US Ambassador breaks ground road project in Guiuan
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg visited Guiuan, Eastern Samar on October 20 to break ground on a PhP9.5 billion (US $214 million) U.S.-funded road rehabilitation project. “New and improved roadways not only...
Youth must be engaged in fight against climate change, said actor Dantes
TACLOBAN CITY- Even the youth could help curb problem on climate change. This was the message imparted by popular actor Dingdong Dantes, who is a commissioner of the National Youth Commission.
Dantes joined a climate change...
On Yolanda’s 1st anniversary Sen. Villar, Sec. Alcala to join farmers
TACLOBAN CITY- Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala will lead a week-long commemoration of the first year anniversary of supertyphoon Yolanda that barreled Eastern Visayas. The Agriculture Secretary will be joined by Senator Cynthia Villar who...
Construction of P4 billion New Gov’t Center to start next year
PALO, Leyte – The New Government Center, to be undertaken by a private company, is set to start the work January next year at a cost of P4 billion. The envisioned New Government Center, dubbed...
Lacson orders DAR to grant issuance of CLOAs to Leyte farmers
MANILA- Secretary Panfilo “Ping” Lacson of the OPARR (Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery) has directed the regional office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to expedite the appeal of...
Think tank decries government rehab efforts on Yolanda areas as “very slow”
TACLOBAN CITY— Government rehabilitation works in areas hit by supertyphoon Yolanda close to a year now is “slow,” despite of reported billions of dollars it received from various countries and organizations.
This was the assessment...