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POSITIVE l FAIR l FREE VOL. XXVI SATURDAY JULY 05, 2014 P12.00 IN TACLOBAN website: leytesamardailynews.com e-mail: Editorial - [email protected] Advertising: [email protected]
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TACLOBAN CITY - The Regional Devel-opment Council (RDC) for Eastern Visayas has nominated Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico “Mic” Petilla as a new chairperson, after the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) central office reportedly turned down earlier nominations of his moth-er, Palo town Mayor Remedios Petilla.
In its recent full council meeting, RDC mem-bers unanimously approved the nomination of
TACLOBAN CITY- Participants dressed in colorful costumes made the fiesta of Tacloban lively and even only for a day, helped its people forget the massive typhoon that struck the city which changed drastically its landscape.
A day before the annual fiesta, contingents
With “Matin” nomination “rejected” by Palace
Governor Mic Petilla nominated as RDC chair
Sign of recovery
Sangyaw, Kasadyaan Festivals staged during Tacloban fiesta
coming from the Pintados-Kasadyaan Fes-tival of Festivals and the Sangyaw Festival made their presentations before a grateful audience.
Organizers of both festivals said that
the first-termer governor to head the region’s highest policy-making body until 2016.
RDC private sector representative Tibur-cio Morales , who nominated the Petilla ma-triarch to RDC chairmanship in a meeting last year, recommended the Leyte governor to the post.
The post has been vacant since May 2012, after President Aquino appointed then Gov-
By SARWELL Q.MENIANO
TACLOBAN CITY- Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has expressed his opposition to any possible transfer of the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport out from this city.
According to him, transferring the location of the DZR Airport will only cause delay for Tacloban’s complete recovery from the massive destruction caused by super typhoon Yolanda.
“Napaka-importante sa isang lugar na yung regional airport ay nasa kanila. So, ibig kung
Cayetano expresses opposition transfer of DZR Airport
sabihin, kung mawawala sa Tacloban ang airport, mas babagal ang rehabilitation. Da-hil kung nasaan man ang airport, nandoon ang development,” Cayetano said.
“So, parang injustice naman yun sa Ta-cloban; instead na matulungan mo, nagka-roon ng second disaster yun,” the senator added.
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THANKSGIVING. The city government staged a rather low key fiesta celebration of Ta-cloban as a sign of respect to the victims of super typhoon Yolanda. Pictures shown on this page have dancers participating the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals and Sangyaw Festival dance their way giving homage to Senior Santo Niño. (LITO A. BAGU-NAS)