When the Water Falls, What Happens to Them?
• 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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• 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.
• DOH starts full operations of an upgraded regional blood center in Eastern Visayas, targeting 47,000 blood units annually, or one percent of the region’s 4.7 million population.
• PSC considers Ormoc City as possible host for the 2027 Batang Pinoy national youth championships, its chairman said at the Eastern Visayas Sports Summit.
• Five Eastern Visayas local governments on August 11 signed an agreement with the DOE to join a solar and energy-efficiency program to cut power costs in government offices.
• DOH aims to vaccinate 445,961 children aged 6–59 months in Eastern Visayas against measles-rubella from Aug. 10 to 28, including those previously vaccinated.
• Police arrested a high-value drug suspect, ranked No. 8 on the regional target list, in a buy-bust in Zumarraga, Samar, on August 10.
• Samar board member Beethoven Bermejo Sr. criticizes power distributors for failing to explain high electricity bills, saying they alone have the database to justify costs.
• Army troops, acting on tips from former rebels, found a weapons and explosives cache in Albuera, Leyte, on August 7.
• A 16-year-old was stabbed while walking to buy ice in Tanauan, Leyte, on August 6, in an apparently unprovoked attack.
• 1,500 former rebels and 1,200 CAFGU members in Leyte and Biliran are earning from a project that plants native trees and grows organic violet ube.
DOH Targets 47,000 Blood Units in Eastern Visayas 
PSC Eyes Ormoc for 2027 Batang Pinoy 
DOE, 5 Eastern Visayas LGUs Team Up to Lower Power Bills 
DOH Targets 445,961 Kids in Eastern Visayas Measles-Rubella Drive 
Rank 8 Drug Target Nabbed in Zumarraga Buy-Bust 
Unmasking the Black Box 
Army Recovers Hidden Arms Cache in Albuera, Leyte 
Just Buying Ice for a Birthday, 16-Year-Old Stabbed in Tanauan, Leyte 
From Conflict to Crops: Farming Gives Leyte Families a Fresh Start