The provincial government of Southern Leyte is now preparing to roll out the distribution of P20-per-kilo rice under the Marcos administration's "Benteng Bigas Meron Na" program.

P20-per-kilo rice soon in S. Leyte

In a historic milestone for the province of Samar, 130 international guests aboard the Heritage Adventurer disembarked at Pier 1 in Catbalogan City this week, signaling the province’s debut as a stopover in the burgeoning expedition cruise circuit within the Eastern Visayas region. 

Samar welcomes first international expedition cruise

With cargo trucks and buses still off-limits at the San Juanico Bridge, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has launched a "Libreng Sakay" program for trucks passing through the Eastern Visayas region. 

Free RoRo trips for trucks amid San Juanico woes

I only came across Bong Cabrera, a graduate of the University of the Philippines in Cebu City, in my Facebook landscape.

Cebuano actor brings glory to the Visayans at 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Atleast 21 Filipino government officials, including eight mayors- three of which are from Eastern Visayas and two vice mayors, are currently taking shelter in Israel after being caught in the middle of the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

EV mayors and Ph delegates trapped in Israel

The San Juanico Bridge is a 2.16 kilometer span that connects the town of Santa Rita in Samar with Tacloban City in Leyte, across the San Juanico Strait.  Constructed in 1969, this project is one of the legacy infrastructure initiatives of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.  During that time, the bridge is the longest in the country.


San Juanico is close to her heart

Seems the government is currently having a fixation on upgrading things, from bridges down to banana chips.

Modernized banana chips?

In a significant step toward peace and stability, the Philippine Army has officially declared all seven municipalities of Leyte’s first congressional district as insurgency-free.

7 Leyte towns declared insurgency-free 

Northern Samar yet again seems to be competing with itself.


Northern Samar Pioneers Green Lane Policy

Tacloban grieves for the loss of a legend in the local art scene. Prof. Dulce T. Cuna-Anacion, a former Humanities Professor in University of the Philippines, art historian and visual artist passed away at the age of 70 last June 12, 2025.

Dulce Cuna-Anacion, 70

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