Regional organic agriculture congress held in Palompon, Leyte
PALOMPON, Leyte – Approximately 200 organic agriculture practitioners, advocates, and agricultural extension workers gathered today, November 6, at the Palompon Convention Center in Palompon, Leyte, for the Regional Organic Agriculture Congress (ROAC). This year’s...
U.S.-supported workshop aims for safer, tsunami-ready Philippines
Manila-The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS) trained more than 140 national and provincial government officials and civil society representatives...
New 803rd Brigade Chief Rallies Northern Samar to Unite Against Insurgency
TACLOBAN CITY – Newly installed 803rd Infantry Brigade Commander Brigadier General Carmelito Pangatungan has called on all sectors in Northern Samar to come together in addressing the decades-long problem of communist insurgency in the...
High power cost in E. Visayas deters investments
TACLOBAN CITY – The high electricity rate in Eastern Visayas is a huge setback in attracting new investments in the region, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) regional office here...
SIMANDIPI completes OJT at Regional Forensic Unit 8
TACLOBAN CITY – Batch SIMANDIPI (Sigaw ng Mandirigma Pinili) finished their 270 hours on-the-job training at Camp Ruperto Kangleon in Campetic, Palo Leyte, Forensic Unit 8 (RFU 8) last Friday, April 26.
SIMANDIPI is the...
Russian national killed in a road accident
ORMOC CITY-A Russian national died on the spot after he was overrun by a wing van at about 5:40 am on Saturday (June 22) along Maharlika Highway in Barangay 99 Diit in Tacloban City.
The...