Cebu.
The third victim is Angelita Tulin, 40, a resident of Brgy. Benolho in Albuera, Leyte. On April 8 in the evening, she went to an ATM and found out that her account balance was only P 12,375.00 and that she lost P 90,000.00 from her account. Since it was evening, she waited until the next day to file her complaint at her bank.
Before the bank opened at 9:00 AM of April 10, Ms Tulin thought it better to just withdraw her remaining balance, and to her surprise, found out that the thief had withdrawn it all.
Records at the bank showed that her money was withdrawn in a Cebu ATM four times in two days.
The concerned banks have not yet been reached to comment on the allegedly fraudulent withdrawals from their ATM deposits, and what remedy they have for their depositors.
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