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“in pursuit of PIA’s commitment to provide a national mechanism for the free flow of timely, accurate and relevant information… “

VOL 2 ISSUE 68 Daily E-Newsletter of Philippine Information Agency - 8 March 22, 2014

A ction Aid, a non-government organization that has been

helping in Yolanda-affected areas clarif ied that it has not received any fund from USAID. This is in reference to the statement of Honorable Secretary Corazon “Dinky ” Soliman of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in a press conference held at DSWD Regional Field Office 8 last March 5 where she mentioned that some foreign aids do not go directly to the government but it goes to some international non-government organizations. She even mentioned the $87 mill ion aid from USAID that goes to a number of international non-government organizations. To quote” Well, alam niyo..magandang tinanong mo, magandang maintindihan niyo. “Yong international, palagi kaming sinasabihan saan napunta ang pera ng international. Bakit ang dami. O, eto at puwede nyong puntahan sa website. USAID eighty seven mill ion seven hundred thir ty five thousand seven hundred seventy five US dollars. Pumunta ho yan sa different international NGOs such as Action Aid, Action Against Hunger, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development,

NGO Action Aid not one of the a recipients of $87M foreign aid A s the nat ion jo ins in the

celebrat ion of the Wor ld Water Day on March 22, 2014, the Depar tment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 8 has l ined up several ac t iv i t ies to commemorate this s igni f icant environmental event . This inc ludes a “walkthrough” a long the stretch of adopted water bodies in the whole region under the Adopt an Estero/Water Body Program. Depar tment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Execut ive Direc tor Leonardo R . S ibbaluca sa id, in a press statement, that this ac t iv i t y wi l l be jo ined by di f ferent donor continued on page 5

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par tners f rom the pr ivate sec tor, barangay counci l members and the people who l ive near the water bodies. Relat ive to this , S ibal luca is invit ing the publ ic speci f ica l ly those in adopted water bodies to par t ic ipate in this ac t iv i t y. I n the Cit y of Tacloban, the ac t iv i t y i s scheduled to be conduc ted a long Mangonbangon R iver. The assembly t ime is 7 o’c lock in the morning at Brgy. 44-A (at a br idge a long Sta . Cruz St . ) , in this c i t y. Meanwhi le, Pur i f icacion Daloos, OIC of the Regional Publ ic Af fa i rs O ff ice (RPAO) of the DENR

DENR-8 joins World Water Day celebration

Some 400 boats, donated by the Agencia Espanolade Cooperacion International para el Desarollo (AECID) are being manufactured to replace Yolanda crushed boats in Sta Rita,Villarael,Basey and Marabutin Samar and in Llorente, Hernani and GenMacArthur in Eastern Samar. Awarding will be at the Balyuan Tower on March 25, where the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, His Excellency Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil and wife will attend. The peace boats is a form of convergence effort for peace-within the government and among governments through Mainstreaming Peace and Development Program with partners, OPAPP,DILG, BFAR and Others. (PIA 8-Samar with Emy Bonifacio)

2 March 22, 2014

DPWH-1st LED conducts repair of bridges in Tanauan & Babatngon, Leyte

Retrofitting, rehabilitation, and strengthening of two bridges

in Tanauan and one in Babatngon, Leyte are currently being conducted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte First Engineering District (1st LED). District Engr. Angel A. Sia, Jr. informed that in Tanauan, Leyte the weakening of Kiling bridge along the Tanauan-Dagami Road is being reinforced and strengthened with funds taken from the General

Appropriations Act (GAA) CY 2014. Said project, according to Engr. Sia is under contract with SILK and STEEL Construction with a contract cost of P5,000,000.00 and is no 43.33% accomplished. The other bridge repair project still in said town is the Limbuhan Bridge along Daang Maharlike Road Section which is funded under the GAA CY 2014. With a contract cost of P8,000,000.00 under the Square Cube Construction,

the project is 43.33% accomplished. And lastly, the third bridge currently being repaired, according to Sia, is th Bagahupi Bridge along Leyte – Samar Inter-Provincial Raod at Babatngon, Leyte. With a contract cost of P5,000,000.00, the bridge is 43.33% accomplished and is under contract with the Lug Konstract. (PIA-8)

Committed to dedicated and true service towards the betterment

and welfare of the students and the youth, Naval State University (NSU) thru its Supreme Student Council and The Pillar Publication hosted the first-ever Provincial Student Leaders Congress (PSLC), a general assembly of all student leaders in the province on March 15-16, 2014 at the NSU gymnasium, Naval, Biliran. Approximately 200 student and youth leaders coming from the different registered student organizations in the university, religious organizations, community-based organizations, fraternities, student councils from secondary high schools and student publications, converged in the said congress. With the theme,

“Empowering and Equipping Student Leaders towards Good Governance”, the congress was highlighted with leadership training and workshops, fora and discussions on current issues, parallel competitions like elocution, essay writing and poster making and the plenary session. Gracing the event were Ms. Sarah Jane I. Elago, National President of National Union of Students of the Philippines as the Keynote Speaker; Hon. Rogelio J. Espina, Representative, Lone District of Biliran and Hon. Gerard Roger Espina, Provincial Board Member. The congress likewise provided the participants in-depth analysis of current societal issues and builds up strong foundation that would help and prepare them in

NSU hosts 1st Provincial Student Leaders Congressputting their idealism into reality. With the congress, student leaders were encouraged to get involve in the process of protecting the basic human rights and setting a roadmap for the province and the nation, guided with the skills and values formation needed to produce empowered, God-fearing, law-abiding leaders who have voice in society. During the two-day PSLC, the Biliran Young Talented and Empowered Sector (BYTES), a province-wide network of student leaders who envision of becoming proactive and accountable to the nation’s future, was launched. (PIA8 Biliran)

BY: MARIVIC ALCOBER

March 22, 2014 3803rd PA spearheads earthquake drill in coordination with PDRRMU and PIAT he 803rd Infantry Brigade

Philippine Army based in Camp Sumoroy, Catarman, Northern Samar spearheads the 1st Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Dril l in coordination with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Unit and the Philippine Information Agency on March 19, 2014 at 9:00AM. Speaking before almost a hundred members of the Philippine Army, Deputy Brigade Commander Col. Mario Lacurom asserted the need of being prepared as anyone can be a potential victim of any disasters. “ We cannot fight disasters, we do not know when it will come but definitely it will come.” Lacurom stressed. Before the actual dril l , a lecture on Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Climate Change Adaptation was presented by PDRRMO Mr. Amancio Unay, Jr. who also facil itated and coached the actual dril l . Unay informed that the PDRRMU of the province continue to pursue its information campaign and conducts forum down to the local government units, schools and other sectors of the community presenting to them the hazard maps specifically on typhoon, earthquake, f loods, tsunami and the l ike of which the area is vulnerable of. PDRRMC identified

priorities of action which covers governance, r isk identification, knowledge management, reducing the underlying risk factors and strengthening disaster preparedness for effective response, Unay said.

The presence of Col. Herminigildo Aquino, Commander, 803rd PA, from the start of the activity enthused each one to play the part designated for the dril l . (ADiaz/PIA8-Northern Samar)

More than 2,000 pupils participated the earthquake drill as they cover their heads as the country conducted a simultaneous earthquake drill. In Tacloban City, the drill was held at the Rizal Central School, Tacloban City, March 19. (Raul S. Tiozon/PIA-8)

4 March 22, 2014

Coloma gintagan duon matuod, kumpleto nga impormasyon para hin epektibo nga komunikasyon

Gintagan hin duon ni Presidential Communications Operations

Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr. dida han Lunes an importansya hin usa nga kumpleto, tinuod ngan ginkakausahan nga komunikasyon nga makakabulig han publiko ha era paghimo hin responsabli nga mga desisyon. Naghimangraw hi Secretary Coloma mahitungod han kanan Aquino administrasyon mga direksyon parti komunikasyon dida han 2014 Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Communications Planning Workshop nga gindumara dinhi ha Tagaytay. “Natuod an Pangulo nga an importante ha ngatanan amo an paghatag hin tama ngan eksakto nga impormasyon ngadto han katawhan,” sering han Secretary ngadto han mga nagpartisipar han Labor Communications Planning Workshop. “Kun nakarawat na nira eni, hera na mismo an magdedesider; hera

na an magboboluntaryo paggius para bag-ohun an era mga kinabuhi, bag-uhon an kinabuhi han era komunidad ngan magtindog hin usa nga mas makusog nga nasud,” dugang pa niya. Sering ni Coloma nga an kanan gobyerno pilosopia hin epektibo nga komunikasyon amo an “pagsumat han kamatuoran, an pagpahibaro, ngan pakakuha hin interes.” Sering niya nga an administrasyon en diri nagpapasarang hin propaganda ngan nagtatago han impormasyon. Nagsering gihapon an Secretary nga an gobyerno en nakasentro ha Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, an kanan administrasyon plano hin pagpauswag nga an panuyo amo an pagtapo han kakablasan, sugad man makaabot hin nasustiner nga pagtubo han ekonomeya han sosyedad. Ha pakighimangraw ngadto han publiko, nagsering hi Coloma nga an gobyerno ngan han iya mga ahensya en kinahangalan

magpadangat hin ginkaurosahan nga mensahe. Sering niya nga an media en kinahanglan tagan hin bag-o ngan kumpleto nga impormasyon, ngan kaangayan eni tagan hin respeto ngan aghaton an propesyonalismo. Iya gihapon iginpahamtang an kan Pangulo Aquino paghimangraw han Pilipino nga lenguahe dida han iya mga pagyakan mahitungod nga gusto niya maabot an ngatanan nga mga Pilipino diri la an mamarati dida han lugar han okasyon. “Natuod an Pangulo nga, kada niya pagyayakan, an iya manmarati amo an bug-os nga nasud,” sering niya. An Department of Labor and Employment en nagdumara hin duha ka-adlaw nga Communications Planning Workshop ha Tagaytay City, nga gin-atinderan han mga empleyado han Labor Communications Office, sugad man han iba-iba nga mga regional offices ngan han iya mga kasugbong nga ahensya. (Trans. by maa/PIA8)

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DPWH-1st LED addresses traffic concern of commuters thru road widening

I n o r d e r t o a d d r e s s t h e p r o b l e m o f t h e c o m m u t e r s

r e l a t i v e t o t r a f f i c , w i d e n i n g o f r o a d s h o u l d e r o f P a w i n g -C a m p e t i c R o a d , a n d D a a n g M a h a r l i k a , P a l o , L e y t e i s c u r r e n t l y b e i n g c o n d u c t e d b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f P u b l i c W o r k s a n d H i g h w a y s ( D P W H ) – L e y t e F i r s t E n g i n e e r i n g D i s t r i c t ( 1 s t L E D ) . T h i s w a s l e a r n e d f r o m L e y t e D i s t r i c t E n g r. A n g e l A . S i a J r . A c c o r d i n g t o h i m , t h e

P a w i n g - C a m p e t i c w i d e n i n g r o a d p r o j e c t h a s a t o t a l l e n g t h o f 2 , 4 0 0 l i n e a r m e t e r s , w i t h a w i d t h o f 3 . 0 5 a n d a t h i c k n e s s o f 0 . 2 3 m e t e r. T h e p r o j e c t i s f u n d e d u n d e r t h e G e n e r a l A p p r o p r i a t i o n A c t o f 2 0 1 4 , a n d i s u n d e r c o n t r a c t w i t h B . V i c e n c i o C o n s t r u c t i o n a t a p r o j e c t c o s t o f P 2 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 . I t w a s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e s a i d p r o j e c t i s n o w 2 5 . 0 0 % a c c o m p l i s h e d . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , i t w a s

b a r e d t h a t t h e r o a d w i d e n i n g o f t h e D a a n g M a h a r l i k a , P a l o , L e y t e i n v o l v e s t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e r o a d s i d e p r o t e c t i o n /g r o u t e d r i p r a p a l o n g t h e r o a d s e c t i o n . T h e p r o j e c t , w h i c h i s n o w 2 1 . 0 7 % a c c o m p l i s h e d , h a s a c o n t r a c t c o s t o f P 2 7 , 4 1 3 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 u n d e r t h e C o l l e r a C o n s t r u c t i o n , w i t h f u n d s t a k e n f r o m t h e G e n e r a l A p p r o p r i a t i o n s A c t C Y 2 0 1 4 . ( P I A - 8 )

BY: MARIVIC ALCOBER

March 22, 2014 5DENR-8...from page 1

in the region has repor ted that a total of 20 water bodies in Eastern Visayas were adopted by 39 pr ivate establ ishments and 6 local government units under the Adopt-an-Estero/Water Body Program. (P IA-8) .

Gobyerno mangengempleyo hin 3,000 bag-o nga PNP recruits pinaagi han ginpagawas nga P942- M

A n Department of Budget and Management (DBM) en

nagpasabot han pagpagawas hin P942 milyones para mangempleyo hin 3,000 nga dugang nga mga opisyal han kapulisan para han Philippine National Police (PNP) yana nga tuig, ha l inya han kanan Aquino administrasyon gius pagpakuro-kusog han kanan PNP mga kapabilidad ha pagpadalagan han balaud. Sering ni Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad nga an ginpagawas nga pundo en ginkuha tikang ha Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) ha i larum han 2014 General Appropriations Act (GAA). “Pinaagi hini nga pinakabag-o nga ginpagawas nga pundo an PNP en makakagpahamtang na hin mas damo nga mga opisyal han kapulisan dida han era tagsa-tagsa nga mga komunidad ngan mas damo na nga mga kapulisan en makikita ha kakalsadahan, lab-i na gud ha mga lugar nga hitaas an insidente han krimen. Total, an pagseguro han pagkaada hin kamurayawan ngan kakulang hin mga insidente hin krimen ha

nasud en importante, lab-i na gud kun gusto naton nga makaada hin malaksi ngan nasustiner nga pagtubo han ekonomeya nga pag-uswag,” sering ni Abad. An ginpagawas nga pundo en masuporta han panguha hin 3,000 nga mga kapulisan nga opisyal nga pinanguha dida han Disyembre 11, 13, ngan 27 han nakalabay nga tuig, ha pagbaton han kanan PNP panginahanglan para Personnel Services (PS) tikang Disyembre 2013 ngadto ha Disyembre 2014. Eni en nag-uupod han kada opisyal suweldo, mga allowances, ngan iba pa nga mga benepisyo. An PS requirements para han nahibibil in nga mga nagkasusudlan nga mga posisyon ha PNP nga nakantidad hin P59.96 bilyones en suportado na han regular nga budget han pwersa han national police para 2014. An ginpagawas nga pundo en nagpahirohilawig han pwersa han PNP ngadto ha total nga 149,535 nga makusog nga mga opisyal han kapulisan nga komitido pagpasunod han balaud, sugad man paglikay ngan pagkuntrolar han mga krimen ha suporta han era tagsa-tagsa nga mga komunidad.

“Pagreporma han bureaucracy en magkikinahanglan hin hilawig nga kadamo han suporta han magtatrabaho ha ngatanan nga mga ahensya ngan pampubliko nga mga institusyon. Por ehemplo, ha diri pala maiha naghatag kami hin pagtugot ngadto ha Department of Education para mangempleyo hin masobra 31,000 nga bag-o nga mga magturotdo para han tiarabot nga tuig pangiskwela para maseguro naton nga may ego nga mga magturotdo para han aton mga estudyante. Sugad man, gindumara eni namon nga pagpagawas han pundo pagdugang han kadamo han mga kapulisan ha kapaligiran kun gusto naton magkaada hin kahimyang ngan kamurayawan. Ha pagkuha hin bag-o nga mga recruits, an PNP en dayon nga makakabaton ngadto han nagtitikadamo nga mga panginahanglan ha pagmintinar han katalwasan han publiko ngan pagprotiher han kaupayan han aton mga katawhan,” dugang pa ni Abad. ( Trans. by maa/PIA8)

6 March 22, 2014

Pangulo Aquino mapaso nga ginkarawat an Unilever Chief han paghatag hini hin kurtesiya

M apaso nga ginkarawat ni Pangulo Benigno S. Aquino II I

hi Unilever CEO Paul Polman dida han paghatag niya hin kurtesiya ha Malacanang dida han Byernes. Hi Polman en nakigkita han Pangulo para utro nga igkumpirma an kanan Unilever business commitment ha Pil ipinas. Eni en kan Polman ika-tulo nga opisyal nga pagbisita ha Pil ipinas tikang hiya an kumapot han renda han kompaniya dida han

2009. Dida han nakalabay nga 87 katuig, an Unilever en nakagamot na han iya ngaran ha Pil ipinas, kun diin nakapangempleyo eni hin masobra 1,800 nga mga magtatrabaho. Sering ni Polman nga an Unilever en komitido ha pagsuporta han sosyal ngan pan-ekonomeya nga pagpa-uswag han nasud pinaagi hin kumprehensibo nga pagsustiner ngan pagpundar

nga mga programa. An kompaniya en mayda gihapon mga plano pagpahilawig han era manufacturing nga mga pasil idad ha Pil ipinas, sugad man pagpakurokusog han teknoloheya ha pagigin makarit parti pagkaon, panlawas, panimalay, ice cream ngan refreshment nga mga kategoreya, sering niya. Dida han pakigharampang han Pangulo, ginpresentar ni Polman an Sustainable Living Communities nga programa. Usa nga enisyatiba pagbulig pagrehabilitar han mga bungto nga nagkaaapektohan han Bagyo Yolanda. An panuyo han programa amo an pagpatikang han mga lokal ng ekonomeya pinaagi hin mga opurtunidad parti pan-negosyohan ngan mga paghag-ig han mga lokal nga NGOs. Ha pagkayana, an Unilever en nagdonar hin harani P80 milyones para han relief ngan rehabilitasyon nga gius matapos an Bagyo Yolanda, pinaagi han iya mga charitable partners, Unicef, World Food Programme, Save the Children ngan Oxfam, sugad man hin pipira nga mga nangunguna nga mga ahensya. Nakadto gihapon dida han paghatag han kurtesiya amo hera Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo ngan Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon “Dinky ” Soliman. Hi Polman en gin-updan han Pangulo han Unilever South East Asia and Australia, Peter Ter-Kulve, Unilever Phil ippines chairman ngan CEO Rohit Jawa, VP for Corporate Affairs Chito Macapagal ngan VP for Customer Development Carl Cruz. ( Trans. by maa/PIA8)

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NGO Action Aid...from page 1

Catholic Relief Services, handicap International, International organization for Migration, OCHA, OXFAM, Plan International, UNICEF, UN and NGO’s world food

program.” However, out of the 12 agencies mentioned, Action aid clarif ied through a letter sent to Philippine Information Agency

(PIA) that NGO (Action Aid) was not a recipient of the mentioned fund. (PIA-8)

Paghahatag hin immunization equipment ngadto ha gobyerno han Pilipinas tikang ha UNICEF gindumara ha siyudad han Tacloban

K a p a r t i h a n i y a p a d a y o n n g a p a g h a t a g h i n b u l i g

p a r a m a k a u s w a g n g a n p a r a r e h a b i l i t a s y o n h a n m g a l u g a r h a P i l i p i n a s n g a n a g k a i i g o h i n t r a h e d y a , a n U n i t e d N a t i o n s C h i l d r e n ’ s F u n d ( U N I C E F ) e n p o r m a l n g a m a g h a h a t a g n g a d t o h a g o b y e r n o h a n P i l i p i n a s h i n i m m u n i z a t i o n e q u i p m e n t n g a n m g a h i g a m i t d i d a h i t M a r t e s , M a r s o 2 0 , 2 0 1 4 . H i M a r g a r e t h a F r a n c i a h a n U N I C E F e n n a g s u m a t n g a d t o h a P h i l i p p i n e I n f o r m a t i o n A g e n c y n g a a n p o r m a l n g a p a g h a t a g e n p a g d u d u m a r a o n h i t a l a s ’ 1 2 h i t u d t o h a S a g k a h a n D i s t r i c t H e a l t h a n d B i r t h i n g C e n t e r h a s i y u d a d h a n T a c l o b a n . A n p o r m a l n g a p a g d u h o l h a n i m m u n i z a t i o n e q u i p m e n t n g a d t o h a g o b y e r n o h a n P i l i p i n a s e n p a g - a a t i n d e r a n n i r a D e p a r t m e n t o f H e a l t h U n d e r s e c r e t a r y J a n e t t e G a r i n , M r . A b d u l A l i m , U N I C E F P h i l i p p i n e s D e p u t y R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , D r . W i l l i b a l d Z e c k , U N I C E F P h i l i p p i n e s H e a l t h a n d N u t r i t i o n S e c t i o n C h i e f , D r . B e n j a m i n L a n e , H e a l t h C l u s t e r H e a d o f W o r l d H e a l t h O r g a n i z a t i o n , H u m a n i t a r i a n A c t o r s a n d P a r t n e r s n g a n h a n A l k a l d e h a n s i y u d a d h a n T a c l o b a n n g a

h i M a y o r A l f r e d R o m u a l d e z . D i d a h i n i n g a t u r n o v e r n g a s e r e m o n y a , a n e q u i p m e n t n g a n h a n m g a v a c c i n e s e n p o r m a l n g a i g h a h a t a g n g a d t o h a D e p a r t m e n t o f H e a l t h b a l i s i m b o l o h a n p a d a y o n n g a s u p o r t a h a n U N I C E F n g a d t o h a g o b y e r n o h a n P i l i p i n a s n g a n m g a P i l i p i n o n g a m g a k a b a t a a n , s e r i n g n i M s . F r a n c i a . A n U N I C E F e n n a s u p o r t a h a n g o b y e r n o h a n P i l i p i n a s p a r a u t r o n g a i g -e s t a b i l i s a r n g a p a k u r o k u s g o n n a i y a n a t i o n a l i m m u n i z a t i o n p r o g r a m n g a n h i m u o n e n i n g a d i s a s t e r - r e s i l i e n t . M a h i t u n g o d h a n k a s e n s i t i b o h a n m g a v a c c i n e s , a n s u p o r t a e n g i n k i k i n a h a n g l a n p a r a h a n p r o p e r e q u i p m e n t , t r a n s p o r t a s y o n , a n p a g h i p o s h i n i n g a n a n p a g d i s t r i b w e r p a r a a n m g a k a b a t a a n e n m a s n g a m a k a b e n e p i s y o h i n i n g a m g a v a c c i n e s . A n B a g y o Yo l a n d a , a n p i n a k a m a k u s o g n g a b a g y o n g a n a h i l i s t a , e n n a g r e s u l t a h i n p a g k a w a w a d - e h i n p a n i m a l a y h i n m a a b o t 4 . 4 m i l y o n e s n g a k a t a w h a n n g a n a g - u u p o d h i n m a s o b r a 1 . 8 m i l y o n e s n g a m g a k a b a t a a n . A n m g a i n p r a s t r a k t u r a p a r t i p a n l a w a s e n g r a b e n g a n a g k a r u r u b a n g a n a n m g a

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WARAY NEWS

8 March 22, 2014

8 ID troops encounters NPA three times, and seizes one NPA camp in Samar

T roops of the 8th Infantry Division, Phil ippine Army, under

87th Infantry Battalion recently seized one New People’s Army (NPA) camp in Motiong, Samar. 87th IB Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Antonio Dolnuan based at Barangay Polangi, Calbiga, Samar reported that recently, his troops encountered NPA two times in Motiong, Samar that resulted to seized one NPA camp that has eleven makeshift bunkers, one multi- purpose hall, one k itchen, three guard house and the recovery of three magazines with ammunition for M16 Armalite r if le. According to Dolnuan, the

first encounter was occurred at Barangay Inalad, Motiong, Samar in the morning of March 13, 2014. They encountered thir ty NPA rebels for 45 minutes until rebels withdrew. The second encounter transpired when pursuing troops caught up with fleeing NPA rebels at 9:30 in the morning of the same day near Barangay Candumacol of the same town, 2.3 k ilometers away from the site of the first encounter. Meanwhile, 63rd Infantry Battalion Lt. Col. Jun Calambuhay reported that on the same day, his troops also encountered ten NPA rebels at Barangay Carolina,

Matuguinao, Samar that resulted to the wounding of the right foot of one soldier.8th ID Commanding General Jet Velarmino lauded his men for preventing the planned crimes and violence against the community by the NPA operating in Samar. Velarmino assures that the people of Eastern Visayas, together with the troops under his command, will continue their sworn duty to defend their people against the enemy even to the extent of losing l imb and life when necessary. (PIA 8 with Avha H. Ebalde)