The 2010 Charter Day Awardees

One of the highlights of the 62nd Calbayog Charter Day Celebration was the giving of special awards and citations some to some personalities who have contributed their time and talents to the City of Calbayog.

The personalities cited that night were:

• Reynaldo Macaloyos Prudenciado, Jr. for being a 6th placer in the recent Certified Public Accountants (CPA) licensure board examination.
• Nemesio "Totoy" Baldesco, a tricycle driver from Barangay Matobato. For winning the Jimmy Y. Balacuit Special Award on Poetry in the 17th National Writers' Workshop held at the Mindanao State Univeristy in Iligan City on May 23-28, 2010.
• Ramon Carlo Baring for being a 10th placer in the recent Nursing licensure board examinations (held last July 3 - 4, 2010)
• "An Palayaman san Ciudad san Calbayog Program" for its success in providing food security to its beneficiaries and giving positive impact to Calbayog.
• The Officials and Personnel of PNP assigned in Police Community Precinct-IV of Calbayog for dedicated service in law enforcement. These are P/Insp Reynaldo P. Lim, SPO2 Joselito D. Serrano, SPO1 Tito Pallones, PO3 Andres B. Francsico, PO2 Erwin U. Beso and P/Insp Sotero C. Abrito, Jr.
• Rev. Fr. Marlowe Rosales, ofm. Bestowed the title as "Adopted Son of Calbayog" for his dedication and zestful service in developing the Calbayog youth comprising the CKC-Jose Gomez Symphony Orchestra.
• Lt Robert Salvan of the 20th IB PA and Lt Rodrigo Latonio of the 34th IB,PA for exemplary performance in the pursuit of peace in the Happy Valley area of Calbayog.
• Mr. Crisanto Pacho, Principal of the Migara Elementary School. For his courageous act in protecting his students during a raid of bandits in Migara last July 16, 2010.
• P/Insp Rolando Diaz and the personnel of PNP Community Precinct in Migara. for standing in the forefront in preserving peace and order in the Migara and Happy Valley areas despite limited resources and a smaller strength.
• SPO3 Joseph Sagadal for dedication to service. He lost three fingers during an assualt by bandits in Barangay Migara on July 18, 2010.
• P/Supt Nestor Valenzuela, Calbayog PNP Chief. For curbin illegal activities involving drugs, gambling and fishing. And for his diligent efforts to be of service to the people which contributed to the maintenance of peace and order in his areas of responsibility.

The citations were presented by Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento, Mayor Reynaldo Uy and Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino. Also on hand to congratulate the awardees were the members of the Sanguniang Panlungsod.

Here are some pictures of the awardees as they received their plaques from the City Officials

Nemesio "Totoy" Baldesco

Ramon Carlo Baring

Mr. Marto Calamayo representing the "An Palayaman san Ciudad san Calbayog Program"

Rev. Fr. Marlowe Rosales, ofm

Lt Robert Salvan

Mr. Crisanto Pacho

P/Insp Rolando Diaz

SPO3 Joseph Sagadal

P/Supt Nestor Valenzuela

Photos courtesy of Henry Puyat

Tree-planting sa Barangay Basud

Kataliwan san Alay Lakad program nga guinbuhat sa Calbayog airport, nagkamay-ada san usa nga tree-planting activity sa magkadurudila-in nga purok san Barangay Basud. Ini guin pangunahan nira Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento, Mayor Reynaldo Uy ug Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino. Kaupod liwat nira an mga opisyales san ciudad, an mga Department Managers ug mga Assistant Department Managers.

Ini nga aktibidad kaparte san mga programa sa ilarum san CUPS component san 3-D Development Program san ciudad san Calbayog. Ug guin panugnahan ni CUPS Director Dr. Teody Fortaleza ug ni Mr. Lorenzo Ras san City Environment and Natural Resources Office.

Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento

Mayor Reynaldo Uy

Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino

An pipira san mga Department Managers ug Assistant Department Managers nga umungay san tree-planting activity.

Samar Solon Push for New Samar Province

Representative Mel Senen Sarmiento of the first district of Samar filed on July 15 House Bill 1488 which seeks to create a new province in the Island of Samar.

To be known as Northwestern Samar, the move was initiated by former Congressman and now Calbayog City Mayor Reynaldo Uy. The bill however failed to be enacted into law in the fourteenth congress.

According to Rep. Sarmiento, the proposed province complies with all the requirements stated in Section 461 of the Local Government Code of 1991. The law requires of a province to have at least 250,000 inhabitants, at least 2,000 square kilometers land area, and at least twenty million generated income.

Rep. Sarmiento explains that having a separate province will pave the way for a more manageable cluster of local government units in Samar. The proposed province, with land area of 2,332.20 square kilometers, has a total population of 275,697 in the 2000 survey by the National Statistics Office. He also cited that the generated income of Calbayog City alone satisfies the income requirement in the creation of a new province. Calbayog city and nine other municipalities, namely Almagro, Gandara, Matuguinao, Pagsangahan, San Jorge, Santa Maragarita, Sto. Nino, Tagapul-an, and tarangan, will be comprising the Northwestern Samar.

The representative likewise filed House 1490 which seeks to annex the Calbayog City District Hospital (CCDH) to the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC). Rep. Sarmiento said the bill, if approved by both houses, will further enhance the capacity and facility of the CCDH. Because of the limited facility of the CCDH, people from Samar are sometimes referred to the EVRMC in Tacloban City.