DOT urges LGUs to host national sporting events to draw more tourists
Sports tourism
TACLOBAN CITY –Department of Tourism Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said that they strongly support local government units that host sports competitions.
The DOT is pushing MICE-E or meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions, and events...
Tupad beneficiaries in Maasin City attend orientation before they start the cash-for-work program
TACLOBAN CITY – The beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (Tupad) as endorsed by the An Waray party-list group in Maasin City had their orientation Thursday (Jan. 4) before they could...
Biliran gov’t satellite offices give aid to over 20K residents
TACLOBAN CITY – Biliran’s provincial government has extended assistance to at least 20,029 residents through its seven satellite offices in the past five months, Governor Gerard Espina said on Wednesday.
In a statement, Espina said...
Rep. Mercado files a bill creating a sports academy for Southern Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY- Southern Leyte Rep.Luz Mercado (1st district) has filed a bill at the House of Representatives proposing the creation of a sports academy in the province.
The bill, contained under House Bill Number 2374,...
BoC in Tacloban starts to deliver balikbayan boxes for families of OFWs
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Customs (BoC) here in the city released balikbayan boxes whose consignees have members of their loved ones who are working abroad.
The release of the balikbayan boxes was in...
Fire hit a junk shop in Catbalogan City
ORMOC CITY-A junk shop was turned to ashes when an egg tray used as a mosquito repellent was left unattended causing a conflagration at about 10 pm on Dec. 27 along Maharlika Highway, in...