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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''DPWH – Southern Leyte receives P25.7M for roadslips repairs in 5 areas'''
'''Seawaters off Panaon landslide site to be recast as “underwater graveyard” for marine protection'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=60430
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=60575
*Friday, October 21, 2011
*Sunday, October 23, 2011
:by  ES Gorne
:by  Bong Pedalino




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Oct. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Southern Leyte Engineering District (SLED) is a recipient of a P25.7 million program funds intended for the repair and stabilization of road slips in five road network areas in the province damaged by the heavy rainfalls early this year.
BARANGAY PUNTA, San Francisco, Southern Leyte, Oct. 23 (PIA) -- The shallow waters along the coast of this barangay will be turned into a memorial in memory of those who perished in a natural disaster eight years ago and at the same time a conservation ground for fish species, coral reefs, and other marine life.
DPWH-SLED Assistant District Engineer Manolo Rojas reported to PIA Southern Leyte that the engineering district will be working on the programming and planning of the five projects identified to undergo the repair and road slips stabilizations which are expected to be completed by October 26, this year.
The site, which has been established as a marine protected area (MPA) by virtue of a municipal ordinance on June 10, 2009, was littered with rampaging debris, as dead bodies and destroyed houses were washed out during the December 19, 2003 mudslide.
Then the engineering district will bid out the 5 projects competitively through on line bidding, which is in line with PNoy's "matuwid na daan" policy, in the next 20 days, he said.
Two other places in Panaon also suffered killer landslides, somewhat simultaneously on that very same fateful day following days of torrential rains that hit one barangay in Liloan and another one in San Ricardo towns.
Rojas said that the following roadslip repair project areas identified are in Katipunan, Silago – P3.5 Millions; Tubod, Silago – P4 Millions, Saub, Saint Bernard – P 1.5 Millions; Hindag-an, St. Bernard – P 10 Million and Lepanto, St. Bernard – P7 Million, all of Southern Leyte.
Dag Navarette, a technical staff of Coral Cay, a British non-government organization (NGO) concerned with preserving and protecting the treasures of the seas, revealed in an interview here yesterday that he planned to bring the local leaders to Camiguin Island next month so they can have an idea of what an underwater cemetery looks like.
He said those roadslips were damaged during the heavy rains experienced last January 2, 2011 in the province that resulted to the death of three children aged one to five, were killed in a landslide that hit Barangay Bolod-bolod in St. Bernard town in Southern Leyte. (PIA SoLeyte/esg)
Navarette, who claimed he was “on loan” to another resources conservation NGO called RARE, said he may not be able to copy the Camiguin seawaters cemetery because it was a real one but he may opt for an underwater marker instead in time for the eight anniversary of the disaster in December this year.
An awareness drive was launched at this site yesterday complete with a motorcade, in an activity called “Punta Pride,” purposely to focus on the heightened consciousness of the place as an MPA.
Beny Deloso, Punta Punong Barangay, said some visible benefits now can be seen and felt in two years’ time since the declaration of the place as a protected zone covering an area of ten hectares.
The other night fishermen were able to catch 60 kilos of assorted fishes, the first time that it happened as most catch averaged only ten kilos, Deloso said.
Fishing inside the five kilometer exclusive area marked by floating bouys has been strictly prohibited, but beyond this perimeter zone fisherfolks are already allowed to fish, Deloso also said. Illegal fishers were no longer doing their unlawful acts since the MPA was instituted, he added.
Residents of barangay Punta, now numbering 455 people in 101 households or 114 families, had been relocated in a resettlement site near the town proper about three kilometers away, but barangay tanods kept a 24/7 watch in the MPA, Deloso told local media in a mini-press conference. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong)


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==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
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