2 farmers buried alive in Northern Samar
ORMOC CITY - Two farmers lost their lives after being buried by collapsing soil while excavating a deep well in Barangay Hinatad, an upland village in Catarman, Northern Samar on Wednesday(May 15).
The local police...
DOH announces 39 cases of pertussis in EV
TACLOBAN CITY- The Department of Health (DOH) reported that there are currently 39 cases of pertussis in the region of which one was a confirmed case.
The confirmed pertussis case, based on laboratory tests, involved...
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...
PDEA seized high-grade marijuana from a courier service in Tacloban City
TACLOBAN CITY- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a joint operation of the Tacloban city police’s drug enforcement unit seized an estimated one brick of high-grade marijuana estimated to weigh one kilogram inside...
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...
Over 2,000 TESDA scholars received certificates of completion
TACLOBAN CITY- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the region conducted its first regional mass graduation and distribution of scholarship toolkits and allowances last April 18.
TESDA deputy director general for operations,...