Leptospirosis prevails
Eastern Visayas is again experiencing an outbreak of leptospirosis cases brought about by relentless rain and flooding. It is not an outbreak; it is a grim consequence of poor urban drainage, compromised health surveillance,...
Catastrophic reminders
The recent flooding in parts of the United States caused by a hurricane brought back vivid memories of what I went through during Typhoon Yolanda. The scenes of destruction, homes submerged in water, and...
Hopeless applications
Just a few weeks from now and hundreds, thousands of education graduates will again troop upstage to receive their diplomas, marking the end of their academic, undergraduate struggles. Soon, they will join the teacher...
A cycle to break
In the face of the never-ending cycle of violence in some parts of Eastern Visayas, we can’t help but blame it on certain reasons that must have been sustaining it all these years. Why...
PASAR: A heaven-sent establishment to Leyte
By: Alvin Gz. Arpon
The Philippine Associated Smelting and Refinery Corporation (PASAR) hadbeen in Isabel, Leyte for about 30 years ago when this was established and the facilities constructed in 1983.
Worthy of note is this...