TaskUs and GCash partner to plant 10,000 coffee seedlings, support local coffee farmers
MANILA-TaskUs, one of the world’s fastest-growing business process outsourcing service providers, has partnered with GCash, the Philippines’ leading finance app, to support local coffee farmers.
This partnership, launched through a ceremonial tree-planting event, paves the...
PCUP initiates capability-building training among homeowners in Ridgeview
TACLOBAN CITY - The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) has spearheaded a two-day capability-building training for a homeowners association in Barangay Cabalawan, this city.
The first day, conducted last Thursday (April 25) focused...
Alleged drug peddler arrested in a sting operation in Baybay City
ORMOC CITY—A newly identified drug peddler, listed as a street-level individual (SLI) by the police’s drug watchlist, was apprehended during a buy-bust operation conducted by the City Drug Enforcement Team around 2:10 p.m. on...
EV wage hike effective December 8, 2025
TACLOBAN CITY- Minimum wage workers and kasambahay in Eastern Visayas will get an increase through Wage Order No. RBVIII-25 for private workers and Wage Order No. RBVIII-DW-06 for kasambahay.
After a series of sectoral...
EVSU instructor dies in head-on motorcycle collision in Ormoc City
ORMOC CITY – An instructor from the Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) Ormoc Campus was killed in a head-on motorcycle collision in the early hours of Sunday, May 25, along the national highway in...
DOLE Samar beefs up campaign vs. child labor; grants P1.2-M livelihood aid to...
CATBALOGAN CITY—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is beefing up its campaign against child labor, granting more than P1.2 million in livelihood support to 40 families in this city.
Romeo R. Mabini Jr., program-based...