Gov. Petilla inaugurates village gymnasium
MACARTHUR, Leyte- A P2.9 million worth of mini-gymnasium was recently inaugurated in this town.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla, who led the inauguration of the facility in Barangay Palale I which has more than 780...
Poverty rate improvement seen from post-‘Yolanda’ recovery
TACLOBAN CITY – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) pointed to massive post-Yolanda reconstruction activities as the major driver in the improvement of poverty rate of the region, based on the 2015 full year...
DTI to set up more “Negosyo Centers” in Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing to open additional 20 to 30 “Negosyo Centers” this year in the region in its bid to ease of doing business and...
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...