Japan concludes post-‘Yolanda’ assistance in the region
TACLOBAN CITY – The Japanese government formally concluded it’s nearly $5 billion assistance for areas badly affected by supertyphoon “Yolanda” in the region, over three years after the catastrophe occurred.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
Ph bolsters fight against child labor
MANILA-The Philippines ushers in the New Year with programs to intensify its fight against child labor.
“Makiisa para sa 1 milyong batang Malaya” (One with the children to end child labour) today featured the launch...
Shabu worth more than P20,000 seized from 3 men in buy-bust operations
TACLOBAN CITY- Operatives of this city arrested three men in separate buy-bust operations which resulted to the confiscation of nine sachets containing methamphetamine or shabu with a worth of more than P20,000.
Arrested during the...
13 cane workers injured after vehicle went out of control in Ormoc City
ORMOC CITY- A ten-wheeler truck carrying around 20 sugarcane workers lost its brake and bumped to a coconut tree along a national road while on its way to a sugarcane farm in Barangay Cabulihan,...
3 Samar provinces received financial help from DA
TACLOBAN CITY – Poverty incidence in the three Samar provinces, particularly the farmers, are expected to decrease with the funding released by the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Governors Sharee Ann Tan of Samar, Jose Ong...
Town council resolution calls for the return of Naval-Cebu route
NAVAL, Biliran- Residents of this town have expressed their support on a resolution introduced at the Sangguniang Bayan for the resumption of the Naval-Cebu sea travel route, which was stopped last year.
Councilor Ofelia Espina...