PSA: 3 in every 10 families in EV are poor
TACLOBAN CITY-Annual poverty incidence among families in Eastern Visayas in 2015 was estimated at 30.7 percent based on official poverty statistics released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
This implies that around 3 in every...
Road project now completed in Leyte town
TACLOBAN CITY-The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Leyte Second District Engineering Office (L2DEO) completed a road project in Barangay Sta. Cruz traversing Barangay Badiang Road in Jaro, Leyte.
The project has a total cost...
Fisher bridge improvement boosts efficiency of mariculture activities in Merida
MERIDA, Leyte– The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte 4th District Engineering Office (DEO) completes the Improvement of Fisher Bridge to Merida Mariculture Park in Brgy. Casilda, Merida, Leyte amounting to...
Farmer in N. Samar charged for Comelec gun ban
TACLOBAN CITY-- A farmer from Mapanas in Northern Samar was arrested for indiscriminate firing in violation of a gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Arrested was Abel Laodenio,42 of Barangay Sta. Potencian...
Uy-Tan nixes reelection bid; runs as councilor
CALBAYOG CITY- Three days after the Office of the Ombudsman issued a preventive suspension on her, Catbalogan City Mayor Stephany Uy-Tan set aside her reelection bid when she withdrew her certificate of candidacy for...
Leyte’s second engineering district to implement farm-to-market road projects worth P39.4 million funded by...
CARIGARA, Leyte-The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - Leyte Second District Engineering Office will implement a total amount of P39.4 million road rehabilitation projects funded under Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) Program.
According...