P100 million crops, infra damaged due to LPA
By: ROEL T. AMAZONA
TACLOBAN CITY- The continuous rain brought by a low pressure area (LPA) that affected the region last week resulted to the destructions of crops and infrastructure worth over P100 million.
Reports reaching the...
Tacloban to pilot anti-‘5-6’ lending program
Gov’t to offer as much as P300,000
TACLOBAN CITY – An affordable loan program will be launched in this city next week being one of the three pilot areas in the abolition of the so-called...
Gov. Petilla inaugurates village gymnasium
MACARTHUR, Leyte- A P2.9 million worth of mini-gymnasium was recently inaugurated in this town.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla, who led the inauguration of the facility in Barangay Palale I which has more than 780...
Poverty rate improvement seen from post-‘Yolanda’ recovery
TACLOBAN CITY – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) pointed to massive post-Yolanda reconstruction activities as the major driver in the improvement of poverty rate of the region, based on the 2015 full year...
DTI to set up more “Negosyo Centers” in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing to open additional 20 to 30 “Negosyo Centers” this year in the region in its bid to ease of doing business and...
Japan concludes post-‘Yolanda’ assistance in the region
TACLOBAN CITY – The Japanese government formally concluded it’s nearly $5 billion assistance for areas badly affected by supertyphoon “Yolanda” in the region, over three years after the catastrophe occurred.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...