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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''DoT to build 32 feet sculpture depicting First Mass in Limasawa, Southern Leyte'''
'''P300-M Jackpot Winners Still No-Show'''
*Source: http://leytesamardaily.net/2012/02/dot-to-build-32-feet-sculpture-depicting-first-mass-in-limasawa-southern-leyte/
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/352042/p300m-jackpot-winners-still-noshow
* 18 February 2012
*February 20, 2012, 8:43pm
:by ROEL AMAZONA
:by EDD K. USMAN




TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Tourism (DoT) will implement this year the project to build a sculpture depicting the First Mass in Limasawa, Southern Leyte by commissioning the service of well-known architect Nemesio “Nemi” Miranda who was creator of the famous People Power monument at Epifanio De Los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Manila.
MANILA, Philippines — The two winners of the P300-million jackpot of the February 15 draw of Grand Lotto 6/55, who placed their bets in Taytay, Rizal, and Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, have not yet claimed their winnings.


Miranda was tasked by the DoT to make an image of the First Mass with a height of 32 feet at the public plaza located in Barangay Magallanes.
A check with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Pasay City at noon Monday showed that so far only the winners of P150,000 each for getting five numbers correctly have started to claim their money.
The perspective of the project was finished sometime last year.


The DoT set aside a budget of P7 million for this project which is expected to draw tourists who visit the historic island, especially every March 31.
Lawyer Lauro A. Patiag, manager of the Internal Audit Department (PCSO-IAD), told the Manila Bulletin that the two lucky lotto players have not yet shown up.


Based on historical account, the First Mass in the Orient was held in March 31, 1521 when Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan under Spanish flag landed in the island celebrated he mass at Barangay Magallanes and planted a cross.
“We are waiting for them so they can get without hassle their prize money. It is totally tax-free, the PCSO pays the tax for jackpot prizes,” he said.


Based on the DoT tourist arrival records last year, the National Shrine in Limasawa was among the most visited tourism sites in the region last year.
Five-number winners of 6/55 in the same February 15 draw are now claiming their money, he said. “It could mean even the two winners of the P300 million may still have not realized their lucky streak,” said Patiag.
 
Aside from the project to be implemented by the DoT, the provincial government of Southern Leyte, which included Limasawa under its tourism master plan, is also set to construct a 100-meter high cross in the island, equipped with elevator to reach the top portion where businesses like a coffee shop are to be put up.
 
The provincial government estimated that the project will cost about P80 million.
 
During last year’s 490th First Mass celebration, Bishop Precioso Cantillas of the diocese of Maasin launched the “Decade of Evangelization”
that will culminate on March 31, 2021, the 500th year anniversary of the historic event.


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