Eastern Visayas region’s most influential political party, An Waray partylist, has declared its all-out support for the senatorial bid of Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Party-list Rep. Florencio “Bem” Noel, personally relayed to...
The Uniteam of Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and his Vice Presidential running mate Inday Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 30, toured across Eastern Visayas to gain the support of the Waray voters. Duterte-Carpio, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) Chairperson,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Political clans and leaders in Eastern Visayas expressed their support for presidential aspirant Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. who visited here Monday (November 8) for the 8th anniversary of Supertyphoon 'Yolanda' (Haiyan).In a gathering headed by Marcos' cousin Majority Floor...
After building 1,380.25 kilometers of roads and 570 individual bridges in Eastern Visayas over the last five years, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed that more key infrastructure projects are underway and nearing completion. Tacloban City Bypass Road (Photo courtesy of the...
Thirty-one national bridges in Eastern Visayas are undergoing widening works in an effort to improve the region's road network, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. BUSY WITH BRIDGES--A total of 31 national bridges are being widened in Eastern Visayas, all of which are poised...
PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. are boosting their fiber, Long Term Evolution LTE, and 5G networks in Eastern Visayas to improve customer internet experience in the region. To date, 100 percent of Smart's sites in the provinces of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte,...
MAYOR Evardone TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Roland Boie Evardone of Arteche, Eastern Samar confirmed Friday, June 18, that he has been infected with COVID-19. He is the seventh local chief executive in Eastern Visayas to have contracted the disease. The Arteche mayor, whose uncle is Eastern Samar...
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),...
A group of young professionals from Eastern Visayas creates an app to help young entrepreneurs By Henry Osinar Queenie Lazam Francis dela Cruz Nelson Bathan Jr. Aaron JP Almadro Aiko Reyes Nel Laygo PEDDLR TEAM As vaccinations for the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, municipalities and cities in the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGUs) have so far provided relief assistance amounting to more than P1.72 million to the families affected by Typhoon “Bising" in the country's four regions. The DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations...
