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  Southern Leyte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern Leyte occupies the southern one-fourth of the island of Leyte.
Southern Leyte is bounded by the province of Leyte to the north, by Surigao Strait to the east, Bohol Sea to the south, and Canigao Channel, across from Bohol, to the west.
A law, Republic Act 2227, was passed forming the province of Southern Leyte in 1959 and the province was inaugurated in 1960.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Leyte   (279 words)

  
 Southern Leyte
Its capital is Maasin City[?] and occupies the southern one-fourth of the island of Leyte.
Leyte is bounded by the province of Leyte to the north, by Surigao Strait[?] to the east, Bohol Sea to the south, and Canigao Channel, across from Bohol, to the west.
A law was passed forming the province of Southern Leyte in 1959 and the province was inaugurated in 1960.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/so/Southern_Leyte.html   (180 words)

  
 Southern Leyte
Southern Leyte is one of the six provinces of Eastern Visayas or Region VIII.
Southern Leyte is composed of 19 municipalities and 501 barangays (villages).
Southern Leyte has a total of 12 seaports, 2 of which are declared as national ports, the Maasin and Liloan ports and the 10 are municipal ports.
darfu8.tripod.com /rp_southernleyte.htm   (1495 words)

  
 S. Leyte
South of Biliran is the island of Leyte, divided into the two provinces of Leyte and Southern Leyte.
It was on Leyte that Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines in 1944, accompanied by President Sergio Osmeña and Gen. Carlos P. Romolo of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands.
Hill 120 on Leyte, where American soldiers raised the Stars and Stripes less than two hours after their landing, is a memorial to the victors in that war, one of many.
www.kykofc.com /kentucky/koc_sites/int/Philippines/sleyte.htm   (215 words)

  
 GlobalPinoy, Travel - Southern Leyte
The province of Southern Leyte lies on the south section of the main island.
Surrounded by Leyte on the north, Leyte Gulf on the east, Camotes Sea on the west, and Surigao Strait on the south.
On March 22, 1959, by the Republic Act No. 2227, the island of Leyte was divided into Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces.
www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/sleyte.php   (519 words)

  
 NSCB RU-8 - Overview of Southern Leyte
The division of Leyte into two provinces and the establishment of a separate government for the western towns of the island were then thought of as the only solution to these problems.
Thus the third District of Leyte became the province of Southern Leyte and Lone District of Southern Leyte.
Southern Leyte is originally composed of 16 municipalities and 349 barangays.
www.nscb.gov.ph /ru8/soleyte.htm   (873 words)

  
 Southern Leyte State University
The school was renamed again as Southern Leyte Agro-Fishery Technical Institute or SLAFTI By virtue of Batas Pambansa Bilang 888, the school again was renamed Ruperto K. Kangleon Memorial Agro-Fisheries Technical Institute RKKMAFTI) on 22 November 1985.
The Southern Leyte Institute of Agriculture and Technology, established under RA 7931 on March 01, 1995, was formerly known a the Hinunangan Agricultural and Vocational School and was established by virtue of RA 5380 dated September 01, 1975.
Republic Act 9261 which was enacted and approved by Congress and the Senate on March 7, 2004, established the Southern Leyte State University by integrating the Southern Leyte State College of Science and Technology in the Municipality of Sogod and Tomas Oppus Normal College in the Municipality of Tomas Oppus.
slsu.org /profile   (1988 words)

  
 :: Welcome To Hinundayan :: About Hinundayan
In 1752 and for two years thereafter, the town was continually raided and pillaged by moro pirates under the much-feared moro bandit, Agud-ud.
On January 1, 1910, Hinundayan was inaugurated as a full-pledged municipality.
Hinundayan like other coastal towns is blessed with an abundance of natural resources.
hinundayanon.pinoyportal.com /about.php   (763 words)

  
 Verified signatures in So. Leyte lone district reaches 13%
The law required at least 3% of the registered voters in every legislative district to have consented by way of affixing their signatures, duly checked by the Comelec, for any people’s initiative move to be considered, but at the national level the rate was raised to 12%.
At the minimum 3% rate, the lone Congressional District of Southern Leyte had to gather only some 6,286 signatures for compliance, but the latest tally had more than quadrupled the basic requirement for a sum of 27,490, or an equivalent of 13%.
Southern Leyte province consists of 18 towns and one city.
www.samarnews.com /news2006/jun/f690.htm   (336 words)

  
 "REGION VIII"
Leyte, the center of commerce and industry, is on the western part of Leyte Island.
Bounded on the north by Northern Leyte, on the south by the Surigao Strait, on the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the west by the Canigao Channel and the Visayas Sea, Southern Leyte holds one of the most important sites in Philippine history.
Southern Leyte is warm, with an average annual temperature of 81oF.
www.livinginthephilippines.com /region8.html   (1473 words)

  
 Region 8: Eastern Visayas Itineraries
Leyte is also connected to Cebu through Ormoc, where a fast craft, arrives from Cebu more than once daily.
The gateway to Southern Leyte if traveling by air is Tacloban where the only commercial airport on the island is located.
Leyte is linked by a highway, which for the most part is well paved, although during the southwest monsoon, floods are possible and roads do get damaged.
www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/reg_8.html   (718 words)

  
 Philippine Provinces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
It is bounded on the north by Leyte province; on the east by the Pacific Ocean; on the south by Mindanao Sea; and on the west by Canigao Channel.
Area Southern Leyte has a total land area of 173,480 hectares or 1,734.8 square kilometers equivalent to about 8.1% of the total land area of Eastern Visayas.
With the change of sovereign power the positions were abolished except the Fiscal's which remained hearing cases from Palompon to Hinunangan.
www.bpre.gov.ph /scripts/phistory.asp?codeprov=SL   (651 words)

  
 Regine Velasquez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In search of better living conditions, her family moved to Hinundayan, Southern Leyte.
Performing at the legendary Carnegie Hall, one of the most illustrious music centers in the world, is a dream that most musicians aspire for.
Regine's debut United States solo concert at the ripe age of 20 was held at the Main Hall of the prestigious venue on October 11, 1991.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regine   (5956 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cebu - Micame: Leyte’s geography
In the original plan, when then Leyte’s 3rd district congressman Nicanor Yniguez filed a bill with Congress in the late ‘50s for the division of Leyte Province, Hindang, a town within the fourth congressional district, was supposed to be part of the proposed Leyte del Sur.
President Garcia signed the law, and on July 1, 1960, the Province of Southern Leyte was formally inaugurated at Maasin town square.
The representative of Southern Leyte’s lone congressional district and the provincial governor and other officials won’t object to such merger.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2004/03/07/news/micame.leyte.s.geography.html   (635 words)

  
 Resma-Torino Family Web Page
She received her college degree in 1996, Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Management at St. Joseph College, Maasin Southern Leyte, Philippines.
Jenneth married to Richard Roma Torino a native of Lilo-an Southern Leyte, Philippines.
Leyte, Philippines, was born on Sept. 06, 1974 in Lilo-an So.
www.resma-limen.net /resma-torino.html   (225 words)

  
 Visayas Primary Health Care Services, Inc.
On April 24-25, another medical mission was held in the town of Hinundayan, 28 kilometers from the town of St. Bernard.
Nurses of the Southern Leyte Department of Education and volunteers from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP)-Visayas also provided assistance in both missions.
Medicines dispensed in the St. Bernard mission and the Hinundayan mission were donated by various groups including the Homereach Foundation, Task Force Carabao (Germany), Committee of German Doctors for Developing Countries, Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital in Tagbilaran City, MAP International, and JB Orchid Pharmaceuticals.
www.vphcs.org /whatsnew.htm   (751 words)

  
 Southern Leyte
The old church traces to the initiative of the seculars who built the church in the late 19th century.
Before 1768, the Jesuits were already in Hinundayan.
It was served by the same priest who was pastor of Cabalian all the way till 1768.
www.admu.edu.ph /offices/mirlab/panublion/r8_leytesouth.html   (595 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cebu - Micame: Swapping two Leyte towns
Matalom residents want to be part of Southern Leyte whose capital, Maasin City, is only 26 kilometers or 30 minutes away by car.
If Matalom will become part of Southern Leyte, the Division Office of the Department of Education (DepEd), the PNP Provincial Office, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and other national offices will already be in Maasin City.
Hinunangan town in Southern Leyte is nearer to Tacloban than to its capital, Maasin.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2003/03/19/news/micame.swapping.two.leyte.towns.html   (557 words)

  
 Our History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Visayas Co-operative Development Center (VICTO) grew out of a need, a need to alleviate the abject poverty and deprivation of the people, to give them the opportunity to take control of their own lives, to restore their human dignity.
The Center's roots date back to the early 1960s when some Canadian missionaries, the Scarboro Fathers, arrived in Southern Leyte.
The priests quickly realized that the people they had come to serve were caught in a cycle of exploitation and poverty.
www.cebu-online.com /coop-victo/history.html   (354 words)

  
 CCC - News - Project update - Southern Leyte Coral Reef Conservation Project (Philippines) - October 2004
The Southern Leyte Coral Reef Conservation Project is a three-year collaborative project (2002-2005), to survey the coral reefs of Sogod Bay.
CCC is working at the invitation of and in partnership with the Provincial Government of Southern Leyte and the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation Inc (PRRCFI).
We were invited as a facilitator to attend the 2nd MPA (Marine Protected Areas) Stakeholder Congress in Hinundayan.
www.coralcay.org /archives/2004/10/01/16.54.14.php   (925 words)

  
 KARAPATAN says GMA government not complying with UN Convention against Torture
The local Army Chief, whose area of operation covered the entire Southern Leyte extending to parts of the 5th District of Leyte from Matalom to Baybay towns, singled out the need to acquire equipment and transport service facilities, saying they encountered difficulty in the maintenance cost of existing ones.
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte – The implementation of the Food for the School Program in the Eastern Visayas region for the school year 2005-2006 was considered successful, according to the reports gathered from the Department of Education Nutritionist, Renalda Salar.
These recipient schools are from the municipalities of Macrohon and Limasawa in the province of Southern Leyte, Tarangnan for Samar, Tunga and Mahaplag for the Leyte province, Mercedes and Salcedo in Eastern Samar, and, San Vicente and San Roque for the province of Northern Samar.
www.samarnews.com /news_clips4/news62.htm   (2765 words)

  
 Palawan's 'guerrilla logging' suffers big blow - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In Southern Leyte, the police were preparing to file charges following the seizure of 1,600 board feet of lumber in Sitio Bakilid, Barangay Catublihan in Hinunangan.
Alfredo Sabornido, Southern Leyte police director, said the lumbers were loaded on a dump truck with plate No. SNA-473, owned by the Hinundayan municipal government.
He said Hinundayan Mayor Joe Molina showed to him the contract, indicating that the dump truck was rented out to Jaime Olayan of Barangay Lunsudaan, Hinundayan, who owned the lumber.
beta.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=28608   (809 words)

  
 DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau
We are putting priority to areas that are located on the eastern sea board and other areas known to be landslide and flood prone in view of the La Niña,” Reyes said.
Biliran Island and Leyte are among the 21 provinces identified by PAGASA as most vulnerable to La Niña until June, he said.
Last month, the MGB has completed the rapid geohazard mapping of a total of 469 barangays in Southern Leyte.
www.mgb.gov.ph /news/2006-0505geohazard.htm   (343 words)

  
 Resma-Limen Family Web Page
Ditus as fondly called by his family and friends is the eldest of the three children of late police Capt. Efren Veloso Resma and Ramona Sales Aguilloso, was born on July 9, 1972 in Hinundayan Southern Leyte, Philippines.
She worked as a Staff Nurse in the following countries: from 1994-2000-Philippines, 2000-2002 -Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman, 2002-2004- Baumont University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland; and from 2004 to present, she moved to England-UK where she was hired by Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust,UKto work as a staff nurse in CCU department.
Leyte, Philippines in 2001.They have one child, Paul Andrew Resma.
www.resma-limen.net /resma-limen.html   (506 words)

  
 The UPM-SHS: Where Health Workers are Trained to Stay and Serve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Another classmate, Dr. Leoncio Mato, is chief of a community hospital in Hinundayan, Southern Leyte, a remote town which faces the Pacific Ocean.
In a country where students of medicine, nursing, and the allied medical professions can hardly wait to pack their bags and seek employment opportunities overseas, the SHS graduates are a wonderful anomaly.
In its early years, the output of its research and development project in Carigara, Leyte, which was jointly carried out with the DOH and the WHO, significantly influenced the restructuring of the country’s health care delivery system.
www.up.edu.ph /forum/2005/Jul-Aug05/UPM-SHS.html   (2133 words)

  
 Gov.ph - Local Government
Some are in the process of finalizing their ELA while the others have yet to start the process of formulation.
The province of Southern Leyte tops the ELA implementation with 16 out of 18 municipalities already implementing their ELA.
The province of Leyte has four municipalities which are already implementing their ELA, These are the municipalities of Tanauan, Palo, Barugo and San Miguel.
www.gov.ph /cat_localgov/newscontent.asp?newsid=12491   (386 words)

  
 PIA News Releases
Maasin City (October 4) -- All the 18 mayors of the province are united in putting to work for the "Kilos Asenso", a poverty alleviation program of the government, and they have the full backing and support of Governor Rosette Lerias and Representative Roger Mercado.
In a meeting of the Mayors' League- Southern Leyte chapter at Representative Mercado's house in Barangay Isagani this city, recently, Mayor Pete Fustanes of Bontoc, Mayors' League President disclosed that the "Kilos Asenso" was the main agenda they discussed together with the Congressman and the Governor.
It was learned that Southern Leyte has been noted leading in rice commercialization in the entire Region 8.
www.pia.gov.ph /news.asp?fi=p051004.htm&no=18   (421 words)

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