Government establishes program to fight poverty
Program focuses on farmers and fisherfolk
TACLOBAN CITY- Government offices are working as one to help address the poverty incidence, particularly those in the farming and fishery sectors.
The government has earlier launched the program dubbed...
Borongan City council bans destructive mining
Gains Church support
TACLOBAN CITY – Citing the need to protect its environment and future generations, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Borongan City in Eastern Samar has formally opposed destructive mining activities through a resolution urging...
Vote-buying likened to incurable illness, ‘cancer’ of democracy
TACLOBAN CITY-Vote-selling and vote-buying can be considered as a modern cancer of democracy being compared to an illness that does not heal and hinders the constitutional right of suffrage of every citizen.
This was emphasized...
Personal grudge eyes as reason for a shooting incident in Northern Samar town
ORMOC CITY- Frustrated homicide charges were filed by the police of Pambujan in Northern Samar at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office against a man who shot his neighbor over a personal grudge.
The victim was identified...
3 rebels surrendered to authorities in Northern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY- Due to poverty, hunger, and hardship in the mountains, three alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Las Navas, Northern Samar decided to return to the fold of the law.
Based...
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...