UN appeal for Yolanda rehab Foreign donors raise 60% of needed funds
TACLOBAN CITY - Eight months after supertyphoon Yolanda hit the Visayas, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reported that only $465.79 million or 60% of the $788 million...
Samar Provincial Hospital ranks second in the implementation of no balance billing policy
TACLOBAN CITY- The Samar Provincial Hospital has been declared by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) as the second hospital in the region in so far as complying it no balance billing (NBB) policy. This...
Sudden closure of DZR Airport displeases passengers
TACLOBAN CITY- The “abrupt” closure of the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport, this city on July 9 had resulted for several passengers to be stranded, seething in anger and frustration.
“We were not informed that...
Japan invests weather station in Guiuan
TACLOBAN CITY - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is putting up P298.44 million to make the Guiuan Meteorological Radar System in Eastern Samar operational by September 2015 after it was heavily damaged by...
Group donate boats for fishermen in Eastern Samar towns
TACLOBAN CITY- Livelihood support for fishermen who lost their source of income and upkeep in the aftermath of supertyphoon Yolanda in the municipalities of Guiuan and Salcedo, in Eastern Samar, received fishing boats on...
The search is on for outstanding volunteers
TACLOBAN CITY-Filipino volunteers who have shown exemplary performance and dedication to service in helping people and communities will once again be given recognition in their role in development and nation-building as the Search for...