‘Yolanda’ memories and hopes
At 47, Elena Abayan, felt there was no more chance to get a share and enjoy a bit of life’s little comforts. She works all day responding to neighbors’ calls for errands, from cooking...
Journalist-turned entrepreneur making waves in the ‘banig’ industry, products going global
IN 2008, multimedia journalist Ricky Bautista wrote some thorough articles on local native products in his town in Basey, Samar through blogging and in papers.
Viewers and followers then started asking help on how to...
Tacloban, most improved HUC nationwide
One of the most difficult functions of government operations at any level is the realization of an efficient tax collection. Some bigtime business establishment owners, and some high- level income professionals to include several...
Gabaldon: Heritage school of Palo
As an integral piece in the “Philippine Pacification Strategy” of the United States of America, the Philippine Commission passed Act # 74 on January 21, 1901, which introduced the public school system in the...
Updates on the on-going drainage projects of Tacloban
By: Alvin Gz. Arpon
Flooding has been a disturbing phenomenon in urban centers in our country – even in foreign lands. This primarily is caused by the irresponsible denudation of our forests. The Department of...
Residents await tolls of Balangiga Bells
After 116 years of waiting
By: VICKY C. ARNAIZ
BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar- President Rodrigo Duterte revived the century-old fight for the return of the historic Balangiga Bells seized by the United States (US) during the Philippine-...