Updates on the on-going drainage projects of Tacloban
By: Alvin Gz. Arpon
Flooding has been a disturbing phenomenon in urban centers in our country – even in foreign lands. This primarily is caused by the irresponsible denudation of our forests. The Department of...
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...
Young cop proves one can be both tough and Godly
TACLOBAN CITY - POLICE OFFICER Denver Jay Busa reflects on his childhood surrounded by books, flowers, and female friends.
“I grew up with a great love for flowers, especially during Flores de Mayo, because I...
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...
Remote Northern Samar town opens new health facility to address maternal and child...
Funded by World Vision and KOICA
BY: JOEY A. GABIETA
SILVINO LUBOS, Northern Samar - Joan Silvestre, a 33-year-old mother, is preparing to give birth to her sixth child next month, but this time, she will...
Thai princess in the city
TACLOBAN CITY- A real princess stepped inside a “reel” palace in the city for an hour and expressed her “amazement” on how the place remained well-maintained. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, whose family is...