Solons push to make Maharlika Falls Eastern Samar’s premier ecotourism destination
TACLOBAN CITY-Lawmakers have filed a bill to declare the multi-tiered Maharlika Falls in Taft, Eastern Samar, as an official ecotourism destination, highlighting its potential to draw visitors and create new livelihood opportunities for local...
DENR opens seizure storage facility in Biliran to boost crackdown on illegal logging
TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has inaugurated a new storage facility in the town of Almeria, Biliran, aimed at strengthening the government’s campaign against illegal logging and ensuring...
CPD urges education and parental involvement to curb rising teenage pregnancies in EV
TACLOBAN CITY — As teenage pregnancies continue to climb across Eastern Visayas, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD-VIII) is calling for stronger education initiatives and active parental involvement to protect adolescents from health...
Northern Samar raises allowance of 2,849 barangay health workers to boost primary...
TACLOBAN CITY– In a bid to strengthen primary healthcare services at the grassroots level, the provincial government of Northern Samar has approved an increase in the annual incentives of its 2,849 accredited barangay health...
Northern Samar jail launches bread-baking program to boost PDL skills
TACLOBAN CITY — Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Northern Samar Provincial Jail have started baking bread and pastries through a new livelihood initiative, “Panaderia sa Selda,” aimed at equipping inmates with marketable...
Catbalogan cracks down on dumping to save polluted Antiao River
TACLOBAN CITY — The Catbalogan city government has ordered a stricter crackdown on illegal dumping and improper waste disposal as pollution continues to threaten the Antiao River, the city’s main waterway.
Mayor Dexter Uy directed...