If the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will be prevented from dismantling shanties built by informal settlers within the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) area in Muntinlupa City, BuCor chief Undersecretary Gerald Bantag said he should also be given the same right to build a house inside Camp Aguinaldo....
A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
Various farming communities in Southern Leyte are expected to benefit from four agricultural roads that are scheduled for completion in August this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, June 25. MORE ROADS FOR FARMERS--Four farm-to-market roads in Southern Leyte are...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda). The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda),...
Eighteen crew members of a cargo vessel were forced to abandon their ship as strong waves and heavy downpour triggered by tropical storm ''Dante" threatened their safety, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson said on Wednesday, June 2. Eighteen crew members abandoned a cargo vessel in the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) evacuated stranded residents in Maasin City in Southern Leyte due to massive flooding caused by tropical storm “Dante” on Tuesday, June 1. The PCG evacuated stranded residents in Maasin City in Southern Leyte due to massive flooding caused by tropical storm...
No family would want to be food insecure. In Leyte, a couple developed a small piece of land to sustain their family and to set an example for their community. Cielo Bisnar Viterbo, 44, housewife, and Jo Melq Ceasar Flores Viterbo, 47, an architect and mission worker for Gawad Kalinga...
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck parts of Leyte on Thursday morning, May 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In an advisory, Phivolcs said the quake took place 8 kilometers...
Lucy Torres greeted her husband Richard Gomez on social media on their 23rd wedding anniversary. Posting on Instagram a throwback photo of her and Richard, she wrote, "Here we are, that one night in December, at my parents’ home. It was during this trip you made to Ormoc City that you proposed to...
The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8 (DA-RFO 8), a report from the DA-RFO 8 has distributed the needed rice seeds and fertilizers to the farmers in Eastern Visayas for this cropping season, a report from the DA-RFO 8, based in this city said. Francisco Rosaroso DA-RFO 8...
The government today launched the Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone (LEIZ) Master Development Plan Project, which is hoped to develop and complete the Philippines copper industry supply chain in Leyte by 2030 and establish the country’s role in modern industries. The launch of LEIZ Master Plan...
More than seven hundred corn farmers who have graduated from a radio corn production course last year are now practicing the scientific method of farming, a report from the Leyte governor’s office said here today. Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla told reporters in an interview that the...
