Mayor Aquino distributed social pensions to Calbayog seniors
CALBAYOG CITY-A total of 593 indigent senior citizens from this city received their social pension through cash pay-out in a series of distribution activity spearheaded by Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo P. Aquino.
The release of...
Bill proposes to grant scholarships to students in Yolanda-hit areas pending in Congress
TACLOBAN CITY- About 5,000 students in Yolanda-stricken Eastern Isaias are to benefit from proposed bill pending at the Senate. The bill, dubbed as Iskolar ng Bayan” bill and sponsored by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano aims...
Region losing potential tourists, DOT exec said
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas is bound to lose 1,183 daily tourists or 106,470 from September to December due to limited air travel operation at the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport. With this situation,...
Despite allegation of misuse of aids by DSWD All accounted for, says US...
MANILA- Ambassador Philip Goldberg of the United States to the country believes that the assistance that his country donated intended for victims of Supertyphoon Yolanda were all accounted for. Goldberg, in a press conference held...
Samar provincial board to deliberate proposed P1.18 billion budget for 2015
TACLOBAN CITY- Samar Vice Governor Stephen James Tan expressed his confidence that this year’s budget of the province will be approved without much hitches. Tan, who acts as the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,...
Cases of teen pregnancy in Eastern Visayas declines, said Popcom official
TACLOBAN CITY— Eastern Visayas, for once, is no longer among the regions in the country with high cases of teenage pregnancy. This was disclosed by Elnora Pulma, regional director of the Commission on Population(Popcom) who...