Elder Mamanwa leader gets education for the first time
TACLOBAN CITY – Dioni Manatbanat, a Mamanwa tribe leader, only finished first grade in elementary and he does not even remember to read and write, a plight that he won’t allow his young ethnic...
Leyte SP enact budget after DBM corrections
TACLOBAN CITY- The provincial board of Leyte approved for the second time the annual budget for 2014 in the amount of P1.70 billion. Earlier, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) return the proposed budget...
Tacloban council names committee heads
TACLOBAN CITY- About 30 regular committees of the Sangguniang Panlungsod were distributed to council members, this city, during their inaugural session on Wednesday (July 13). Senior council member Edwin Chua, aside from being elected as...
Mayor Cristina thankful of new health center and lying-in clinic
TACLOBAN CITY- City Mayor Cristina Romualdez has extended her gratitude to all the Rotarians who made possible the existence of the newly- built Abucay Health Center located at the back of the New Bus...
Luzon lockdown-hit foreign tourists assisted by DOT-8 to return to Manila
TACLOBAN CITY - At least 57 foreign tourists who were stranded here in the region were assisted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to return to Manila via chartered flight.
These foreign tourists were affected...
Biri latest area to be declared as stable internal peace and security
In Northern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY – The declaration of Biri, an island municipality in Northern Samar, as having a stable internal peace and security (SIPS) is still a work in progress, according to Mayor Amelita...