Samar resident receives new home through police-led bayanihan effort
TACLOBAN CITY — A 58-year-old resident of Barangay Cambaguio in Villareal, Samar now has a safe place to call home after police officers, local officials, and community volunteers joined forces to build him a...
Electrical short circuit destroys boarding house, damages two homes in Biliran
TACLOBAN CITY — A suspected electrical short circuit sparked a pre-dawn fire that destroyed a boarding house and damaged two nearby residential houses in Barangay P.I. Garcia, Naval, Biliran on Saturday, July 4, authorities...
Marty brings relief to families displaced by Tacloban fire
TACLOBAN CITY — City Councilor Ferdinand Martin “Marty” Romualdez Jr. on Wednesday, July 1, extended immediate relief assistance to families displaced by a fire that razed several houses in Purok 5, Barangay 92, Apitong,...
Northern Samar governor seeks NEA intervention as soaring power rates hit consumers
TACLOBAN CITY – Alarmed by the continuing spike in electricity rates in Northern Samar, Governor Harris Ongchuan has asked the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to immediately step in and help stabilize the operations of...
School-in-a-bag brings digital learning to 97 remote schools in Southern Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY— Nearly 100 multigrade schools in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) of Southern Leyte have received school-in-a-bag (SIAB) portable digital classrooms, expanding access to technology-enabled education for thousands of learners.
The latest deployment,...
Former Rep. Daza tells UEP graduates to carry family’s hopes beyond the classroom
CATARMAN, Northern Samar — Former Northern Samar First District Representative Paul Daza urged nearly 3,700 graduates of the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP)here to view their diplomas not merely as academic achievements but as...