Mangroves save lives during Yolanda’s onslaught seven years ago
TACLOBAN CITY- Pedro Cahindo, Jr., swears that their village in San Jose District could have more deaths when this city was pummeled by Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ exactly seven years ago.
But because of the mangrove...
Student scribes push back against repression, disinformation
BAYBAY CITY- AT 22, Troy Ortega almost had it all when it comes to facing hardship as a student journalist.
“It was never easy,” said Ortega, shortly after An Lantawan publication bagged the “Campus Press...
Out of poverty; Success Stories of Civil Society Engagement in Samar
(This story is part of the journalism fellowship of the Philippine Press Institute under the auspices of the Hanns Seidel Foundation.)
Aljon Cainto Operario, is a smart and confident 28-year-old Public School Teacher at the...
Tarmac and raincoat thoughts on the day of Pope Francis’ funeral
‘Aqui estoy’ (Here I am)
By Msgr. Ramon Stephen B. Aguilos
Last April 26, 2025, the day of the funeral for Pope Francis in Rome, I found myself...
Leyte farm school encourages young to go into farming
TABONTABON, Leyte
‘Magtanim ay di biro
Maghapong nakayuko…..’
So goes part of a song that is closely associated with how our farmers are being portrayed.
And this image is what a farm school, albeit relatively new, based in...
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...