NGO reports P26.64M worth of legal aid for storm survivors
TACLOBAN CITY - Yolanda survivors in Leyte have accessed P26.64 million worth of benefits through legal assistance provided by the Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS). Lawyer Enrico Asis, area...
Natural disasters remain the biggest plague and news story for Eastern Visayas in 2017
EV in 2017: Mother Earth calling
In what could be the most disastrous typhoon to hit the region-four years after Eastern Visayas was pummeled by super typhoon ‘Yolanda’, the world’s strongest typhoon to hit...
Quarrying operations ordered to stop for lack of permit
TACLOBAN CITY- A team of the Business Permit and Licensing Division (BPLD) ordered the halt of quarrying operations on a site in Barangay Basper, this city, on Thursday, February 2, 2023.
According to BPLD Chief...
Farm-to-market road in Carigara town now completed
CARIGARA, Leyte – In a bid to enhance agricultural connectivity and facilitate the transport of local products to market towns, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Leyte 2nd District Engineering Office (L2DEO),...
4Ps beneficiaries ask senators not to stop TRAIN Law implementation
Law provides them financial assistance
TACLOBAN CITY- Beneficiaries of a financial assistance in the region source from the TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion) Law are calling senators not to suspend its implementation saying...
Couple invests P1.6 billion in Leyte rice program
ALANGALANG, Leyte - The Department of Agriculture will engage in a partnership a private company owned by a French-Filipino couple, who invested P1.7-B in a modern rice processing complex and farm machinery, to develop...