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Tacloban City as well as Tanauan and Burauen towns in Leyte have topped in this year’s prestigious Aliwan Fiesta in Manila Saturday, April 27. Tacloban bagged the best float design for three consecutive years, leading the city into the Hall of Fame awards. The float, dubbed as "Tacloban Through the Years," and conceptualized and designed by artist-brothers Nick and Daniel Guarino, depicted the “upcoming events of international significance in Eastern Visayas whose regional capital is none other than the ‘City of the Happiest People in the World,’ the City of Tacloban.” Made with indigenous embellishments, the float was divided into different sections and highlighted by the iconic San Juanico Bridge to symbolize “oneness” of Leyte and Samar islands. The sections depicted the people's devotion to the Senor Sto. Niño de Tacloban and the upcoming 500th year of the birth of Christianity in the Philippines after the Spaniards landed in Limasawa Island in March...

LOOK: The economy of Eastern Visayas rebounded to 5.9 percent in 2018 from 1.8 percent growth in 2017. Services and Industry shared the bulk of the region's economy at 44.4 percent and 41.6 percent, respectively. #PHGRDP #GRDP_EasternVisayas Source: PIA

A tectonic 6.1 Earthquake hits Luzon island centered at Castillejos, Zambales DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY  EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION NO. :  2   PHIVOLCS  Bldg , C.P. Garcia Avenue, U.P.-  Diliman , Quezon City, PHILIPPINES Tel.: 426-1468  Fax: 927-1087 Date/Time                    : 22 Apr 2019 - 05:11:09 PM Location                       : 14.99°N, 120.35°E - 018 km N 67° E of Castillejos (Zambales) Depth of Focus (Km)     : 012 Origin                           : TECTONIC Magnitude ...

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Luie Guia said it is best if voters will prepare their “kodigos” ahead of time so that when they go to the polling precinct, they already know who to vote for. “Come Election Day, you should know already who you will vote for. It’s even better if you have your kodigos,” he said in an interview. “So, when you get there, you will just shade away. It’s way better than going there and that’s the only time you will think who you will vote for,” Guia added. He reminded voters not to put their “kodigos” in their mobile phones as they will not be allowed to use their phones inside the voting center. “Bringing cellphones is not prohibited. But they cannot be used inside the polling precincts. So don’t put your kodigo in your phones,” said Guia. Having a kodigo, he said will also help prevent one from making accidental markings on the ballots. “It’s an optical scanning technology. So any mark or shade that are inside the space...

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            As Filipinos throughout the country observe Holy Week or Semana Santa, Director Artemio Caneja of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Regional Office VIII reminds all local chief executives (LCEs) in Eastern Visayas to ensure a safe and peaceful commemoration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Regional Director Caneja revealed that DILG Secretary Eduardo Año has directed LCEs to mobilize traffic and law  enforcers, barangay tanods, Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATs), public safety officers and other force multipliers in churches, religious and tourist destinations, local and national roads, and in crime-prone areas. According to Caneja,  this could be facilitated with the LCEs convening their respective Local Peace and Order Councils to plan, anticipate and prepare for the heavy influx of people from various places. The DILG-8 Regional Director further said that safety and...

What makes ORMOC CITY deserving in hosting EVRAA 2019? The Ormoc sports governing body or the Deped Ormoc recognises the wider value of sports in our youthful society including improving health, tourism, employability and it’s important role in boosting our economy. The City will support the grassroots to make every sport valued. In schools and communities, we will invest in equipment, sports halls, modern pitches and provide incentives, scholarships for talented sportsmen and women to pursue higher education thus the establishment of the Ormoc City Regional Sports Academy. Our government will thus deal with the necessary amendments of the existing sports laws to allow them accommodate modern sports needs and innovations in sports governance. *The City shall reset the crude measurement for sports, from just aiming for only medals to participation and ability to influence the world of sport through governance. There will be a stable investment in sports and schools for academic a...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has completed the training of 16,509 public school teachers, who will serve as members of the electoral board in the upcoming May 13 mid-term elections in Region 8 (Eastern Visayas). Comelec-8 Assistant Director Felicisimo Embalsado said the training for teachers, who will administer voting in the region’s 5,503 clustered precincts, began February 25 and was completed last week. “The training is almost the same every year, but we have to make sure that teachers are well-versed on the use of the vote counting machines (VCMs),” Embalsado said in a press briefing at the Leyte Park Hotel on Saturday. The Department of Science and Technology certified teachers on their capability to operate the VCMs for the automated polls intended for each clustered precinct. “Their skills have been tested through written and practical examinations. We have substitutes for teachers if they fail in the test,” Embalsado told reporters. In the next two week...