DSWD steps up campaign vs. scammers targeting seniors
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Eastern Visayas is stepping up its information drive to counter text scams promising relief allowance for older persons and retirees.
DSWD Eastern Visayas...
Despite presence of a new COVID-19 variant, DOH plans to lower the alert classification
TACLOBAN CITY– Despite of the detection of the new omicron subvariant, the Department of Health (DOH) is now mulling to place the entire country under the lowest alert classification.
While the XBF was already detected...
Globe connects PH with 1,702 new cell sites, builds over 2,200 new 5G...
Leading digital solutions platform Globe has made significant strides in its network infrastructure in 2022, building 1,702 new cell sites, upgrading over 13,600 mobile sites to LTE, and installing 2,267 new 5G sites across...
E. Visayas intensifies anti-illegal quarrying ops
TACLOBAN CITY – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has deployed 175 mining enforcement officers in Eastern Visayas to heighten the monitoring of illegal quarrying activities in the region.
MGB 8 (Eastern Visayas) Director Carlos...
Northern Samar provincial gov’t mulls expanding medical scholarship program for pre and post-med...
CATARMAN, Northern Samar- The provincial government considers expanding the medical scholarship program for pre-med and post-med study.
In a bid to ensure adequate human resources for health, and to cater to the growing healthcare needs...
Tacloban LGU intensifies drainage clean up
TACLOBAN CITY-To mitigate the flooding problems in the city, the local government has doubled its efforts in cleaning the drainage system.
City Engineer Dionisio de Paz mentioned that they have been conducting declogging and clearing...