Governor Petilla asks people to fight poverty
TACLOBAN CITY – Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla has urged the people to continue to fight against poverty considering that the province remain to have a high poverty incident. The governor made this appeal during...
DILG designates new federalism campaign administrator
Responding to the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to be more aggressive in its public campaign advocating a federal system of government, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Officer-in-Charge Catalino S. Cuy...
P1,000 CHR budget means layoffs of its employees in EV
TACLOBAN CITY- Indeed the P1,000 budget allocated to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) by the House of Representatives sends them quiver.
Aside from weakening their regulatory functions and obligations, the defunding would mean separation...
Sec. Taguiwalo recommends livelihood program of DSWD for consideration of poor Filipinos
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that so long as there are surveys that reveal findings that the poverty or hunger incidence in the country remains high, the...
Crop insurance: Vital in building back agriculture economy of Eastern Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY-The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) was created through Presidential Decree 1467 on June 11, 1978 by former President Ferdinand Marcos “to provide insurance protection to farmers against losses arising from natural disasters...
Former Samar mayor charged for malversation of funds by the Ombudsman
TACLOBAN CITY-For not remitting the town’s tax collections, the Office of Ombudsman ordered for the filing of malversation charge against a former mayor of San Sebastian in Samar. Recommended by the anti-graft court for the...