Food festival in Palo now a regular fare – Petilla
PALO, Leyte- The food festival showcasing native food delicacies of this town would now be a regular activity as this would help local producers. This was revealed by Mayor Remedios “Matin” Petilla who said that...
Pilmico turn over egg machines to Palo farmers hit by Yolanda
PALO, Leyte – Twenty-five farmers from this town received egg machines from a private company with the hope of turning them into enterprenuers. John Paul Pangilinan, marketing manager of the Pilmico, said that they are...
UP students opposes new academic calendar system
TACLOBAN CITY- Students from the University of the Philippines- Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) expressed their opposition on the new academic calendar system that is now being implemented at the said state university. The new system...
Disasters and inequality could stop the Philippines hitting child mortality MDG target – Save...
MANILA, Philippines – Today marks 500 days until the Millennium Development Goals reach their conclusion and the Philippines looks set to miss the target for reducing preventable child deaths.
The 2015 MDG 4 target for...
Red Cross constructed over 300 houses for Yolanda survivors in Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has so far constructed more than 300 core shelters in various parts of Leyte, among the worst hit areas when supertyphoon Yolanda struck more than nine months...
Over 5,000 coconut farmers in EV benefit PCA seedling distribution
GOVERNMENR CENTER, PALO, Leyte- The regional office of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) said that it has distributed more than 1.5 million coconut seedlings to over 5,000 farmers displaced during the onslaught of supertyphoon...