U.S. provides P8 Million in grants to boost higher education programs for out-of-school youth
Manila-On February 15, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded P8 million ($142,475) in grants to four Philippine higher education institutions working on innovative programs that improve the...
Woman dies in a vehicular accident
ORMOC CITY-A tragic road mishap claimed the life of a widow who was a passenger on a single motorcycle when it crashed into the bridge pavement around 7:30 am on March 7, along the...
Early morning fire gutted down 10 houses in Tacloban City
TACLOBAN CITY- At least 12 families were displaced including 19 transients when a fire whose origin is still being investigated engulfed Barangay 51 in Magallanes, this city, at about 4:30 am.
Initial investigation by the...
Esamelco opens new substation in Borongan City
TACLOBAN CITY – A new substation of the Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (Esamelco) was inaugurated on Feb.20 with no less than Antonio Mariano Almeda, the administrator of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) gracing the...
Man arrested in a sting operation; found in possession of suspected shabu valued...
ORMOC CITY-A man, classified as a high-value target on the drug list of the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency(PDEA) was arrested on March 20 in Isabel, Leyte in a buy-bust operation.
The suspect...
DOH reports of 5 suspected pertussis cases in EV
TACLOBAN CITY - Eastern Visayas has reported five suspected cases of pertussis, the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH) said.
Speaking through its information officer Jelyn Lopez-Malibago, the health office stated that these...