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“in pursuit of PIA’s commitment to provide a national mechanism for the free flow of timely, accurate and relevant information… “

VOL 2 ISSUE 67 Daily E-Newsletter of Philippine Information Agency - 8 March 21, 2014

L eytenos and Babatngonanons have a reason smile and feel

proud these day. A son of Babatngon, Leyte ranked number 2 in the recent BAR examinations, results of which were officially released on Tuesday March 18. Attorney Mark Xavier D. Oyales from the UP College of Law, shared the spot with Diane Louise R. Wilwayco of Ateneo University ; both got 85.45% to be declared as the second placers. Oyales is an apprentice at Vil laraza Cruz Marcelo and Anganco CYCLAW and a Research Associate at Institute of Human Rights, UP Law Center He studied Law at UP College of Law University of the Philippines, Dil iman and took up BS Biology for his undergraduate degree in the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas Tacloban College. I t was learned that he originally wanted to become a doctor, but dropped his plan to take up medicine because it was too expensive. He then opted to become a lawyer. Oyales’ mother works as a cashier in a bakery while his father is a supervisor in the security division of city hall. Mark Xavier Oyales has just proven that f inancial problems are not obstacles to one’s dreams

BAR exam top 2 is from Babatngon, Leyte

R e g i o n a l F i e l d U n i t 8 ( DA - R F U 8 ) i s i n t r o d u c i n g t h e f i r s t - o f -

i t s - k i n d V i r t u a l M a r k e t i n E a s t e r n V i s a y a s d u b b e d a s t h e “A g r i - B i z M a r k e t P l a c e .” M r. Fr a n c i s R o s a r o s o, DA r e g i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n O f f i c e r t o l d t h e P h i l i p p i n e I n f o r m a t i o n A g e n c y t h a t i t i s a v i r t u a l m a r k e t t h a t w i l l a s s i s t t h e f a r m e r -t r a d e r s t o c o m m u n i c a t e t o t h e i r c u s t o m e r s a n d t o p r o m o t e t h e i r a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s . I n m o r e w a y s , t h i s i s a s y s t e m d e s i g n e d t o b o o s t t h e i n c o m e o f t h e f a r m e r s a n d f i s h e r f o l k s i n c e b u y e r s a n d s u p p l i e r s w i l l g e t f i r s t - h a n d k n o w l e d g e o n t h e i n c e s s a n t continued on page 5

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f l o w a n d d e m a n d s o f g o o d s o r p r o d u c t s n e e d e d b y t h e m a n d t h e l o c a l o r e v e n i n t e r n a t i o n a l m a r k e t . M r. R o s a r o s o s a i d t h a t i n o r d e r t o a c c e s s a n d r e g i s t e r w i t h t h e s y s t e m , t h e r e a r e t e n e a s y s t e p s o r p r o c e d u r e s t o f o l l o w. Fi r s t i s t o g o t o t h e DA - 8 o f f i c i a l w e b s i t e . Ty p e i n t h e b r o w s e r t h e U R L : w w w. d a 8 .d a . g o v. p h . C l i c k t h e AG R I - B i z M a r k e t P l a c e i m a g e l i n k a t t h e r i g h t s i d e . C l i c k t h e J o i n A g r i B i z b u t t o n . F i l l i n t h e M e m b e r s h i p Fo r m . T h e c o n t a c t p e r s o n i s t h e n a m e t h a t t h e o t h e r b u y e r s /

DA-8 introduces first-of-its-kind virtual market in Region

UNICEF-Philippines chief health and nutrition section Dr Willibald Zeck answer questions from the media during the open forum relative to the turn-over of immunization equipment from UNICEF to the City Government of Tacloban through the Department of Health held at the Sagkahan District Health and Birthing Center Tacloban City, March 20. (Raul S. Tiozon/PIA8)

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NGOs provide plywood floorings to 1,000 Taclobanon families still living in tentsS o m e 1 0 0 0 d i s p l a c e d f a m i l i e s

w h o a r e s t i l l l i v i n g i n 7 3 8 t e n t s i n B a r a n g a y 8 8 , 8 9 a n d 9 0 , S a n J o s e D i s t r i c t , Ta c l o b a n C i t y, w e r e p r e s e n t e d w i t h p l y w o o d f l o o r i n g s o n M a r c h 2 0 , b y t h e U r b a n Po o r A s s o c i a t e s ( U PA ) t o g e t h e r w i t h C h r i s t i a n A i d . E a c h f a m i l y w e r e g i v e n f o u r p i e c e s o f m a r i n e p l y w o o d o f ¾ i n c h t h i c k a n d w i t h a l e n g t h o f 4 x 8 f e e t t o u s e f o r t h e i r f l o o r i n g s w h i l e t h e i r r e l o c a t i o n i s s t i l l u n i d e n t i f i e d . T h e f i s h e r m e n w h o r e c e i v e d t h e b o a t s p l a y e d a b i g p a r t i n d i s t r i b u t i n g t h e p l y w o o d i n a s p i r i t o f B a y a n i h a n , i t w a s l e a r n e d . U PA , a n N G O t h a t a d v o c a t e s h o u s i n g r i g h t s , h a d b e e n h e l p i n g o r g a n i z e c o m m u n i t i e s i n B a r a n g a y 8 8 , 8 9 a n d 9 0 S a n J o s e t o h e l p a n d r e s p o n d w i t h t h e i r n e e d s . S i n c e J a n u a r y, s e v e r a l b i g m e e t i n g s w e r e h e l d i n t h e a r e a t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e r e s i d e n t s t o f i n d o u t w h a t i s t h e l i f e o f p e o p l e a f t e r Yo l a n d a . M a n y o f t h e m s u f f e r i n t e n t s b e c a u s e o f c o n t i n u o u s r a i n s , c h i l d r e n w e r e c a t c h i n g a s t h m a a n d o l d p e o p l e w e r e c o m p l a i n i n g o f c o l d s . A l i c i a M u r p h y, U PA Fi e l d D i r e c t o r s a i d , “ We f i r s t i n t r o d u c e d t h e p l y w o o d f l o o r i n g t o a b o u t t h r e e f a m i l i e s . We s a w t h a t t h e c h i l d r e n c a n e a t , p l a y a n d s l e e p o n t h e p l y w o o d w h i c h k e p t t h e m d r y. We b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s i s t h e s o l u t i o n n o w t h a t w e c o u l d g i v e t o t h e p e o p l e w h i l e t h e y w a i t f o r f i n a l r e l o c a t i o n .” “ T h e f a m i l y c a n a l s o b r i n g t h e i r p l y w o o d i n t h e i r p e r m a n e n t s h e l t e r o n c e i t i s d o n e . T h i s i s a s o l u t i o n f o r n o w. T h e p e o p l e d o n’ t w a n t t o p e r m a n e n t l y s t a y n e a r t h e o c e a n n o r d o t h e y w a n t t o s t a y i n a t e m p o r a r y h o u s e

f o r e v e r,” M u r p h y s a i d . B e l i n d a G u i n o o h a n , r e s i d e n t o f B a r a n g a y 9 0 a n d b e n e f i c i a r y o f p l y w o o d f l o o r i n g s a i d , “ I a m v e r y e xc i t e d w i t h o u r n e w f l o o r i n g s . M y h u s b a n d w i l l f i x i t f o r u s . We w i l l n o w b e a b l e t o s l e e p s o u n d l y a t n i g h t .” “O u r t e n t i s a h o p e f o r m o s t o f u s b e c a u s e i t h e l p s u s d r e a m a g a i n o f s a f e a n d p e r m a n e n t h o u s i n g. O n c e y o u a r e i n s i d e o u r t e n t y o u w i l l s e e o n h o w a l l t h e i m p r o v e m e n t s h a v e c o m e f r o m o v e r s e a s i t l o o k s a l l t h e w o r l d c o m e t o g e t h e r t o h e l p u s . We a r e t h a n k f u l f o r U PA b e c a u s e a s i d e f r o m m a t e r i a l a s s i s t a n c e t h e y h e l p e d u s b r i n g c a r e t o o n e a n o t h e r a n d a s k e d u s t o b e u n i t e d t o c l a i m w h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t s h o u l d d o f o r a l l t h e v i c t i m s o f Yo l a n d a ,” s h e a d d e d . U PA a n d i t s p a r t n e r s C h r i s t i a n A i d a n d H o l y S p i r i t S i s t e r s g a v e t h e a s s u r a n c e t h e y w i l l h e l p i n t h e r e c o v e r y a n d r e c o n s t r u c t i o n . A s i d e f r o m t e m p o r a r y a i d o f p l y w o o d f l o o r i n g s , t h e g r o u p h a v e d i s t r i b u t e d 4 0 b o a t s t o f i s h e r m e n l a s t Fe b r u a r y a n d

p r o v i d e d n u t r i t i o u s s n a c k s a s a f e e d i n g p r o g r a m f o r a b o u t t h o u s a n d c h i l d r e n . I n a l l t h e s e e n d e a v o r s , s u r v i v o r s w e r e a l w a y s c o n s u l t e d a n d a s k e d t h e i r p a r t i c i p a t i o n f r o m b o a t m a k i n g t o c o o k i n g o f m e a l s , i n t h i s w a y t h e c o m m u n i t y c a m a r a d e r i e i s h a r n e s s e d . “O u r w o r k h e r e i s b a s i c a l l y t o e n s u r e t h a t a l l Yo l a n d a s u r v i v o r s a r r i v e d a t a m o r e p r o s p e r o u s a n d s a f e l i f e ,” M u r p h y s a i d . ( P I A 8 )

March 21, 2014 314 yolanda-hit schools recipient of new books from the Asia foundation and Australian AidS ome 14 state col leges,

univers i t ies and other h igher learning inst i tut ions were rec ipients of 5 ,000 new books stra ight f rom the publ ishing houses on March 19 in a turn over held at the conference room of the Univers i t y of the Phi l ippines in the Visayas Tacloban Col lege. Present dur ing the turn-over were e i ther, the pres ident , the l ibrar ian or a representat ive of the rec ipients schools.According to M r. Geoff K ing, ac t ing minister counselor of the Austra l ian Aid, the suppor t f rom the Austra l ian government ref lec ts i ts cont inuing commitment to help Fi l ip ino chi ldren have access to qual i t y educat ion. “ These books f rom Asia Foundat ion’s Books for As ia program complement Austra l ia’s ass istance to Tacloban schools,” added K ing. I n the af termath of t yphoon Yolanda, Austra l ian government provided immediate suppor t for repairs of schools in Leyte by sending Austra l ian engineers and mi l i tar y ser v ice personnel to help in c lear ing and repair operat ions. K ing added that the Austra l ian government jo ined Asia Foundat ion in the bel ief that how societ y pays attent ion to i ts schools determines how i t va lues educat ion as a power ful way to

overcome pover t y. “ We hope that new books and better c lassrooms wi l l inspire students to learn whi le having fun and to study harder,” he sa id. The school benef ic iar ies inc lude Remedios Tr in idad M edical Foundat ion, UP Mani la School of Sc iences, Leyte Col leges, Holy I nfant Col lege, St . Scholast ica Col lege of Health and Sciences, Visayas State Univers i t y Baybay, Tolosa , and Alang-Alang campus, the Leyte Normal Univers i t y, Univers i t y of the Phi l ippines in the Visayas Tacloban Col lege, Eastern Visayas State Univers i t y (E VSU) Tacloban, Tanuan, Dulag, Burauen Campuses and the Asian Development Foundat ion Col lege. Each school received 6 boxes of books with each box containing more or less 50 books. The projec t was a col laborat ion of The Asia Foundat ion through i ts Books for As ia program and the Austra l ian Aid. I t was learned that Austra l ian Aid shouldered the logist ics aspec t of the program, the t ranspor t of 5 thousand books f rom Mani la to Tacloban which was ver y cost ly sa id a representat ive f rom Asia foundat ion. I t took 6 days before the books f inal ly ar r ived Tacloban. Meanwhi le, M r. Reynald

S . Ocampo, Program Manager, Books for As ia program of the Asia Foundat ion in the Phi l ippines sa id, they f ind ful f i l lment in providing wider access to books especia l ly in disaster-af fec ted areas. Ocampo was par t icular ly happy that representat ive of each recipient school were present dur ing the turn over, he sa id that the book maybe a smal l help but surely i t wi l l go a long way. He sa id that The Asia foundat ion is a lso grateful to McGraw H i l l companies for their generous donat ions of new books to the program. The book donat ion projec t fa l ls under the long running Phi l ippines-Austra l ia Communit y Ass istance program (PACAP) , a smal l grants program managed by The Asia Foundat ion that suppor ts c iv i l societ y organizat ions and poor communit ies throughout the countr y. Austra l ia cont inues to be the Phi l ippines’ lead bi latera l grant donor in bas ic educat ion. (P IA 8 with L izbeth Ann A. Abel la)

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International celebrity donates 200 fishing boats for Yolanda affected fisherfolks in SamarA n internat ional celebr i t y was

recent ly here to celebrate her bi r thday in a t yphoon-ravaged town in Samar by donat ing 200 f ishing boats, 110 of which were in i t ia l ly turned over on M arch 18, 2014. This internat ional celebr i t y i s Alodia Gosiengf iao who is an internat ional cosplayer, p ianist , a t v personal i t y both of GMA and ABS- CBN, a famous personal i t y on facebook and you tube, magazine cover gi r l and now a recording ar t ist in Japan. The Bal ik- dagat projec t i s par t of Gosiengf iao’s b i r thday bash which included a program where Alodia and her s ister Ashley, the vocal ist of the band M idnight Meet ings, sang for a l l the benef ic iar ies and res idents who watched their program. The f ishermen benef ic iar ies were f rom four Barangays of

Basey namely Barangays Loyo, Canmani la , Bacubac, and H inamoc, a l l f i shing barangays. A s inging contest for chi ldren was a lso staged where 7 par t ic ipants competed for a cash pr ice of P3,000, P2 ,000 and P1,000 for the f i rst , second and third pr izes, respec t ively. Gosiengf iao, in an inter v iew said that she was glad that many people came to attend her bi r thday celebrat ion and turn- over of the f ishing boats. Samar according to Gosiengf iao is c lose to her hear t for i t i s the home town of her mother, she used to v is i t the place when she was younger. When Gosingf iao heard about Yolanda hitt ing Region 8 she was hear tbroken. She sa id that a few years ago her group staged a cosplay in Tacloban and i t made her sad that she may not be

able to see the other par t ic ipants because of Yolanda. Upon hear ing the s i tuat ion at Brgy. Loyo and 3 other barangays where most f i shermen lost their l ivel ihood, her fami ly decided to help the f ishermen. Giv ing them f ishing boats would make them regain their l ivel ihood and help their fami l ies, Gosiengf iao sa id. Gosiengf iao was thankful that many pr ivate group responded for her ca l l of suppor t and help in funding for the projec t . I t was learned each boat costs a lmost P6,000. Gosiengf iao is pushing for addit ional and larger boats to be able to help more displaced f ishermen in Samar. (P IA 8 withLizbeth Ann A. Abel la)

An initial of 110 of the 200 fishing boats turned-over on March 18 to the fishermen in the four barangays in Basey, Samar affected by super typhoon Yolanda, namely, Loyo, Canmanila, Bacubac and Hinamoc by the international celebrity Alodia Gosiengfiao. (Photo courtesy of Wilmark Amazona)

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s u p p l i e r s w i l l i d e n t i f y y o u ; Yo u r e m a i l a d d r e s s a n d c o n t a c t n u m b e r ; a n d I d e n t i f y y o u r s e l f , i f y o u a r e a b u y e r o r s u p p l i e r a n d s e l e c t y o u r p r o d u c t / c o m m o d i t y. T h e n C l i c k t h e s u b m i t b u t t o n . ( Yo u w i l l r e c e i v e a c o n f i r m a t i o n e m a i l ) . I n t h e l i n k , c o p y t h e c o d e a f t e r t h e ( = ) s i g n . I n t h e A g r i B i z l o g i n w i n d o w, c l i c k t h e R e g i s t r a t i o n C o n f i r m a t i o n l i n k a n d p a s t e t h e c o d e . C l i c k s u b m i t b u t t o n . O n e w i l l r e c e i v e a n e m a i l t h a t t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n h a s b e e n s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t e d . A f t e r w h i c h , o n e c a n a l r e a d y

In line with this year’s celebration of Women’s Month, a Kabuhayan

Package for 100 sari-sari owners in Tacloban City was launched on March 18 with vice-mayor Jerry Yaokasin and Maxxis Tyres Company leading. Maxxis and Vice Mayor Yaokasin went around the city on March 18 targeting 100 women entrepreneurs operating sari-sari stores to be helped out. The City Vice Mayor said in order to be assisted, a sari-sari store should have been operating before Yolanda but damage due to the typhoon. “This assistance is for the people who has been there and operating sari-sari store and not for those who’s just starting out,” according to Yaokasin. The assistance will be in a form of goods worth P10, 000, the Vice Mayor said. The identified sari-sari store owners will receive the goods and will sign a contract that the goods will not be used for personal consumption and that the profit will be used for

re-investment. Part of the profit at the end of the year will be used by the sari-sari store owner for enrollment in Social Security System (SSS) and

Kabuhayan package for Yolanda-hit 100 sari-sari store owners in Tacloban launched

Lo g i n i n t h e A g r i B i z M a r k e t P l a c e . T h e s y s t e m w i l l g e n e r a t e a l i s t o f r e g i s t e r e d s u p p l i e r s f o r b u y e r s a n d r e g i s t e r e d b u y e r s f o r s u p p l i e r s o f a s p e c i f i c c o m m o d i t y. B u y e r s a n d s u p p l i e r s c a n n o w t r a n s a c t t o e a c h o t h e r f r e e l y. Fo r m o r e c l a r i f i c a t i o n s , M r. R o s a r o s o i s e n c o u r a g i n g e v e r y i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n t o c a l l DA a t t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r ( 0 5 3 ) 3 2 1 - 0 0 2 3 o r s e n d a n e m a i l t o r a f i d _ d a 8 @ y a h o o. c o m . p h . ( P I A 8 )

PhilHealth. The Maxxis Tyres Company will have a monitoring team that will visit the sari-sari stores to make sure that the recipients are true to the contract they signed. According to Yaokasin, the Maxxis people went around the city on March 18 and 19 to identify the recipient sari sari owners and at the same time distribute the ten thousand worth of goods for each of the stores. It may be recalled that Vice Mayor Yaokasin has been pushing livelihood projects with the help of donors from non-government organizations. This is to make sure that the recipients will not depend on dole outs to get them back to their feet and improve their lives. Yaokasin feels that livelihood through entrepreneurship is one of Tacloban’s strength especially coming from the private sector with businesses. “I feel that this is the way to do it. We will help them and train them to become successful entrepreneurs, “added Yaokasin. (PIA 8 with Lizbeth Ann A. Abella)

Vivian Montejo,a deaf-mute woman entrepreneur from Catbalogan City braves the economic jungle and comes out a victor. (Photo by Jun Arceno/PIA 8-Samar)

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Recognizing women’s role in rebuilding Leyte

The United Nations Population Fund, the Department of Social Welfare

and Development, the Philippine National Police, government and humanitarian groups working in Leyte recognized the remarkable strength of women and girls of Leyte through an activity held jointly on March 8¸the International Women’s Day. In celebration of the many achievements of women and girls of Leyte particularly in the rehabilitation of their communities, the province of Leyte joined the world in commemorating the IWD last March 8 thru a walk-a-thon and a program that highlighted health and protection for

women and girls. Councilor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez acknowledged the remarkable feat of the women saying, “To all women and girls of Leyte, I commend you. You have shown remarkable strength during and immediately after Yolanda. You kept your families intact, you kept the communities intact. This day is for you.” Among the services provided during the event were free medical check-ups, legal consultations and haircut. Participants also enjoyed singing in karaoke machines, volleyball games and raffle of prizes.

Activities for children were conducted as well. In his message marking this year’s International Women’s Day, UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin reaffirmed UNFPA’s support to women and girls worldwide. “UNFPA is firmly committed to helping realize gender equality, women’s empowerment and sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, with an emphasis on the most marginalized, particularly adolescent girls,” he said. (PIA 8)

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and goals. He said he was praying inside a church when the l ist of the Bar exam passers was released. I t was their parish priest who first called him to inform him that he was the 2nd placer, he said. He, however, did not believe him instantly, noting that his contact person from

the Supreme Court was the one supposed to notify him whether he passed the exam or not. Oyales’ facebook account was swarmed with congratulatory messages one of which even stated “ansabe ni Yolanda” with what you achieved, referring to the super typhoon Yolanda that ravaged Leyte and Samar including Oyales’

hometown Babatngon, Leyte. Last year ’s Bar exam had 5,343 takers and only 1,174 passed of what is considered as the most prestigious bar examination in the Philippines. (PIA 8 with Lizbeth Ann Abella)

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BY: RODRIGO S. VICTORIA

8 March 21, 2014