Ang Ormoc karon...By: Elvie Roman-RoaAng gibag-o ug modernong watersystem, gibubu-an ug ek<strong>sa</strong>ktong kantidadnga way nahimong ut<strong>ang</strong> <strong>ang</strong> siyudad. Mayprosesong gihimo aron <strong>ang</strong> mo-abot nga tubig<strong>sa</strong> tag<strong>sa</strong>-tag<strong>sa</strong> ka mga kunsumidor, limpiyo.Gipakusgan <strong>ang</strong> kapasidad pero gi-maximize<strong>ang</strong> mga tubod nga kakuhaan ug tubig aronmaibanan <strong>ang</strong> kunsumo <strong>sa</strong> kuryente. Bi<strong>sa</strong>n<strong>sa</strong> pagtaas <strong>sa</strong> populasyon, giseguro <strong>sa</strong> atongadministrasyon nga magpabiling kusoggihapon <strong>ang</strong> agas <strong>sa</strong> tubig nga h<strong>ang</strong>tud na<strong>sa</strong> Level 3 <strong>ang</strong> connection. Bi<strong>sa</strong>n pa man,giseguro nato nga magpabilin gihapon <strong>sa</strong> ubosnga bayranan <strong>ang</strong> tubig <strong>sa</strong> tag 3.50 matagmetro kubiko.Ang tan<strong>ang</strong> mga <strong>proyekto</strong> nga nahimo<strong>sa</strong> dakbayan sugod kaniadtong 2004 h<strong>ang</strong>tudkaron miresulta <strong>sa</strong> taas na nga local collectionbi<strong>sa</strong>n kon wala magpa-usbaw <strong>sa</strong> buhis. Pipilapa <strong>sa</strong> mga dagkong <strong>proyekto</strong> nga nagpadayon pakaron mao <strong>ang</strong> Ormoc <strong>City</strong> Hospital building,Bureau <strong>of</strong> Fire Protection building, Manpowerbuilding ug Olympic-size swimming pool.Matud pa ni Mayor Codilla, <strong>ang</strong> tanannga gihimo <strong>sa</strong> iy<strong>ang</strong> administrastyon, tumongl<strong>ang</strong> <strong>ang</strong> pagserbisyo <strong>sa</strong> katawhan ug waladamha nga matagaan ug pagtagad <strong>sa</strong> laingmga ahensiya <strong>sa</strong> gobyerno. Gihatag l<strong>ang</strong> dawnila <strong>ang</strong> gikinah<strong>ang</strong>lan <strong>sa</strong> katawhan base <strong>sa</strong>prioridad <strong>sa</strong> mga “needs” kay <strong>ang</strong> pagserbisyogi<strong>sa</strong>ndig kanila <strong>sa</strong> mga Ormocanons. Ugtungod <strong>sa</strong> gihimong kabag-uhan gamit <strong>ang</strong> ITnga pamaagi, nakab-ot ug namugna u<strong>sa</strong>b <strong>ang</strong>mas malambuong Ormoc. Mitaas na <strong>ang</strong> localincome <strong>sa</strong> kapin 400-million pesos matag tuig.Kini u<strong>sa</strong>b <strong>ang</strong> gitan-aw nga giya <strong>sa</strong> katumanan<strong>sa</strong> p<strong>ang</strong>andoy nga mamahimong Gateway forEconomic Opportunities in the Vi<strong>sa</strong>yas <strong>ang</strong>Ormoc.AngOrmocanonStaff:LYNN DE LOS REYES-CELIZROBERTO C. DEJONJUN TARROZARONNIE C. ROAJOEY VINCENT C. MOTELROMMEL M. QUILANTANGMELANIE B. CODILLAPhotographer:JOSEPH LEVI C. SAUSANews Contributors:JOSEPHINE N. SERSEÑAELVIE ROMAN-ROAAng Ormocanon is the <strong>of</strong>ficial publication <strong>of</strong> the Local<strong>Government</strong> Unit <strong>of</strong> Ormoc and is published weekly in thevernacular and in English with editorial <strong>of</strong>fice located atNew Ormoc <strong>City</strong> Hall, Añubing St., <strong>Government</strong> Center.Last <strong>of</strong> 3 partsAhag Water Project<strong>City</strong> HospitalOrmoc <strong>City</strong> Fire StationManpower Building2AngOrmocanonwww.ormoc.gov.ph
Brgy. Camp Downes nag<strong>sa</strong>ulog <strong>sa</strong> “kagawa<strong>sa</strong>n”Ni: Josephine N. SerseñaSama <strong>sa</strong> nagpista <strong>ang</strong> tagaBrgy. Camp Downes tibuok adlawniadtong Sabado Nov. 10 <strong>sa</strong> il<strong>ang</strong>gitawag nga “Special CommunityThanksgiving and Fellowship”<strong>sa</strong> laktud kagawa<strong>sa</strong>n. Gani <strong>ang</strong>il<strong>ang</strong> theme: Restoring internalpeace & unity in the communitynagkahulugan nga niagi sila ugpagkauyog <strong>sa</strong> relasyon <strong>sa</strong> militarnga nakaapekto <strong>sa</strong> katawhanug <strong>sa</strong> mga pagpalakaw <strong>sa</strong> mgakalihukan.Sa iy<strong>ang</strong> welcome mes<strong>sa</strong>gegipabuhagay ni Kapitan SamuelBalde<strong>sa</strong>nzo <strong>ang</strong> mga pulong nganaibtan sila <strong>sa</strong> tunok niiningpagkahawa na ni LTC. EdgardoBatenga. Nagselebrar sila tungod<strong>sa</strong> kalipay nga nabalik na <strong>ang</strong>il<strong>ang</strong> relasyon ug igka<strong>sa</strong>bot nanila pagbalik <strong>ang</strong> mga opisyales<strong>sa</strong> 802nd Brigade pin<strong>ang</strong>unahan niCol. Rafael Valencia. Gani hasta<strong>ang</strong> napuli nga Camp Commandernga si LTC. Rodrigo Ilustrisimo ni<strong>of</strong>ferna ug seniyales <strong>sa</strong> panaghiu<strong>sa</strong><strong>sa</strong> iy<strong>ang</strong> men<strong>sa</strong>hi nga gih<strong>ang</strong>op<strong>sa</strong> taga bar<strong>ang</strong>ay. Dug<strong>ang</strong> pa <strong>sa</strong>Kapitan nga mapa<strong>sa</strong>lamaton u<strong>sa</strong>bsila ug dako <strong>sa</strong> mga nitab<strong>ang</strong> kanil<strong>ang</strong>a malampa<strong>sa</strong>n <strong>ang</strong> gitawag ngatrauma gikan <strong>sa</strong> gitawag nil<strong>ang</strong>psychological harassment sulod <strong>sa</strong>pila ka bulan <strong>sa</strong> kanhing namunuan<strong>sa</strong> kampo.Nihatag ug pakigpulong si Col.Valencia ug nagkanayun nga <strong>sa</strong>yudsiya <strong>sa</strong> gisundan nga problemahilabi na <strong>sa</strong> estado <strong>sa</strong> relasyon nila<strong>sa</strong> mga bar<strong>ang</strong>ay <strong>of</strong>ficials. Peroal<strong>ang</strong> kaniya diha <strong>sa</strong> kumunidadmismo nga il<strong>ang</strong> nahimut<strong>ang</strong>ansugdan <strong>ang</strong> panag amigo, pinaagi<strong>sa</strong> pag respeto <strong>sa</strong> u<strong>sa</strong>g- u<strong>sa</strong>. Iyakini mismong gipamatud-an <strong>sa</strong>dih<strong>ang</strong> nikanaog siya <strong>sa</strong> kampoaron makigkita <strong>sa</strong> konseho niKapitan Balde<strong>sa</strong>nzo ug wala pamag 24 oras <strong>sa</strong> iy<strong>ang</strong> instalasyonnag courtesy call na siya dayunk<strong>ang</strong> Mayor Eric Codilla.Samt<strong>ang</strong> dili u<strong>sa</strong>b nila ibut<strong>ang</strong><strong>sa</strong> kompromiso <strong>ang</strong> seguridad <strong>sa</strong>kampo <strong>sa</strong> militar ubos <strong>sa</strong> iy<strong>ang</strong>pagdala ug subling gipa<strong>sa</strong>botnga wala na gyuy tugutan p<strong>ang</strong>makatukod ug struktura sulod <strong>sa</strong>military reservation. H<strong>ang</strong>yu paniya nga unta dili abusohon <strong>sa</strong>mga civilian <strong>ang</strong> gipakita nil<strong>ang</strong>kaayo, tahuron <strong>ang</strong> balaod ug magrespetohay <strong>sa</strong> u<strong>sa</strong>g- u<strong>sa</strong>.Didto nitambong u<strong>sa</strong>b si MayorEric Codilla kauban <strong>sa</strong> mga myembro<strong>sa</strong> 12th S<strong>ang</strong>guni<strong>ang</strong> Panlungsodnga sila si Hon. DemosthenesTugonon, Rafael Omega, ClaudioLarrazabal, Felomino Maglas<strong>ang</strong>,Ruben Capahi ug ABC PresidentAntonio Codilla; nakigduyog u<strong>sa</strong>bsila si Engr. Gody Ebcas ug Engr.Ondo Codilla, lakip na <strong>ang</strong> bag-ongPrincipal <strong>sa</strong> elemtarya nga si Mrs.Carol Magno.Si Mayor Eric Codillanagkanayun nga dako niy<strong>ang</strong> kalipaynga nabalik na <strong>ang</strong> harmoniousrelationship <strong>sa</strong> bar<strong>ang</strong>ay ug <strong>sa</strong>kasundaluhan.Iya u<strong>sa</strong>b gidayeg <strong>ang</strong> lideratoni Col. Rafael Valencia kay <strong>sa</strong>hamubo pal<strong>ang</strong> nga panahon sukadsiya nainstalar naresolba na <strong>ang</strong>kasungian ug gani ni<strong>sa</strong>ad man u<strong>sa</strong>b<strong>ang</strong> mga taga bar<strong>ang</strong>ay nga makigsettle ug andam mo kooperar. Totalu<strong>sa</strong> raman ug tumong o direksyon<strong>ang</strong> bar<strong>ang</strong>ay <strong>ang</strong> syudad ug <strong>ang</strong>militar, kini <strong>ang</strong> magpabilingmalinawon <strong>ang</strong> Ormoc. Nikomedyapa u<strong>sa</strong>b siya nga bi<strong>sa</strong>n <strong>ang</strong> iy<strong>ang</strong>liderato naapektahan ug maayonga dili na paracetamol <strong>ang</strong> iy<strong>ang</strong>tumaron kay <strong>sa</strong> dagan <strong>sa</strong> relasyon<strong>sa</strong> Bar<strong>ang</strong>ay ug <strong>sa</strong> 802nd Brigademakatilaw napud siya ug vitamins.SK spearheads from p.1head the ceremonies as he <strong>sa</strong>w theneed to involve the youth in thegreater mission <strong>of</strong> preserving theenvironment. He also pointed outthat the youth needed to have theopportunity to personally learnabout the tragedy from the “horse’smouth”, or from the adults whoactually experienced the rampagingwaters <strong>of</strong> the flood.The Mayor also narrated how heand his wife nearly became victimsthemselves. Mayor Codilla recalledhow he and his wife Jingjing wereable to cross the Anilao bridgeshortly before it was swept away.He <strong>sa</strong>id he was driving home toMejia Subd. from their ancestralhouse in Codilla’s Enterprises atalmost noon time <strong>of</strong> November5, 1991 when he noticed peoplewaving at him. It was only muchlater, he <strong>sa</strong>id, that he realized thatthey were signaling him to stop asthe bridge was already in bad shape.That afternoon, after the waters hadreceded, his father former MayorDodong Codilla visited him andbroke the news <strong>sa</strong>ying the city wasdevastated. His father also broughtthe news that his aunt, the mother <strong>of</strong>Hon. Bingo Capahi, perished whentheir house in Bonifacio Street washit by a container van. It was onlythen when he realized that what he<strong>sa</strong>w at the river was already the start<strong>of</strong> the flood that killed many peopleand damaged millions worth <strong>of</strong>properties.<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficials and employees<strong>of</strong>fered fresh flowers, whiteballoons and lighted candles at theMass Grave Memorial. Former3-term Mayor and CongressmanDodong Codilla and his wife Babydid not miss the occasion, theybeing one <strong>of</strong> the first persons to lenda hand to the victims in 1991. ManyOrmocanons see the former threetermOrmoc <strong>City</strong> Mayor and former4th Leyte Congressman as being thekey mover <strong>of</strong> Ormoc’s recovery andobvious progress during his tenureas Mayor beginning in 1992.Most <strong>of</strong> the SK memberswere not yet born during theflood, so Mayor Codilla had togive them a long orientation sothey could prepare for the floodcommemoration. He emphasizedto them that his designation <strong>of</strong> theSK to lead the commemoration wasintended to ensure that they -- andall future Ormocanons -- wouldnever forget.SK Federation Chairman Corro,for her part, vowed that they willdo all they can to protect futuregenerations <strong>of</strong> Ormocanons fromsimilar catastrophes. The youth,she <strong>sa</strong>id, have realized that the1991 tragedy showed the strength<strong>of</strong> the people and encouragedcitizens to strive for opportunities<strong>of</strong> development in the city. Giventhe insights she <strong>sa</strong>id the youthswill do their best to advocateenvironmental protection. In fact,after the commemoration the SKproceeded to Brgy. Macabug nearthe city slaughterhouse for a treeplantingactivity.www.ormoc.gov.phAngOrmocanon 3
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