The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 has reported that a total of 539 centenarians in Region VIII have been granted benefits under the Centenarian Program, which has been in effect from 2016 to 2024 across the Eastern Visayas.

530 EV Centenarians Receive Benefits under Centenarian Program from 2016 to 2024

A significant 76% of local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas have seen an enhancement in their income classification due to the general income reclassification initiated by the Bureau of Local Government and Finance 8 (BLGF-8), which took effect on January 1, 2025.

Reclassification boosts revenues of Eastern Visayas

Catbalogan City, Samar -– The management of the Samar II Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO II) clarified in its official social media account the basis for the 90-day preventive suspension of their General Manager, Joey L. Talon.

SAMELCO II General Manager Suspended

It's high time the government should step in to address the problem of overloaded and oversized trucks plying Leyte's main roads.

Board member wants to regulate overloaded trucks

Comelec confirms the disqualification of opponents

 ROMUALDEZ RUNS UNOPPOSED 

UST Artlets '75 Jubilarians in search for Boy Abunda's curacha in Leyte, Samar

A man was suddenly attacked and stabbed in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, leaving him with severe injuries. 

Man Stabbed in Borongan City on Christmas Day

Balik-Armas promises peaceful polls in Samar

Can Samar province, long known for its history of political killings and armed groups, finally achieve a "peaceful" 2025 polls?

'Murder capital' no more?

On January 2, 2025, recent reports revealed that just nine new cases of firework-related injuries were recorded in Eastern Visayas.

EV logs increase in firecracker-induced injuries

Controversial and Cebu-rooted Fil-Briton filmmaker Jowee Morel ("Moma," "Ec2luv," "Mona Singapore Escort," "When A Gay Man Loves," "Latak," "HiStory," "Strictly Confidential," "Leona Calderon," "The Making of Quezon City" etc.) was following the events in the death of my loving sister, Lily V  Arriero earlier this month.

A Cebuano filmmaker empathizes pain of losing a loving sister

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