Memorial garden to rise in Palo town to honor people who died due to...
PALO, Leyte - A memorial garden is being constructed inside the compound of the San Joaquin Church, this town, in memory of the 337 people who died during the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda. The Bernard...
Group conducts probe on occurrence of trafficking, prostitution among Yolanda survivors
TACLOBAN CITY-The women’s right group Gabriela launched an international solidarity mission in areas ravaged by super typhoon Yolanda to look into reports of human trafficking and prostitution involving victims of the typhoon. This was revealed...
Marites: A woman of courage amid storm
Heroism has always been branded with masculinity. Oftentimes, the hero is projected as a charmer, a knight in shining armor, or a mysterious lad in tight colored costumes and capes ready to rescue a...
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...
DAR issues CLOAs to beneficiaries
TACLOBAN CITY- The regional office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) had agreed to hasten the distribution of the certificate of land ownership awards (CLOAs) to farmers who have been deprived of government...
A year after Yolanda’s wrath, nothing much has changed, survivors said
DULAG, Leyte-Ten year old Jan Ruiz of this town continues to carry the burden of remembering his aunt and some cousins who were drowned when supertyphoon Yolanda hit them last year. During the observance of...