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Northern Samar reopens Lalaguna Mangrove Eco Park to tourists

Posted: 01 Sep 2021 08:35 AM PDT

NORTHERN Samar Governor Edwin Ongchuan led the reopening of the scenic Lalaguna Mangrove Eco Park (LMEP) in Barangay San Isidro, Lavezares for tourism activities Wednesday, September 1, 2021.

"The development of Lalaguna Mangrove Eco Park aims to create livelihood and other social enterprise opportunities to the community surrounding the Lalaguna Bay while at the same time promote environmental protection and management," the provincial government said.

The park, which offers new attractions with the completion of its receiving area and the Kaluy-ahan trail and view deck, can be reached through a 30-minute motorboat ride from the Lavezares port.

A maximum of 100 visitors is allowed to enter the park.

According to the provincial government, responsible visitation is being promoted by the LMEP management to preserve its natural state and protect the environment.

The Lalaguna Mangrove Eco Park is within the protected area, it added.

Also gracing the reopening of the park were Provincial Tourism Officials and personnel, other provincial heads, Lavezares Mayor Edito Saludaga, Barangay San Isidro chairman Fernando Saludaga and the Women's Association for Inter-Island Development.

The park's improvement was funded through the Community-Based Eco Tourism Livelihood Project of the provincial government. (SunStar Philippines)

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Eastern Visayas Covid-19 deaths climb to 456

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 09:52 PM PDT

EASTERN Visayas logged on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, four new fatalities due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19), bringing the total number of deaths to 456 since June 2020.

The new deaths were identified as EV38419, a 73-year-old male from Dulag, Leyte who died on August 22, 2021; EV38538, an 84-year-old male from Calbayog, Samar who died on July 24, 2021; EV36819, a 78-year-old male from Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte who died on August 3, 2021; and EV36378, an 89-year-old female from Macrohon, Southern Leyte who died on July 31, 2021.

The regional health department said 38 new Covid-19 cases were also recorded on Tuesday, August 31, out of 348 laboratory samples tested at the Eastern Visayas Regional Covid-19 Testing Center and Divine Word Hospital Virology Laboratory in Tacloban City.

The new cases, which represent an 11 percent positivity rate, are from Tacloban (3), Leyte province (15), Southern Leyte (3), Eastern Samar (3), and Samar (14).

The region's total number of Covid-19 cases is now at 41,039 with total recoveries at 39,165 (95.43 percent), bringing the total active cases to 1,418 (3.46 percent).

As this developed, the regional health department announced on Tuesday that Eastern Visayas received a total of 130,400 doses of Sinovac vaccines, which have been pre-allocated for direct delivery to each respective local government units for both first and second doses of the eligible priority groups.

The vaccines will be delivered to Eastern Samar (40,000 doses), Northern Samar (25,000 doses), Western Samar (30,000 doses), Southern Leyte (20,000 doses), Ormoc City (5,200) and Tacloban (5,000).

Meanwhile, the remaining 5,200 doses of Sinovac vaccines have been transported directly to the cold storage facility of the regional health department "for further allocation and distribution." (SunStar Philippines)

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New bridge seen to boost Jipapad town’s economy

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 09:51 PM PDT

THE opening of the P250-million bridge in Jipapad, Eastern Samar will provide a "big impact" on the economic and social development of the town as it is now accessible by all kinds of vehicles.

"Jipapad Bridge is an important structure in the road network Jipapad-Las Navas-Catubig-Rawis road which helps our farmers and the traveling public to have a convenient, safe, and calamity resistant access in transporting goods and services even during calamities," said Engr. Ma. Maragarita Junia, head of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Eastern Samar District Engineering Office.

"All kinds of vehicles can now safely enter the municipality of Jipapad using this newly constructed Jipapad Bridge unlike before that they needed to take risk in crossing the defective timber bridge which was the only entry point of vehicles going in the municipality," she added.

The construction of the 240-meter Jipapad Bridge is composed of three phases in which the first two phases with a total appropriation of P150 million were funded under Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) and the third phase, which amounts to P100 million, was funded under the 2021 regular budget through the construction of missing links.

Under the Pamana projects, the actual accomplishment is already 100 percent, which includes the construction of the Bridge substructure/foundation, girders, and the 498-meter road approach with embankment and slope protection while the third phase is still ongoing with the actual accomplishment of 85.3 percent, according to the district engineering office.

It added that the 85.3 percent accomplishment of the third phase refers to the completion of the bridge structure which includes the 200-meter road approach while the remaining works of 14.7 percent refers to the construction of the 90-meter flood control structure which will protect the bridge from scouring and the 180-meter lined canal which are still ongoing on site.

It is expected to be completed on October 28, 2021.

Aside from the Jipapad Bridge, DPWH-Eastern Samar also has two ongoing road concreting projects along the Jipapad-Las Navas-Catubig Rawis Road.

The projects include the P20 million-construction of a 130-meter road with slope protection and box culvert and another P50 million road opening and construction of a 110-meter concrete road, box culvert, and slope protection.

"Once all of these ongoing projects be completed, we only have an estimated of more or less 5 kilometers away from the boundary of Northern Samar," Junia said.

A fifth-class municipality, Jipapad is composed of 13 barangays and with the population of over eight million. (SunStar Philippines)

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Jobless man, construction worker yield ‘shabu’

Posted: 31 Aug 2021 09:50 PM PDT

A 26-YEAR-OLD jobless man and a 25-year-old construction worker were arrested for alleged selling and possession of suspected shabu in separate operation Tuesday, August 31, 2021.

In Ormoc City, joint police operatives nabbed Cyndie Atup after he allegedly sold a sachet believed to be containing shabu to a poseur-buyer around 3:35 p.m. Tuesday in Barangay San Antonio.

Authorities also confiscated another three sachets of shabu and buy-bust money from the suspect's possession.

Raymond Gagumpa, construction worker, was arrested around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday in Barangay 101 Kawayan, Tacloban City.

Police and anti-narcotics agents said the suspect allegedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu during the buy-bust operation.

Also confiscated from his possession and control were two sachets believed to be containing shabu, P500 boodle money, and one subscribed P500 used as buy-bust money, police said in the report.

Authorities said that charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are being readied against the suspects. (SunStar Philippines)

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