More than 59,000 waitlisted families in the region received SAP from DSWD
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had distributed so far 59,268 waitlisted beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) across the region.
Out of these number of beneficiaries, 10,317 received...
Region registers 8.1 percent unemployment rate in July 2020
TACLOBAN CITY - The unemployment rate of the region has declined to 8.1 percent in July 2020 from a record-high of 14.3 percent in April 2020, a report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
PDEA seizes 20 grams of shabu and 1 kg of marijuana during operation in...
GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte- Elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA VIII)-RSET, IIS, LPO, OCO, TCO, NSPO, AIU/SIU together with Dagami Municipal Police Station (MPS) implemented a search warrant against a drug suspect...
LSI allegedly raped while under quarantine in Leyte town
TACLOBAN CITY- Police arrested on Monday(August 17), a 49-year-old security guard who allegedly raped a female locally stranded individual (LSI) who is undergoing quarantine in Villaba, Leyte.
The suspect was identified as Ronie Condes, with...
DPWH Samar 2nd district engineering office hosts coordination meeting with LGUs, LTO, and...
The DPWH, Samar 2nd District Engineering Office, hosted the coordination meeting with the local government units (LGUs) represented by their municipal engineers, Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) which focused...
More healthcare workers, frontliners infected with COVID-19
TACLOBAN CITY- The dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue to infect healthcare workers, frontliners, and close contacts of the infected patients here in the region.
On Monday (August 17) alone, the region recorded an all-time high...