Eastern Visayas growth slows to 1% in 2025
Due to bridge restrictions and flood control mess
TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Visayas’ economy expanded by just 1.0 percent in 2025, a sharp slowdown from the 6.1 percent growth recorded in 2024, as mobility restrictions...
ChEd-8 urges private colleges to ease burden on students
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Reviews tuition hike requests
TACLOBAN CITY — The Commission on Higher Education (ChEd) in Eastern Visayas has received multiple applications from private higher education institutions seeking approval for tuition and other fee increases for the...
PBMM pushes teacher reintegration, fast-tracks promotions in EV
Education as among his top priorities
TACLOBAN CITY — The administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has stepped up efforts to strengthen the country’s education sector by both reintegrating overseas Filipino worker (OFW) teachers and accelerating...
Rep. Gonzales pushes road safety education
As traffic injuries rise in EV
TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Samar Rep. Christopher Sheen Gonzales is pushing for stronger road safety education across Eastern Visayas, warning that rising traffic-related injuries underscore the need to match...
BFAR distributes fuel aid to 900 fisherfolk amid rising oil prices
In Biliran
TACLOBAN CITY- More than 900 municipal fisherfolk in Biliran province received fuel assistance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) as part of a continuing government effort to cushion the impact...
Over 10,000 EV drivers to get P5,000 fuel aid
TACLOBAN CITY—In response to the continued surge in fuel prices, more than 10,000 public transport drivers across Eastern Visayas will receive P5,000 each in cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development...