Abuyog Police Step Up Security as Town Fiesta Nears
• Abuyog Police boost security for St. Francis Xavier feast on Aug 29, adding personnel, patrols, checkpoints, and CCTV, while coordinating with multiple agencies for a safe celebration.
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Libagon Suspends Classes as Engineers Check Schools After Quake
• Libagon, Southern Leyte suspended classes Thursday after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake to inspect school buildings for damage, ensuring safety before classes resume Friday.
‘Stop making us pay for grid congestion’ – Leyte board to ERC
• The Leyte board urges the ERC, DOE, and IEMOP to reform pricing and refund consumers amid rising grid congestion charges that are inflating power bills.
How Two Champions Turned a Shared Dream into ESSU Guiuan’s New Maritime Building
• Congressmen Nonoy Libanan and Sheen Gonzales spearheaded ESSU Guiuan's Maritime Building turnover, turning a shared vision into reality, providing local maritime education and proving that purposeful leadership builds futures.
When the Water Falls, What Happens to Them?
• For Calbayog tour guide Jimmy Baleros, Tarangban Falls is a livelihood. He worries about how wind turbine projects and forest changes could affect those who depend on it.
DOH Targets 47,000 Blood Units in Eastern Visayas
• DOH starts full operations of an upgraded regional blood center in Eastern Visayas, targeting 47,000 blood units annually, or one percent of the region's 4.7 million population.
PSC Eyes Ormoc for 2027 Batang Pinoy
• PSC considers Ormoc City as possible host for the 2027 Batang Pinoy national youth championships, its chairman said at the Eastern Visayas Sports Summit.
DOE, 5 Eastern Visayas LGUs Team Up to Lower Power Bills
• Five Eastern Visayas local governments on August 11 signed an agreement with the DOE to join a solar and energy-efficiency program to cut power costs in government offices.
DOH Targets 445,961 Kids in Eastern Visayas Measles-Rubella Drive
• DOH aims to vaccinate 445,961 children aged 6–59 months in Eastern Visayas against measles-rubella from Aug. 10 to 28, including those previously vaccinated.
Rank 8 Drug Target Nabbed in Zumarraga Buy-Bust
• Police arrested a high-value drug suspect, ranked No. 8 on the regional target list, in a buy-bust in Zumarraga, Samar, on August 10.