ONLINE SOON. A staff member of the Department of Information and Communications Technology unloads equipment in Limasawa, Southern Leyte in this July 27, 2022 photo. The package is composed of three computer units, a printer, headset, router, and closed-circuit television.(DICT photo) TACLOBAN CITY - Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) brought ICT services to Limasawa, Southern Leyte as the island suffered unstable internet connectivity since the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December 2021. DICT Eastern Visayas Regional chief Felix Tabanao Jr. said on Friday they handed over a Tech4ED Equipment package to Mayor Melchor Petracorta. The package, turned over on July 27, is composed of three computer units, a printer, headset, router, and closed-circuit television. The equipment will be placed at the Tech4ED Center inside the municipal hall to provide ICT services to the people. "People of Limasawa will be given an opportunity to access the different ICT se
GROUND ZERO. A makeshift house built by typhoon survivors in Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte in this Dec. 27, 2021 photo. Residents here demonstrate resilience despite crisis. (PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte - Typhoon Odette's fierce winds destroyed houses and shattered the livelihood of thousands of residents in this small island, but their will to rise up from the rubble stood firm. Antonio Oposa, 49, turned emotional when waves whipped by powerful winds washed away their house in Magallanes village, the site of the First Mass in the Philippines held 500 years ago. "I could not do anything while seeing our house swept away by chest-deep waves. I cried after the typhoon, but I am still happy that all of us survived," Oposa told the Philippine News Agency. Just a stone throw away from their house is a tall pilgrimage center still under construction designated as the community's evacuation center where Oposa's family and hundreds of reside
(Part 2) One of the greatest privations to many Filipinos that resulted from the long lockdowns during the pandemic was their inability to visit their favorite places of worship. Online Masses and other religious services were very poor substitutes to their physical prese