Tag: Eastern Visayas

Wage hike para sa mga kasambahay sa Eastern Visayas apbrubado na

VISAYAS, Philippines — Tatanggap ng karagdagan pang limang daang piso sa kanilang buwang sweldo ang mga domestic helpers sa eastern Visayas. Ito ay matapos aprubahan ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board ang bagong wage order para sa mga kasambahay sa eastern Visayas. Sa ilalim ng bagong wage order, ang mga kasambahay sa first class municipalities ng Region 8 ay tatanggap ng PHP 2,500 monthly wage habang sa iba pang munisipalidad ay dalawang libong piso […]

DOH-8 cautions public on sea products consumption due to red tide

The Department of Health (DOH) Eastern Visayas has reminded the public to be cautious when eating sea products particularly those collected from the coastal waters in the region affected by red tide toxin. DOH regional director Minerva Molon issued a reminder after knowing that a child in Carigara, Leyte die due to red tide toxin and 20 other cases have complained signs of paralytic poison. In a press conference held recently at DOH regional office […]

DOH allots P242-M worth of medicines and supplies to Eastern Visayas

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — The Department of Health said it had prepositioned P242 million worth of medicine and medical supplies in Eastern Visayas, where super typhoon ‘Ruby’ is expected to make landfall on Saturday afternoon. Acting Health Secretary Janette Garin said DOH would be on Code Red alert on Saturday, December 6, in preparation for the expected landfall of typhoon Ruby in Eastern Visayas. She said the DOH had required all  of their […]

President Aquino thanks Canada for its assistance in reconstruction of Eastern Visayas

MANILA, Nov. 11 — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday thanked Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Canada’s assistance for the rehabilitation of areas in Eastern Visayas devastated by Typhoon Yolanda last year. “The President thanked Canada for the support that it had provided, overwhelming support for the victims of Yolanda,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a press briefing at the Philippine Embassy in China. “He wanted to know what the […]

LPA trough to bring rains over E. Visayas, parts of Mindanao

MANILA, Sept. 17 —  Eastern Visayas, CARAGA and the Davao region will still experience cloudiness and some rains Wednesday as a low pressure area or LPA still hovers about a thousand kilometers east of the Visayas region,  according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) as of 4 a.m .today, the LPA was estimated based on all available data at 1,070 km east of Visayas (13.2°N, 136.3°E). Because of this Eastern Visayas, Caraga and […]