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Sun.Star
April 4, 2018
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Provincial Government is spending PHP1.32 billion for the development of seven airports in Eastern Visayas this year, the Civil ... In Samar province, the Calbayog Airport got a budget of PHP245 million for the runway strip and shoulder grade correction; drainage canal system;Ãâà...
Manila Bulletin
April 3, 2018
They now live in the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Mountain Province, and the city of Baguio. ... regions – Northern Luzon's Ilocano provinces, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, Bicol, Western, Central,, and Eastern Visayas, Northern and Southern Mindanao.
Inquirer.net
April 3, 2018
Thousands of passengers continued to flock to the different ports in the country to return to Manila after spending the Holy Week in the provinces. ... a total of 5,817 passengers from Southeastern Mindanao ports, 3,450 from Southern Visayan ports, and 1,799 passengers from Eastern Visayas ports.
Business Mirror
March 28, 2018
The agriculture chief said the PSA report was validated by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization, the Livestock Development Council and the Philippine Maize Federation. “Including white corn, which is the staple food in many Mindanao and Eastern Visayas provinces, theÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 27, 2018
The province has become the first Local government unit (LGU) in Eastern Visayas to distribute body cameras to police offices. The distribution of body cameras to the law enforcers is a priority project of the Provincial Drug Abuse Council (Padac). Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla and LeyteÃâà...
Bulatlat
March 27, 2018
Last month, about 50 farmers from different provinces in the Eastern Visayas region trooped to Manila to demand aid from the government amid the continuous ravaging of typhoons and other .... Intense militarization in the province, however, prevents them from being able to move freely and without fear.
Inquirer.net
March 22, 2018
They told heart-warming stories and taught songs and dances. They took Filipinos on virtual tours of unfamiliar places and introduced them to new products and services. If you are one of those people who skip online advertisements, thinking they will be as trite and unimaginative as many televisionÃâà...
Philippine Information Agency
March 22, 2018
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, March 23 (PIA) -- The workers in Eastern Visayas may soon enjoy an increase in wages. “It will take effect on May 1,” DOLE Regional Director Joel M. Gonzales told reporters covering the public consultation on the minimum wage in Ormoc City in March 21. Gonzales, who is also theÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 19, 2018
CATBALOGAN CITY -- Domestic airline, Air Juan Aviation Inc., opened a new route to Samar province, its fourth destination since it started operating in the Eastern Visayas region last year. Air Juan chief executive officer John Gutierrez said during the maiden flight for the Cebu-Catbalogan route onÃâà...
Business Mirror
March 15, 2018
A HALF-BLIND day-care teacher from Aurora Province led the 2018 Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan (GBK)awardees. ... such as the People Surge Alliance in Eastern Visayas, “children of the storm” transformed into justice seekers who were victorious in asserting the delivery of long-denied emergency shelter,Ãâà...
Samar News.com
March 15, 2018
Three provinces in the region – Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran posted faster inflation rates in January 2018 compared with their figures in December 2017. On the other hand, Southern Leyte and Leyte registered decreases, while Samar had sustained its inflation rate from December 2017.
Inquirer.net
March 14, 2018
DAVAO CITY — Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido is happy that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the criminal charges against high-profile drug kingpin Kerwin Espinosa. “If he would be released, I would be free to hunt him down,” the Ozamiz City police chief told the Inquirer in a phone interview onÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 9, 2018
Two years ago, a memorandum of agreement was signed by the Local Water Utilities Authority (LWUA), National Housing Authority, Department of Public Works and Highways-Eastern Visayas, Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD), and Tacloban's City ... LWUA has no office in the provinces.
Philippine Information Agency
March 1, 2018
Picardal said that with his project Ambisyon 25, he will try and push down the poverty incidence in his province, from 46% to 25% through creative arts ... Kaliding han Siday ran on February 22 to February 26 in key cities and municipalities in Eastern Visayas in celebration of the National Arts MonthÃâà...
Bulatlat
February 28, 2018
About 50 farmers from different provinces in the Eastern Visayas region trooped to Manila to demand aid from the government amid the continuous ravaging of ... Northern Samar, despite being the 9th poorest province, is abundant with agricultural land — with a plantation of 16.8 million coconut trees.
Inquirer.net
February 27, 2018
Meanwhile, Visayas' federal states would be composed of the Federal State of Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Western Visayas and “Minparom” or provinces of Mindoro Oriental, Mindoro Occidental, Palawan and the Kalayaan Islands, Romblon, and Marinduque. The Federal States of NorthernÃâà...
Manila Bulletin
February 21, 2018
Tacloban City – Eastern Visayas posted a 4.5 percent inflation rate at the start of 2018, a report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) regional office said ... Three provinces in the region – Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran – had higher rates in January than the figure last December.
Sun.Star
February 19, 2018
INFLATION rate in poverty-stricken Eastern Visayas stood at 4.5 percent in January 2018, higher than the previous month's data and significantly faster than the ... the region's poorest province, registered the highest inflation rate in the region at 7.3 percent, while Southern Leyte posted the lowest inflation at 1.5 percent.
Business Mirror
February 19, 2018
Tristeza said that, as of last Friday, rice stocks in different warehouses in the six provinces of Eastern Visayas was only 52,000 cavans, which is equivalent to 1.7 days of regional consumption. He added that industry stocks for the whole region is good for 38 days, which is expected to be replenished on theÃâà...
Inquirer.net
February 15, 2018
He told the Inquirer in a phone interview that the target of the 93rd IB was to end the communist insurgency in Eastern Visayas. Ragno said the soldiers would be deployed in any of the three Samar provinces – Samar, Eastern Samar, and Northern Samar where the New People's Army are active.
Inquirer.net
February 14, 2018
Heavy rains triggered floods in parts of the towns of Capoocan, Alangalang, and Babatngon, as well as Tacloban City in Leyte, said Arvin Monge, provincial disaster risk reduction management officer. Floods were also reported in the towns of Tarangnan, Talalora, Jiabong, and Calbiga in Samar province,Ãâà...
InterAksyon
February 13, 2018
PALO, Leyte — The National Food Authority has stopped selling rice in four of six Eastern Visayas due to dwindling stocks, a top official said on Tuesday. Distribution has stopped since Friday in Leyte, Biliran, Eastern Samar, and Samar provinces after stock levels dropped significantly over the past fewÃâà...
Inquirer.net
February 4, 2018
They cited recent storms that struck the region and brought flooding and landslides as reasons that residents of the Eastern Visayas provinces could ... by Typhoon “Agaton” to parts of the Visayas is illustrated by this rock, one of dozens, that rolled down into an impoverished community in Cebu province.
Sun.Star
January 30, 2018
TACLOBAN CITY -- Farmers in Leyte and Samar provinces launched on Friday various sweet potato-based food products in the bid to bring root crops by-products to supermarket. The Visayas State University (VSU) in Baybay City and Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council forÃâà...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
This is due to the tail-end of a cold front affecting the eastern section of Eastern Visayas. ... will also bring cloudy skies with scattered rains in the regions of Cordillera, Cagayan Valley and Bicol, as well as in the provinces of Aurora, Quezon, Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, and Romblon.
Philippine Information Agency
December 31, 1999
PASAY CITY, Mar. 22 -- The San Juanico Bridge is set to be lit up by 08 November 2018, in time for the commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda. The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) Board approved last 12 January 2018 the P80 million – San JuanicoÃâà...
Inquirer.net
December 31, 1999
Northeast monsoon or amihan will continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain over Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol region, Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, the weather bureau said in its Sunday forecast. Metro Manila and the rest Luzon willÃâà...
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