Church, villagers to Duterte: Stop mining operations in Homonhon Island
By RONALD O. REYES
CATHOLIC church and villagers in Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar have urged President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the ongoing mining operations in the island.
“The decades-long mining operations in the historic...
SAP beneficiaries in the region starts to receive cash
TACLOBAN CITY-Bernardita Codilan,67, could not contain her happiness after more than an hour of waiting at their barangay hall, finally receive the P5,000 social amelioration program (SAP) of the national government on Wednesday (April...
Tacloban starts disinfection campaign
TACLOBAN CITY-Personnel of the Tacloban City Fire Office started the disinfection drive across the city on Saturday(March 21) to ensure the area would remain free from virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).
The fire...
Samar Rep. Sarmiento admits to have close contact with COVID-19; goes into self-quarantine
TACLOBAN CITY-Samar Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento said that he is now in self-quarantine admitting that he had "close contact" with individuals who were later found to be positive of COVID-19.
He, however, said that despite...
“Pamalandong’ rites cancelled due to COVID-19; first of its 45 years of staging
TACLOBAN CITY- For the very first time, one of the country’s oldest presentation on the passion and death of Jesus Christ held at the nearby town of Palo, Leyte province would not...
Luzon lockdown-hit foreign tourists assisted by DOT-8 to return to Manila
TACLOBAN CITY - At least 57 foreign tourists who were stranded here in the region were assisted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to return to Manila via chartered flight.
These foreign tourists were affected...