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JLK Entertainment Tacloban  located at 3rd level Y.T Building Justice Romualdez Street Tacloban City  top of Royal Restaurant and Electronic Bingo Are you looking for a wide and comfortable place where you can fully enjoy your nightlife with good music, powerful entertainment, and sumptuous food in the heart of the City? Well, try experience this awesome entertainment and comfort at JLK Entertainment, the Home of the best Live Bands in Tacloban City. The newly opened Bar is just located on the third floor Royal Restaurant along Justice Romualdez Street, Tacloban City. They are open Mondays to Saturdays at 6:00 pm to 2:00 am. The 357-square meter bar was designed for the comfort and safety of its customers as it is equipped with CCTV surveillance cameras. Aside from powerful entertainment and music, the bar also offers classic cocktails, house wines, and imported beers. They also offer delectable foods like Chicken Karaage, Crispy Tenga, Bacon Wrapped Do...

By: Lottie Salarda  Baybay City - The kin of Inopacan massacre victims commemorates the 10th year anniversary of Inopacan Mass Grave Discovery and Exhumation with the theme: Usa ka dekada sa padayon nga paghanumdum sa hustisya ug kalinaw" at Hipusngo Cemetery, Baybay City, Leyte on August 28.      In line with the commemoration, the City government of Baybay through Mayor Carmen Cari marked the event with a holy mass at the cemetery where the 67 victims were buried, was officiated by Reverend Fr. Stanley Mepico.       Eliosa Abenojar-Cababahay, 56 years old, the brother of William Abenojar who was allegedly abducted and killed by the members of the CPP-NPA called on the Duterte administration to help them attain justice.       “Hanggang ngayon humihingi parin kami ng hustisya sa ginawa ng mga NPA sa kapatid ko. Wala siyang kasalan, inosente siya. Kaya nananawagan kami kay Pangulong Duterte na makamit naming ang hus...

PSA encourages the public to get their civil documents online to avoid queue By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City –The Philippine Statistics Authority is encouraging the public to get their civil documents via online to reduce the long line up in their office in Tacloban City. According to National Statistician and Civil Registrar General of Philippine Statistics Authority Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, some office of the PSA will be open on Saturdays to accommodate the public who are getting their civil documents. But based on their assessment, the office of the PSA here in Tacloban need not be open on Saturdays, yet they open as early as 7:00 o’clock in the morning to accommodate the applicants. A regular applicant has an average of 2-3 hours of waiting in the office of the PSA before he or she gets her civil document. To reduce the pain of waiting and waste of time Bersales encourages the public to go online at e-census and pay an amount at some accredited Bayad Cent...

By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City – The office of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Tacloban City is now requiring the passport applicants to go online to schedule their appointment. This initiative of DFA Manila started last July 1 to lessen the long lines of the waiting applicants outside their office. According to DFA Tacloban Consular Head Karen Terado, the online appointment system aims to have an efficient process of applicant’s passport. They just need to go to online by logging in at https://www.passport.gov.ph and follow the procedures. Terado said that Senior Citizens, infants, persons with disabilities and OFWs do not necessarily need to apply online because they are their priority. Although their office still accepts walk-in applicants because they are still in the transition period, they encouraged the public who are going to apply for a passport to apply online and follow the procedure. The Regional Consular Office accepts a maximum of ...

By: Lottie Salarda Carigara, Leyte --- Carigara Municipal Mayor Eduardo C. Ong was very happy when the Bureau of Internal Revenue have declared their municipality as one of the mythical five (5) that have a good performance of collecting their revenues. The municipalities of Isabel, Palompon, Kananga, Abuyog and including Carigara has been on the top 5 on BIR’s list. Last 2014 the municipality of Carigara got 18.1 million pesos revenue and last year it increased by 11% in which they have a total of 20.7 million pesos. They were able to surpass their 20 million targets last year. This year their target is still to hit 20 million pesos. Mayor Ong dreamed that their municipality will be on the top revenue collecting LGU in the province of Leyte. He also disclosed that their revenue collection will increase soon because Herbert Sy has already inquired in preparation for their future construction of Savemore Department store in the area. “Hantayin nalang natin matapo...

The Zegrahm Cruise Ship By: Lottie Salarda Capul, Northern Samar --- The two historical islands of Eastern Visayas, which is the island town of Capul, Northern Samar and Limasawa in Southern Leyte, were chosen by the group of passengers of the Zegrahm Expedition to visit on Good Friday and Black Saturday. The group of passengers, who were retirees, were from United States of America, South Africa, Canada, United Kingdom and from all over the world. All of the sixty passengers who visited the islands haven’t visited yet the Philippines. According to Micheal Moore of Zegrahm Expedition, they chose the two islands in Eastern Visayas because of its history and they also want to learn their different cultures. “The Philippines has the friendliest people; fantastic food; history and different culture, it’s all here right in this small island,” said Moore. The retirees were able to enjoy the “habal-habal” ride which brought them to their destinations like the Sto...

DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman and DSWD Director Restituto Macuto together with the Brgy Officials in a turn-over of the newly constructed footbridge connecting Brgy Minohang and Brgy Balud, Barugo Leyte By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City ---Through the National Community-Driven Development Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the unity of the community in Brgy Balud, Barugo Leyte; a new footbridge connecting Brgy Balud and Bgry Minohang was constructed. The construction of the footbridge 160 linear meter sub-project was made possible by the Millennium Challenge Corporation through its funding. As of March 31, 2016 a total of 956,820,096.62 pesos has been granted to the community in Leyte, Samar, and Northern Samar. see the difference Forty-one percent of the MCC fund was allocated to the basic infrastructure; forty-six percent for basic social services and thirteen percent for disaster mitigation. Before the construction of...

DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman and DSWD Director Restituto Macuto during the inauguration of the newly constructed footbridge connecting Brgy Minohang ang Bgry Balud, Barugo Leyte By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman is calling those candidates this coming May 9 elections to stop using the name of the DSWD by promising that the survivors of typhoon Yolanda will receive additional Emergency Shelter Assistance if they win this election. There are reports from the community in the North Western part of Leyte that there are candidates who are using the agency for their campaign this election. The Secretary clarified that their distribution of the ESA for the Yolanda survivors amounting to 9 billion pesos under the NCRRP list of former Rehabilitation Czar Panfilo Lacson, was already done. Those promises made by some candidates are baseless and will never happen according to the Secretary. “The book ...

By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City – The funds under the RAY 3 of the Department of Interior and Local Government Regional Office 8 to the brgys of Ormoc City has just been downloaded by the agency last March 22, 2016. According to DILG Regional Director Pedro Noval A. Jr, in Ormoc City, the rehabilitation of their City hall amounting to 20 million pesos under RAY 2 is not yet fully completed. But their coliseum, which is under RAY 1, was already finished. Meanwhile, all brgys in Ormoc City could not implement those projects intended for the rehabilitation of their brgy facilities affected by typhoon Yolanda last 2013 because the funds downloaded to them has been made just last March 22. “Sa mga brgy hindi pa, the funds downloaded to them was on March 22, pasok na sa election ban, so they can still conduct bidding but they cannot implement the projects,” said Noval.  They can implement their projects after the election. Under RAY 3, about 60% of the LG...

Deutsche Bank AG Manila employees painted the four walls of the classrooms with environment-themed murals.  Bankers painted an environment-themed art on the walls of the four classrooms in Tacloban City By: Lottie Salarda Tacloban City – It was the first time for the 29-year-old Jayzel Escalante, one of the employees of Deutsche Bank AG Manila, to step into the soil of Leyte. She joined the 21 more employees of the said German Bank that volunteered to paint the four walls of the classrooms with environment-themed art. The Deutsche Bank AG Manila and SM Foundation donated a two-storey, four classrooms building to complement the seven classrooms in the campus of Northern Tacloban City National High School.  Aside from the school buildings they also donated school supplies, arm chairs, and books for 630 high school students who were recently relocated in the Northern Brgys. They also donated sixteen electric fans and four toilets for the classrooms. The...

By: lottie salarda Maripipi, Biliran Province – In my 8 years in college, I never had a chance of having a vacation to breathe somehow in my studies. I just dreamed swimming into the blue waters of the Pacific coast and feel the peace of mind that it offers. Most of those dreams were inspired by those pictures uploaded on-line by some young travelers inside and outside the region. Until this dream came true one day. It was my first island experience so I packed my things a day ahead the schedule. All my companions have gone to so many tourist destinations in the Region as this activity by the DOT-8 was done every summer. We took a ride from Tacloban to Kawayan port in the small province of Biliran. It took 3 hours before we reach the port and traveled to the island town of Maripipi where locals showcased their native products and delicacies. The locals of the island town speak “bisaya”, that I shamelessly admit that speaking that dialect is my weakness. People l...