Journalist-turned entrepreneur making waves in the ‘banig’ industry, products going global
IN 2008, multimedia journalist Ricky Bautista wrote some thorough articles on local native products in his town in Basey, Samar through blogging and in papers.
Viewers and followers then started asking help on how to...
Yolanda survivor joins protest to protect world’s environment
Inspired by Pope Francis fight against climate change
By: RONALD O. REYES
TACLOBAN CITY-Joanna Sustento, who is from this city and survived the onslaught of super typhoon ‘Yolanda,’ is in Arctic seas for an urgent crusade following...
I am a VAW survivor; I am healed
CATBALOGAN CITY-Oftentimes we fear what we do not know and what is yet to come. Fear consumes us that in the end, we are left with poor choices.
For Remy, it was also fear that...
Martina Dajime Reyna: A Queenly caring hand for La Granja
By: Francis C. Rosaroso, DA-RFO 8
Tacloban City – While most adult women were spending their free time hanging around with friends, playing mahjong or bingo, Martina “Tina” Reyna was getting a head start in...
A visit we will never forget’: Leyte recalls Pope Francis’s consoling presence after ‘Yolanda’
TACLOBAN CITY – For many residents of Leyte, the passing of Pope Francis on April 21 stirred deep memories of his historic 2015 visit—a moment that brought healing and hope to a province still...
Residents await tolls of Balangiga Bells
After 116 years of waiting
By: VICKY C. ARNAIZ
BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar- President Rodrigo Duterte revived the century-old fight for the return of the historic Balangiga Bells seized by the United States (US) during the Philippine-...