PSA: Eastern Visayas inflation rate drops to 1.1% in February 2025
TACLOBAN CITY – The inflation rate (IR) in Eastern Visayas continued its downward trend, reaching 1.1 percent in February 2025, a slight decrease from 1.3 percent in January 2025, according to the Philippine Statistics...
Papal Nuncio visits historic Palapag for diocese of Catarman’s 50th anniversary
TACLOBAN CITY – The historic town of Palapag in Northern Samar warmly welcomed Archbishop Charles Brown, the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines during his visit on Monday, March 10.
His visit was part of the...
PDRRMC gives a premium on disaster preparedness through a more improved Ibabao Rescue Jamboree
CATARMAN, Northern Samar- In an effort to elevate the scale and impact of disaster response initiatives, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) convened on March 7, 2025, to discuss the upcoming...
Activist and Church groups call for reversal of court ruling allowing commercial fishing...
TACLOBAN CITY-Filipino advocacy groups and the Catholic Church are urging the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling allowing large commercial fishing vessels to operate within the 15-kilometer municipal fishing zones, which have traditionally been...
Regional drug target falls in Leyte town sting operation
ORMOC CITY– A high-value drug personality, ranked No. 5 in the regional priority target list of the Philippine National Police (PNP), was arrested in an early morning buy-bust operation on Sunday, March 2, in...
BFP steadily closes gap on fire stations, fire trucks in EV LGUs
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection(BFP) reports there remain twelve municipalities in Region 8 with no fire stations and manpower; however, they are steadily closing the gap as many of these areas...