With more than 1 million affected coco farmers EV suffers P16.6-B loss in coco...
By: SARWELL Q. MENIANO
PALO, Leyte - Eastern Visayas, country’s second top coconut producing area, suffered a P16.60 billion loss after super typhoon Yolanda flattened coconut farms in five provinces.Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Regional Manager Edilberto...
K-9 sniffer dogs sought in retrieval of dead bodies
By: SARWELL Q.MENIANO
TACLOBAN CITY – The task force on cadaver collection asked the United States to send sniffing K-9 detection dogs to this city, as authorities struggle to retrieve dead bodies in rubbles more than...
Chinese Red Cross builds transitional classrooms in Yolanda-hit Leyte
PALO, Leyte-At least 166 classrooms are expected to be completed in typhoon Yolanda-hit areas by January 31 this month, just in time for the Chinese New Year, said Mu Nai Sheng, deputy manager of...
Koreans to spend $30-M for Leyte rehab
By: SARWELL Q.MENIANO
TACLOBAN CITY – South Korean government will be spending $30 million (32 billion South Korean won) in its one-year reconstruction of government buildings in three typhoon-ravaged towns in Leyte.
Lt. Baek Myunghyun, public relations...