OCD-8 concludes Gawad Kalasag caravan in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Eastern Visayas has successfully concluded its Gawad Kalasag (GK) Seal and Humanitarian Assistance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Caravan across all six provinces...
Leyte farmers positively gain from government’s support services program
TACLOBAN CITY- Farmers in Leyte are getting positive gains from the Farming Support Services Program of the National Irrigation Administration Region 8 which produces the Bagong Bayaning Magsasaka (BBM) rice that sells at a...
PSA: Eastern Visayas inflation rate drops to 1.1% in February 2025
TACLOBAN CITY – The inflation rate (IR) in Eastern Visayas continued its downward trend, reaching 1.1 percent in February 2025, a slight decrease from 1.3 percent in January 2025, according to the Philippine Statistics...
Papal Nuncio visits historic Palapag for diocese of Catarman’s 50th anniversary
TACLOBAN CITY – The historic town of Palapag in Northern Samar warmly welcomed Archbishop Charles Brown, the Papal Nuncio to the Philippines during his visit on Monday, March 10.
His visit was part of the...
PDRRMC gives a premium on disaster preparedness through a more improved Ibabao Rescue Jamboree
CATARMAN, Northern Samar- In an effort to elevate the scale and impact of disaster response initiatives, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) convened on March 7, 2025, to discuss the upcoming...
Activist and Church groups call for reversal of court ruling allowing commercial fishing...
TACLOBAN CITY-Filipino advocacy groups and the Catholic Church are urging the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling allowing large commercial fishing vessels to operate within the 15-kilometer municipal fishing zones, which have traditionally been...