Hinundayan Armed Group not mine - Honasan!

MAASIN CITY - Last week we received a complaint from Mayor Evelyn Lee about a semi-military group called the “Guardians” which she claimed were recruiting members in Hinundayan and frightening residents there ...read more

PhilHealth exec visits Southern Leyte

Southern Leyte (4 February) -- Without much fanfare, Philippine Health Insurance National President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Rey B. Aquino arrived in Maasin City for the continuous Universal Coverage campaign even as the province of Southern Leyte has been slated as one among the outstanding partners of the national health insurance...read more

Landslide and floods threaten Southern Leyte

If reports from the Civil Defense Office in Tacloban is true then Southern Leyte is “the most landslide prone area in Eastern Visayas.”
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PCA moves to contain spread of coconut pests

Maasin City (4 February) -- At least three upland barangays in this city became the focus of a fast-track intervention by the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) after coconut farmers reported the threatening presence of brontispa and plesispa insects on their young coconuts...read more

Field Nurse program to continue

MAASIN CITY - The Nurses in Rural Services program (NARS) will be extended. According to Fe Norma Valuis, the Department of Labor and Employment Field officer in Southern Leyte, the program has been widely acclaimed by local government officials here.
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DPWH sets groundbreaking for new bridge in Sogod

Maasin City (2 February) -- It is all systems go for the construction of a new infrastructure project in Sogod town that would lessen travel time for passengers going to the pacific and Panaon areas of Southern Leyte province...read more

RGM Alliance’s Million tree planting program launched

MAASIN CITY - Joining forces to slowdown the effects of global warming, local heads of the national agencies and students leaders joined the cause of the Restore Green Movement Alliance (or RGM) at the city gymnasium last week...read more

St. Bernard bags 2009 National Search for Barangays with Best Sanitary Practice Award

Maasin City, Southern Leyte (2 February) -- Barangay Malibago, of the municipality of St. Bernard won another significant award, the 2009 National Search for Barangays with Best Sanitary Practice, Municipal Disaster Coordinating Council (MDCC) Public Information chairman Rosalinda Araneta reported to PIA...read more

Region 8 PESO congress eyed as vehicle for learning, info sharing

Tacloban City (1 February) -- The 2009 Regional PESO Congress Cum Year-End Assessment and Planning is all set to open this coming Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the Kuting Reef Beach Resort in Sitio Kuting, Barangay Asuncion, Macrohon, Southern Leyte...read more

Malacanang directs 4Ps in Region 8 to cover 6 provinces To benefit over 100,000 poor families

Tacloban City (February 1) -- With the recent directive from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to cover more towns with high poverty incidence, the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Region 8 will be expanded to cover all the 6 provinces.
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Comelect List of Local Candidates for the May 10, 2010 National Elections

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