Yolanda victims grateful to Tzu Chi Foundation
TACLOBAN CITY- An estimated 40,000 people coming from the cities of Palo and Tanauan and this city joined in the thanksgiving and prayer vigil organized by the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation on January 19...
Snail-paced reactions
By National Agencies
Following the worst typhoon that ever landed in Eastern Visayas, the poor Warays scampered for food to sustain for food. While the DSWD and ably partnered by foreign and local NGOs and...
Due to Yolanda EV to lose P1-B from tourist receipts
By: SARWELL Q. MENIANO
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas will loss more than P1 billion this year from tourists receipt due to supertyphoon Yolanda’s devastation that affected the region’s emerging tourism industry.
But the Department of Tourism...
Sto. Niño Parish gets help from Tzu Chi, Palo Cathedral from Phinma
By: EILEEN NAZARENO-BALLESTEROS
TACLOBAN CITY- Proving that sincere help transcends religious borders, the Taiwan-based Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation offered a helping hand to the Sto. Niño Parish in Tacloban.
Rev. Msgr. Alex Opiniano, the parish priest, sees...
DOT-8 to assess tourism development areas hit by Yolanda
By: RYAN GABRIEL L. ARCENAS
TACLOBAN CITY- The regional office of the Department of Tourism is set to conduct its assessment on tourism-development areas hit by supertyphoon Yolanda.
The assessment will be done within this month, says...