Rep. Ongchuan reports first-year legislative, development initiatives for Northern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY— Northern Samar’s second district representative, Edwin Ongchuan, has highlighted measures he filed in Congress and programs he helped facilitate for his district during his first year in office.
In a report released Monday,...
BFAR-8 honors 11 fisheries scholars for academic excellence
TACLOBAN CITY — A fisheries student from Southern Leyte made history as the first summa cum laude graduate of the Visayas State University (VSU) Tolosa Campus, earning a P50,000 cash incentive from the Bureau...
EVMC expands specialized care with successful plasmapheresis treatments
TACLOBAN CITY — The Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC) here has expanded its capacity to treat severe neurological conditions after successfully performing two therapeutic plasma exchange procedures on patients with Myasthenia Gravis (MG).
The procedures...
Lawmakers form alliance to sustain Philippine education reforms beyond EDCOM II
TACLOBAN CITY— More than 40 lawmakers from different political parties and regions have formed the Congressional Alliance for Philippine Education (CAPE) to help ensure that the country’s education reform agenda continues beyond the mandate...
Petilla donates armchairs to public schools across Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY — Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho “Icot” Petilla has distributed armchairs to public schools in various municipalities and barangays across the province as part of the provincial government’s efforts to improve classroom learning...
EDC releases P20.38 million in power-generation benefits to Leyte host communities
ORMOC CITY- Host communities of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) geothermal facilities in Leyte are set to benefit from P20.38 million in power-generation revenues released to the provincial and local governments for development projects.
The amount,...