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FOREIGN GUESTS. A cruise ship off the coast of Kalanggaman Island in this Feb. 10, 2023 photo. The return of cruise ships to Eastern Visayas after nearly three years of pandemic restrictions is a big boost to the local tourism industry, the Department of Tourism said Thursday. (DOT Eastern Visayas photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The return of cruise ships to Eastern Visayas after nearly three years of pandemic restrictions is a big boost to the local tourism industry, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Thursday. DOT Eastern Visayas regional director Karina Rosa Tiopes said the tour operator of a local event organizer managed to create a "paradise-feel" experience for the 228 guests on board Silversea's Silver Shadow. "The DOT regional office is so proud to say that our local service providers and their respective team managed to deliver above-par experience," Tiopes said in a phone interview. "The extent of the requirements of the cruise company equated to oppo
FOOD AID. A volunteer carries boxes of family food packs intended for flood-hit families in Catubig town, Northern Samar province in this Jan. 21, 2023 photo. At least 53,941 family food packs have been distributed to families in Eastern Visayas region heavily affected by recent flooding. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development) TACLOBAN CITY - A total of 53,941 family food packs (FFPs) have been distributed to families in Eastern Visayas region heavily affected by recent flooding, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Friday. DSWD regional director Grace Subong said in a press briefing that around PHP27 million worth of food packs were delivered in the provinces of Northern Samar, Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte and Biliran hit by weather disturbances. Recipient families are from the towns of Catubig, Mapanas, Palapag, Laoang, Pambujan, San Roque, Las Navas, Catarman, Lope de Vega and Silvino Lobos in Northern Samar pro
SEA VOYAGE. A cruise ship off the coast of Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte shown in this photo. At least three cruise ships bringing in over 1,000 foreign guests and crew members will make a stop in picturesque islands in Eastern Visayas this year, the Department of Tourism regional office here announced on Thursday. (PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - At least three cruise ships bringing in over 1,000 foreign guests and crew members would make a stop in picturesque islands in Eastern Visayas this year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) regional office here announced Thursday. The first to arrive is a ship owned by Silver Cruises with 382 guests and 295 crew members. It will make a port of call on Kalanggaman Island on Feb. 10. "The cruise company requested to transform the setting of the island into a festival place. Everything is being paid for by the cruise company. They just pick a specific site to do this production," said DOT Eastern Visayas regional director Karina Ro