PDEA in EV needs 100 agents to combat drug abuse
As sole authority to conduct anti-illegal drugs operations
TACLOBAN CITY- With President Rodrigo Duterte directing the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the sole agency to carry out operations against illegal drugs in the country,...
Icons of saint against storm to be submerged in Leyte areas hit by...
Yolanda’s 4th anniversary
TACLOBAN CITY – Spiritual activities and environmental protection should be highlighted during the yearly commemoration of the onslaught of super typhoon ‘Yolanda.’
And in doing so, it is just fitting to put up...
EV child labor committee tackles welfare of child laborers
ORMOC CITY-- The member-agencies of the Eastern Visayas Regional Child Labor Committee (EVRCLC) tackled in a meeting some issues and concerns for the welfare of child laborers in the region.
The EVRCLC had its last...
2 construction workers buried alive in a landslide in N. Samar town
TACLOBAN CITY- Two construction workers were buried alive after they were hit by a boulder while they were excavating inside an elementary school in Lavezares, Northern Samar on Wednesday (October 11).
Killed were Jonnel Nabor,...
3,000 runners expected to join this year’s Philippine Red Cross’ Million Volunteer Run
TACLOBAN CITY – About 3,000 running enthusiasts in Leyte are set to move their running legs on October 21 in four different areas in Leyte and Biliran for the biggest humanitarian run organized by...
CHR: No human rights violations on drop box unless drug suspects are...
TACLOBAN CITY- There’s nothing wrong with the use of drop boxes in reporting village drug dependents.
Thus said the regional director of the Commission on Human Rights(CHR), lawyer Desiree Pontejos who was quick to say...