News Update LEYTE SOLON'S BILLBOARD REMOVED TACLOBAN CITY

The Tacloban City Sub-District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here said billboards of Leyte First District Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez have all been dismantled by the agency in compliance with a directive from DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singzon banning the installation of billboards of politicians in government infrastructure projects. Engr. Arnaldo R. Bonifacio, District Engineer of the TCSDEO-DPWH, said they dismantled 74 billboards with the picture and name of Romualdez installed in all of his insfrastructure projects in the city. Singson is scheduled to arrive in Tacloban City on his way to Eastern Samar soon. Bonifacio said he did not receive any complaints from either Romualdez or anyone from the latter's camp after the billboards were turned over to the solon's Tacoloban City's office. (Nestor L. Abrematea)