Relief group calls for proactive spending of disaster funds
TACLOBAN CITY- A leading humanitarian and development organization has urged local governments in the country “to shift from reactive spending to a proactive approach by utilizing local calamity funds, also known as the Local...
SSU triumphs in this year’s EVCAA
TACLOBAN CITY - The Samar State University (SSU) Deer emerged victorious in the championship battle against the Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) at the Eastern Visayas Collegiate Athletic Association Season 2.
SSU proves their superiority...
Yolanda survivors retell stories of hope, resilience
A decade hence
TACLOBAN CITY- Joanna Sustento-Bacsa, 32, has already made peace with Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ (international name: Haiyan) the world’s most powerful typhoon to hit inland in recorded history on Nov. 8, 2013.
Ten years...
5 killed in a collision in Palo town
TACLOBAN CITY-Five persons on board a multi-cab died during a collision with a passenger van at about 5:45 am on Thursday (Nov.9) along a national highway in Barangay Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte.
The fatalities were identified...
10 years after Super Typhoon Yolanda wreak havoc in EV, fossil fuel use...
TACLOBAN CITY-On the occasion of the 10th-year commemoration of the landfall of Yolanda, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, a sustainability think-tank raised concern that decarbonization has not advanced in Eastern...
Newly-born baby found dead in Biliran town
ORMOC CITY-A newly-born infant was found lifeless in a construction site in a diversion road past 1 pm located in Barangay Looc, Almeria, Biliran.
Town police chief, Capt. Teofilo Gervacio III, described the infant as...