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HEALTH SERVICES. Health workers providing services to residents in a remote village in Las Navas, Northern Samar in this Nov. 21, 2021 photo. The Northern Samar provincial government has asked national government agencies to help in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to conflict-affected remote communities to speed up its vaccination program.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army 20th Infantry Battalion) TACLOBAN CITY - The Northern Samar provincial government has asked national government agencies to help in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to conflict-affected remote communities to speed up its vaccination program. Northern Samar provincial health Officer Ninfa Caparroso-Kam said on Tuesday they have asked the members of the regional inter-agency task force on emerging infectious diseases and the regional task force against Covid-19 for assistance. These rebel-infested villages are in the towns of Silvino Lobos, Las Navas, Catubig, Lapinig, and Mapanas. Kam said providing them air suppor ....
RELIGIOUS DESTINATION.The view of historic Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar in this March 19, 2022 photo. The site is one of the areas identified for pilgrimage tourism in Eastern Visayas.(Photo courtesy of Nayr Redz) TACLOBAN CITY -The Department of Tourism (DOT) is pushing for stronger pilgrimage tourism in the region even with the culmination of the year-long quincentennial commemoration on the world's first circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan. DOT Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said on Wednesday with the eased movement restrictions, more people are expected to visit historical sites. "We will not stop promoting these sites after the commemorations. We will also carry pilgrimage tourism program. We will sustain this especially since all cities and provinces have opened their borders to visitors," Tiopes said in a phone interview. Pilgrimage or faith tourism is the visiting of pilgrimage sites, primarily known as religious destinations. On ....
When Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, smashed into the central Philippines in 2013, the town of Marabut in Eastern Visayas region suffered zero casualties. ....