Special Report Villagers blame mining for poor health, unproductive farm lands
MACARTHUR, Leyte- Sixty-three year old Alfredo Cordero has been longing to go back to his farm and resume planting rice after supertyphoon Yolanda destroyed his crops last year but could no longer do so.
He...
Easier compliance for pensioners seen with SSS-NSO partnership
As part of measures to make transactions convenient for members, the Social Security System (SSS) has partnered with the National Statistics Office (NSO) in developing a data matching program that will regularly scan the...
Prince Hypermart opens in Abuyog, Leyte
ABUYOG, Leyte-The economy of this town located in the eastern part of the province is expected to boom with the opening of the Prince Hypermart, one of the country’s fastest growing retail facilities.
The Prince...
Justice officials asks courts to be “child sensitive”; interpreters, be proficient
BACOLOD CITY- Courts should be child sensitive but not at all child-friendly and know the needs of the child witness.
This was stressed by Doris Alejo, senior state prosecutor of the Department of Justice in...
Despite Yolanda DAR target one million palay production for 2014
TACLOBAN CITY - The regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing a modest growth of 3.4 percent in rice output this year which it achieved six years ago.
DA Regional Executive Director...
DOST extended financial assistance to students hit by Yolanda
PALO, Leyte- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) here in the region provided financial assistance to 34 students who comes from areas hit by supertyphoon Yolanda.
Each of the students, who were all scholars...