Sambo not OK on politicians meddling assistance to Yolanda victims
TACLOBAN CITY – Vice Mayor Jerry “Sambo” Yaokasin said that local officials should not intervene in the distribution of cash assistance to the victims of supertyphoon Yolanda and let the Department of Social Welfare...
Typhoon victims jeered President’s Sona
TACLOBAN CITY- At least 1,000 Yolanda survivors here in the region staged their protest in the city’s downtown area as President Benigno Aquino was to deliver his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on...
DAP funded projects in Leyte benefits public-DILG
TACLOBAN CITY-Two projects funded by the controversial and outlawed Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) in Leyte are “visible” and benefit the public. Thus said regional director Pedro Noval Jr. of the Department of the Interior...
NCCA offers grants for the restoration of historical, cultural sites damaged by Yolanda
TACLOBAN CITY-The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA) announced of a grant for a project that deals on the restoration of heritage sites that sustained damages during the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda.
This...
Sinkhole found in a remote Leyte village
ORMOC CITY- Mayor Maria Corazon Remandaban of Tabango town in Leyte said a sinkhole was found in one of the remote villages of her town with the continuous rains last week cited as the...
Aquino declaration on Yolanda rehab But when? asked Romualdez exec
TACLOBAN CITY- It’s about time.
Thus said the spokesperson of Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, reacting on President Aquino’s declaration that the rehabilitation plan of Tacloban was already approved by him, along with other plans...