Mayor Agda closes private school for non-compliance of health protocols on COVID-19
In Borongan City
TACLOBAN CITY-A private college school based on Borongan City, Eastern Samar was ordered to stop its operation effective Tuesday (August 4) for its failure to follow health protocols on COVID-19.
The suspension of...
Eastern Visayas offers tourists ‘infinite escapes’ in the new normal
TACLOBAN CITY- Holiday getaways have remained possible in Eastern Visayas despite the new normal brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Karen Tiopes, Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director, assured travelers and visitors that they...
Tacloban city gov’t distributes P3.2 million Brigada Eskwela Assistance
TACLOBAN CITY (CIO) - At least P3.2 million worth of financial assistance was allocated by the city government of Tacloban through Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez to aid City Division Schools in its Brigada Eskwela...
Debris suspected from an airplane found in 2 Eastern Samar towns
TACLOBAN CITY- Two pieces of debris suspected to be from an aircraft were separately found on the beaches of Mercedes and Guiuan towns, both in Eastern Samar province.
In Mercedes, such wreckage was said to...
3 killed in Southern Leyte landslide
ORMOC CITY- At least three persons were buried alive after a landslide hit near a dried river where they were excavating in Barangay Canlawis, Pintuyan, Southern Leyte Friday (July 31) afternoon.
Town police chief Lt....
81K waitlisted families in E. Visayas to get SAP aid
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday said a total of 81,003 additional family beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas would receive cash assistance under the social amelioration program (SAP)...