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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''Leyte delegation bags overall EVRAA 2012 championship crown'''
'''SoLeyte dad grateful as 3,198 Southern Leytenos benefit from medical and dental mission'''
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1301328317808
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1281328501915
*Saturday 4th of February 2012
*Monday 6th of February 2012
:by  Marcelo M. Pedalino
:by  Erna S. Gorne




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 4 (PIA)  --  Athletes from Leyte province hauled most of the gold medals in the 17) sporting events during the week-long conduct of the Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association (EVRAA) meet held here last week, making it the overall champion of the regional sportsfest.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 6 (PIA)  --   Provincial Governor Damian G. Mercado extolled public and private partnership as he expressed deep gratitude to the Philippine Nurses Association in Metropolitan, D.C., USA (PNAMD) mission  benefiting at least 3,198  Southern Leytenos with medical problems.
   
“If left alone on the shoulders of the provincial government, it cannot affort the expenses to have all sick people healed,"  Governor Mercado disclosed during the closing ceremony honoring the 71-member  mission team that conducted the weeklong medical, surgical, and dental mission in Maasin City last January 23- 27.
Out of 10 competing teams, Leyte garnered a total of 730.5 points -- 369 points from the elementary level, 361.5 points from the secondary level --  to grab the glory of being awarded the EVRAA 2012 champion in the closing ceremonies at the Southern Leyte Sports Complex yesterday afternoon.
Governor Mercado said that the voluntary acts of the private sector like the PNA from Metropolitan DC in USA, is a good example of government and private sector partnering for development and service delivery.
According to PNAMD president Alice N. Andam, the dominantly Filipino volunteers composing the mission- team came all the way from United States of America were mostly medical practitioners such as surgeons, anestheologists, pediatricians, ob-gyn, operating room nurses, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, and some volunteers.
Landing at second place in overall tally was Eastern Samar for a total of 487 points -- 255 points from the elementary, and 232 points from high school.
Andam reported that  2,135 out-patients got medical treatment, 708 had their teeth extracted while,  90 patients underwent major operations, and 157, minor operations. All the patients also enjoyed free medicines.
   
The 100 barangay tanods who assisted in securing peace and orderly crowd in three different venues for the medical, surgical, and dental locations  were all given multivitamins, Andam said.
The host city, Maasin, got 206.5 points in the elementary level for third place, while the third placer for high school level went to Ormoc City with 203.17 points. Maasin landed fourth place in the secondary level, along with Tacloban City, for a tie at 161.5 points.
The surgical team conducted operations on gall bladder stone extractions, myoma, cysts, breast mass, hernia, goiter, broken bones, cleft, eye cataract operations, among others, she reported.
The mission team was also bolstered with three eye specialists coming from the local “Sagip sa Mata Foundation” based in Tacloban City and logistics from the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) headed by Dr. Paula Sydiongco, she said.
Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco had expressed satisfaction on the efforts exerted by the home players, saying that even if the city failed to come out champion its performance showing improved over last year’s Calbayog EVRAA, where it finished fourth in elementary and number 8 in secondary.
According to Andam, this is the 10th medical, surgical, and dental mission they have conducted in the Philippines. (PIA8 –Southern Leyte)
As for the hosting, it was learned that Regional Sports Coordinator Cesar Verunque rated the city “Excellent.”
For special awards, Southern Leyte division was chosen the Cleanest and Most disciplined delegation, while best in athletic uniform was Leyte province.
In yesterday’s closing rites, which was attended by Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez and wife Cristina, City Councilor, Samaco rallied the winning players “to improve Eastern Visayas’ finish in the Palarong Pambansa slated at Lingayen, Pangasinan” this May.
DepEd Regional Director Luisa Bautista Yu, who formally closed the EVRAA 2012 five days after she declared it open, expressed a similar hope with Samaco over the upcoming national meet.
   
“May we have a higher rank in the Palarong Pambansa,” Director Yu said.
More than 6,000 players, officials, and school personnel from the Department of Education (DepEd) family participated in the week-long EVRAA games games January 29-February 3, consisting of seven provinces and three cities around Region 8 clashing it out in a friendly sports competition. (PIA8-Southern Leyte)


==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
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