Coco industry slowly recovers from typhoon damage
DAGAMI, Leyte – Amid efforts of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to help them, coconut farmers of this town are still reeling from the disastrous impact of supertyphoon Yolanda. Of the more than 900,000 coconut...
Repaired by SM Foundation Tacloban City Hospital back to full operations
TACLOBAN CITY – From being an almost a wasteland to a symbol of a “build back better” structure. Thus emerged the Tacloban City Hospital after it was repaired and refurbished by the SM Foundation after...
Boy shot by school guard
TACLOBAN CITY- A young boy was shot by a security guard assigned at the Leyte Normal University (LNU) last August 18 at around 9:30 p.m. It was learned that the victim, who was hit at...
700 Leyte farmers to benefit program initiated by ILO
TACLOBAN CITY- The provincial government of Leyte together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Leyte Union of Producers of Agri-Products (LUPA) signed a memorandum of agreement for a P7.3 million project in providing...
Resolution approved by Tacloban council making every Nov. 8 as a special non-working holiday
TACLOBAN CITY- A resolution was passed by the members of the council of this city seeking Congress to enact a law to make every November 8 of the year as a special non-working holiday.
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Expanded anti-poverty program of government to benefit areas hit by Yolanda-DSWD
TACLOBAN CITY- Eastern Visayas will have the largest coverage of areas for its expanded implementation of an anti-poverty program. The program, known as the Kalahi-CIDSS-NCDDP (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social...