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...
“Disaster imagination” key to disaster preparedness, Philvocs director said
TACLOBAN CITY--Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) Director Renato Solidum pointed out the importance of “disaster imagination” as the key to the solution to the problems besetting Philippines being a disaster-prone country. “Disaster imagination,...
DSWD to conduct household enumeration before year’s end
TACLOBAN CITY- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to conduct the second round on the enumeration of households in the whole region. This was disclosed by Yvonne Abonales, chief of the...
BSP gives honors to PSA, 2 others for their contributions to economic growth
TACLOBAN CITY— Two business establishments and a government agency were bestowed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for their contributions to economic growth in the region. Recognized by the BSP on September 16 were...
DA readies for possible impact of El Niño to farmers in the region
TACLOBAN CITY-The Department of Agriculture (DA-8) is now monitoring the rice areas in the region in anticipation of the El Nino phenomenon. “Nearly half of the region’s 169,502 hectares of rice areas that most of...