PH, US troops boost disaster response skills ahead of Balikatan 2026
TACLOBAN CITY — Filipino soldiers are stepping up their readiness for large-scale humanitarian and disaster response operations as troops from the 8th Infantry Division took part in a joint medical response training with the...
Mayor Romualdez addresses water woes at the northern part of Tacloban City
TACLOBAN CITY- Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez sent a backhoe to the water treatment facility of the Leyte Prime Waters, formerly Leyte Metropolitan Water District, last August 12 for the desilting of the Baroguan River...
“Little bit slow” East Visayas bishops appeals to Pres. Aquino to speed up recovery...
TACLOBAN CITY—Bishops from the region issued an appeal to President Aquino to hasten the rehabilitation and recovery efforts in Yolanda-hit areas as they noticed that the effort was “a little bit slow,” close to...
PNoy leads groundbreaking of new EVRMC
TACLOBAN CITY- A new, bigger and modern Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) is soon to rise in a northern part of this city.
This after President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino led groundbreaking ceremonies on February...
DENR to visit the Biri-LAROSA landscape and seascape as part of its coral reef...
TACLOBAN CITY-The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-8) is set to visit the Biri- LAROSA Protected Landscape and Seascape (BLPLS) in Northern Samar for the habitat and vulnerability assessment...
Students, groups staged rally calling justice be served to Kian
TACLOBAN CITY- Students and other cause-oriented groups from this city held their protest rally to dramatize their demand that justice be served to the family of student Kian Loyd de los Santos last Monday(August...