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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''City trains reserve Army force for quick emergency response'''
'''5 bridges to be constructed in two So. Leyte towns'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1301330908810
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1301330988636
*Monday 5th of March 2012
*Tuesday 6th of March 2012
:by Marcelo M. Pedalino
:by Marcelo M. Pedalino






MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 5 (PIA)  --  As an integral part of its action plan for disaster preparedness, the local government unit here organized its choice personnel as Army reservists and subjected them to a 30-day para-military training starting Mar 3 and 4, and every weekend thereafter.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 6 (PIA)  --  Five foreign-assisted bridges, Spanish-inspired structures, will be installed in three barangays in the municipality of Silago and two barangays for San Ricardo municipality within this year.
Selected to compose one company of 50 individuals were mostly city ordinance enforcers and those coming from the office of general services, usually the same frontline personnel on call during potential calamity situations, such as inclement weather.
They will undergo Special Basic Citizens Military Training (SBCMT) Class 01-12 every Saturday and Sunday for the equivalent of one month at the Army Reserve Command Headquarters in barangay Canturing, this city.
In a press conference with local media recently, Engr. Carlos Veloso, head of the Department of Public Works and Highways – Southern Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-SLED), identified the locations at barangays Hibatian, Lawa-an, and Bagacay in Silago, and barangays Pinut-an, and Bil-atan in San Ricardo.
The opening ceremony for this batch was held at the city gym Friday,Mar 2, which also coincided with the pinning of rank to city Mayor Maloney Samaco as Major in the Philippine Army Reserve. Samaco, speaker in the occasion, said that the organization of a ready reserve was primarily intended for easy mobilization during calamities.
The army reserve company in the city, once established, will also be utilized in the conduct of various activities on disaster preparedness, along with other socio-civic undertaking, like serving as a support group during the conduct of free medical-dental services in the city, Samaco also said. (PIA8-Southern Leyte)
But Veloso said implementation of these foreign-funded bridge projects will be undertaken by the DPWH central office, including the bidding procedures, which he reported as already in process.
Veloso cannot say how much was the overall costs of the five bridge projects, which were funded by Spain, saying only that as far as he knew, the Philippine government has put up a counterpart fund of around P 50 million.
Meanwhile, a groundbreaking ceremony has been scheduled on March 8, Thursday, for the four bridge projects funded out of the agency’s regular funds.
Starting last week, traffic in the city’s main road was re-routed as the widening of the said bridge was already in full blast, the project officially called “replacement of Tuburan Bridge” with an appropriation of P 10 million.
Widening of another old bridge in the city, in barangay Combado, will follow, as well as the one in barangay San Roque, Macrohon, while work for the completion of the Subang Daku bridge in Sogod is underway.
Replacement of Combado arch bridge has an outlay of P 8 million, while the construction of San Roque bridge, P 18.2 million.  Subang Daku bridge in Sogod, which is expected to be finished within the year, was allotted P 48 million, and concreting on the approaches on both ends of the said bridge, P 40 million. (PIA8-Southern Leyte)


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