Groups call MO 32 part of the continued militarization in the country by the...
International Human Rights Day
TACLOBAN CITY- About 200 people representing from different progressive groups from this city joined on Monday (December 10) in the observance of the International Human Rights Day as they decried what...
PhilHealth is ‘liquid,’ official says allaying fears of reported fund depletion
TACLOBAN CITY- A top official of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) allayed fears of the public that the country’s main health insurer company is facing financial problems.
Renato Limsiaco Jr., officer-in-charge as senior vice...
Top E. Visayas bodies seek return of unspent ‘Yolanda’ funds
ORMOC CITY-- The top three policy-making bodies in Eastern Visayas approved on Monday(Dec.3) a resolution asking the central government to reallocate the P729.67 million unused ‘Yolanda’ funds that had been returned to the National...
Second quarter palay production in Eastern Visayas increased by 7.9 percent
Palay production in Eastern Visayas increased by 7.9 percent, from 239,600 metric tons (MT) in the second quarter of 2017 to 258,486 MT in the second quarter of 2018.
Increases were observed among all provinces,...
Mayor Ong, wife are not into illegal drug trade, says aid
TACLOBAN CITY- The naming of their mayor by President Rodrigo Duterte as being involved in the illegal drug activity was “absolutely shocking.”
Thus said a close aide of Mayor Hector Ong of Laoang, Northern Samar...
Task force probes why a Chinese cargo vessel is carrying a PH flag
By: RACHEL V. ARNAIZ
CATARMAN, Northern Samar- A task force was created involving several government entities which aims to conduct an investigation on a Chinese registered cargo vessel that drifted in the territorial waters of Pambujan,...