House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) Speaker Martin Romuladez's fellow congressmen from Eastern Visayas have come up with a unified statement of support for the House leader following the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office-8 has been withholding names of suspects and victims in police reports, which raised concerns for the media in Eastern Visayas, for over a month now. PRO-8 seal Police Major Marjorie Manuta, RPIO chief, said...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-8 earned over P45 million in the five-day Bahandi Eastern Visayas Trade Fair at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City recently. Sales were 29 percent higher than the P35-million target. The trade fair brought producer-exhibitors from all six...
TACLOBAN CITY – Tourism Secretary Maria Christina Frasco launched the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) program in Eastern Visayas on Friday, October 13, here. FRASCO (DOT-8 FB) "We've seen that there is a massive potential for further development here that is why we brought the BBMG program in the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) said they are ready for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October during the launching of simultaneous checkpoints in the region on Monday, August 28. POLICE Brig. Gen. Vincent Calonaga, PRO-8 director, and Comelec-8...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 announced that there is no shellfish ban in Eastern Visayas as of Thursday, August 17. However, seawater samples collected from Matarinao Bay in the municipalities of General Macarthur, Hernani, Quinapondan, and Salcedo in...
CALBAYOG CITY – The Hadang Festival of this city dominated the Tandaya Festival of Festivals 2023 on Sunday, August 6. Hadang Festival won P500,000 cash prize after besting 11 festival contingents from the different municipalities in the province during their performance at the Northwest...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas reported a 46 percent decrease in dengue cases from January to July 22 compared to the same period last year. The DOH-8 recorded 1,907 cases with 10 deaths during the period from 3,516 patients last year. Of the total reported cases,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Another cruise ship is slated to visit tourist destinations in at least four provinces in Eastern Visayas in November. The Department of Tourism-Regional Office 8 is conducting site inspections with Travel People Ltd. Inc. and Wallem Philippines Shipping Inc. in preparation...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) in Eastern Visayas marked the ninth birth anniversaries of the six 100-millionth symbolic babies on Thursday, July 27. Popcom-8 Director Elnora Pulma said they will continue to celebrate the symbolic babies' birth...
TACLOBAN CITY – A former child warrior of the New People's Army in Eastern Visayas has sought justice over the deceptive recruitment employed by the communist guerrillas. Lailanie Capada, now 25, from Barangay Baras, Borongan City, astern Samar, filed a complaint against the Communist Party of the...
CEBU CITY – Police are on the lookout for three individuals who are facing charges for large-cale estafa. Police Lt. Col. Arwinm Tadeo, officer-in-charge of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Eastern Visayas (CIDG-8), said in a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, June 14, that efforts...
