Piñol bares plan to boost rice production in Samar Island
TACLOBAN CITY- Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol fulfilled his promise to come back to Eastern Visayas for a 2-day working visit and engage farmers, fisherfolk and other stakeholders in “face-to-face consultations”...
Public consultation on tide embankment project held in Tanauan town
TANAUAN, Leyte- A public consultation with the residents of Barangay Sto. Niño, this town, affected by the road heightening and tide embankment (HRTE) project was conducted by the Department of Public Works and Highways...
Mini-Marshall Plan mulled to address poverty situation in Samar provinces
TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) is pushing for the creation of a task force to formulate a mini-Marshall Plan to curb poverty in three Samar provinces.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico...
Man nabbed for selling shabu to police personnel in a buy-bust operation
TACLOBAN CITY- A jobless man who lives in one of the resettlement sites in this city was arrested for selling the prohibited drugs to police personnel who acted as a buyer-poseur.
Arrested by the members...
Tacloban exec says temporary shelters to be demolished by October
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government wants to see all temporary shelters in this city vacant by October with the plan to transfer the remaining 339 families from makeshift houses to permanent housing units.
City...
Archbishop Du calls dialogue between Church, gov’t amid campaign on illegal drugs
TACLOBAN CITY-Amidst the spate of killings due to the campaign of the national government on illegal drug proliferation, Palo Archbishop John Du underscored the need for a dialogue between the Catholic Church and the...