Newly-elected village chair dead in a road mishap
ORMOC CITY- A newly- elected barangay chairwoman from Dulag, Leyte was killed when the single motorcycle she was on board driven by her husband collided with a tricycle on Friday (Nov.10) along the Bagacay-...
Eastern Visayas inflation rate eases to 4% in October
The Inflation Rate (IR) in Eastern Visayas eased to 4.0 percent in October 2023 from 4.9 percent in September 2023. This makes the region’s average IR from January to October 2023 at 4.5 percent.
The...
EV’s tourism sector now recovered but more still to be done, Tiopes says
10 years after Yolanda’s devastation
TACLOBAN CITY – The tourism sector in Eastern Visayas which was greatly affected by Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ a decade ago is now slowly recovering, according to the region’s tourism department.
Karina...
Relief group calls for proactive spending of disaster funds
TACLOBAN CITY- A leading humanitarian and development organization has urged local governments in the country “to shift from reactive spending to a proactive approach by utilizing local calamity funds, also known as the Local...
SSU triumphs in this year’s EVCAA
TACLOBAN CITY - The Samar State University (SSU) Deer emerged victorious in the championship battle against the Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) at the Eastern Visayas Collegiate Athletic Association Season 2.
SSU proves their superiority...
Yolanda survivors retell stories of hope, resilience
A decade hence
TACLOBAN CITY- Joanna Sustento-Bacsa, 32, has already made peace with Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ (international name: Haiyan) the world’s most powerful typhoon to hit inland in recorded history on Nov. 8, 2013.
Ten years...