DAR opens anew scholarship program for dependents of ARBs
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is again accepting applications for the DAR Scholarship Program for the Dependents of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (DSP-DARBs).
This scholarship program aims to provide financial support to...
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...
Man drowns as shear line triggers widespread flooding in Eastern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY – A 66-year-old man drowned after his pump boat capsized amid strong currents as a shear line triggered widespread flooding in Eastern Samar on March 20, Thursday.
Authorities identified the fatality as Alberto...
DPWH commences construction of new flood control structure along Camansihay River
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Tacloban City District Engineering Office (TCDEO) is constructing a 144.7-million flood control structure along the Camansihay River, Tacloban City, which will soon...
FLET leads cleanup drive at Tacloban City harbor
TACLOBAN CITY – The Fishery Law Enforcement Team (FLET) spearheaded a cleanup drive at the city’s harbor on March 21, following heavy rains that washed large amounts of trash into Panalaron Bay, one of...
Construction worker shot dead by suspects posing as police officers
ORMOC CITY– A construction worker was shot dead after being forcibly taken from his home by four armed men claiming to be police officers at around 11:20 p.m. on March 20 in Sitio Quarry,...