• DSWD shifts from reactive trauma care to prevention after school shootings. Plans mental health, family intervention, and multi-agency workshops, but urgency, funding, and swift action are critical.
• Student’s anonymous open letter questions delayed cash aid for college scholars. While concerns are valid, funds undergo legal protocols; proper beneficiary posting and clear official updates would ensure transparency and fairness.
• DOST and DepEd pilot e-TURO DLS digital learning for Grade 2 pupils in two Eastern Visayas schools. The 12-month, PHP 2.3M project provides tech, training, and AI tools to enhance education.
• Maslog, Eastern Samar, prioritizes road projects to end reliance on river travel. The Maslog-Jipapad Road aims to boost agriculture, services, and peace, with completion targeted in 2-3 years pending funding.
• 90,110 children in Eastern Visayas received measles-rubella vaccines, reaching 31% of the 445,961 target, with Eastern Samar leading.
• 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.
• Libagon, Southern Leyte suspended classes Thursday after a magnitude 4.4 earthquake to inspect school buildings for damage, ensuring safety before classes resume Friday.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
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Two Eastern Visayas schools to test digital learning system for Grade 2 pupils 
Road projects to make travel easier, livelihoods better in Maslog 
90,110 Eastern Visayas children get measles-rubella shots 
Abuyog Police Step Up Security as Town Fiesta Nears 
Libagon Suspends Classes as Engineers Check Schools After Quake 
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