Back by the DOT, seniors now serve as tour guides
TACLOBAN CITY – About 35 elderly residents from Tacloban City and Palo town have undergone a community tour guiding training program organized by the regional office of the Department of Tourism (DOT).
The initiative is...
Rep. Yap forms grassroots livelihood groups to address lack of employment and income among...
In Southern Leyte
SOGOD, Southern Leyte- More than 200 villages in the second district of Southern Leyte are benefiting from a livelihood project initiated by Rep. Christopherson Yap of the province’s second congressional district.
Yap said...
24 inmates at the Leyte Regional Prison walk to freedom; receive pardon
TACLOBAN CITY- At least 24 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released on Wednesday (April 24) at the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in Abuyog, Leyte.
The release of the PDLs was witnessed by the chief...
Oceana alarm on increasing poverty, malnutrition problem in Samar coastal areas
TACLOBAN CITY-A marine conservation group, Oceana, has disclosed that poverty incidence in coastal areas in Samar and Northern Samar provinces remains alarmingly high.
Based on the study commissioned by Oceana conducted by the Food and...
CHR launches caravan in EV as part of its human rights advocacy campaign
TACLOBAN CITY – The chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, Richard Palpal-latoc, is currently in Leyte to oversee the two-day Lakbay Karapatan Tungo sa Kamalayan (LaKaRan) caravan held at the Oriental Hotel Leyte...
DSWD readies food packs for drought in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned 110,285 family food packs (FFPs) in strategic areas of Eastern Visayas primarily for the impacts of the prolonged dry season.
The stock...