IIRR research grants to equip Leyte LGUs, communities with evidence for peatland...
TACLOBAN CITY- The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is strengthening local efforts to conserve and protect the Leyte Saba Basin Peatlands LSBP) as it recently awarded action research grants to state universities and...
2027 budget earmarks P3.44 billion for elderly milestone cash gifts
TACLOBAN CITY — More Filipino senior citizens are expected to benefit from government cash gifts next year, with P3.44 billion earmarked in the proposed 2027 national budget for qualified elderly Filipinos reaching key age...
Catbalogan, DOST, CSU team up to develop electric tricycles
TACLOBAN CITY — The city government of Catbalogan is partnering with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Cagayan State University (CSU) to develop electric-powered tricycles suited to the city’s roads, routes and...
DepEd-8 warns public against fake fundraising using regional director’s name
TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Education (DepEd) Eastern Visayas has warned the public against a fake fundraising solicitation using the name of Regional Director Salustiano Jimenez to seek money supposedly intended to help...
Northern Samar eyes 800 cooperatives in three-year expansion drive
TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar is targeting a nearly tenfold increase in the number of registered cooperatives in the province over the next three years, with provincial officials linking the expansion to stronger livelihoods...
Top 10 most wanted man arrested in Ormoc for rape by sexual assault
TACLOBAN CITY — Police arrested a 24-year-old man listed among the top 10 most wanted persons at the provincial level in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, on October 2, 2026, for a charge of rape...