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• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• A mother’s plea demands health system reform after her 10-year-old son died from preventable failures in Samar’s hospitals and roads.
• Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez said he is prepared to face the Ombudsman investigation into alleged flood control irregularities and will respond once formally served the complaint.
• DSWD tightens security at Leyte’s youth rehab center holding two minors linked to the June 22 Tacloban school shooting, ensuring safety and custody.
• Our voices matter in shaping a greener future. Real change depends on local leadership and community participation. Communities can choose a cleaner, more sustainable path with renewable energy.
• In Eastern Samar’s rice granary, 62-year-old Mang Dencio’s once-unaffordable rice variety now flourishes, symbolizing renewed hope for local farmers.
The Lesson from Tacloban: Mental Health Cannot Wait 
Public Pulse: Plea or Process? A Fair Look at the BBM Program Concerns 
‘Stop making us pay for grid congestion’ – Leyte board to ERC 
How Two Champions Turned a Shared Dream into ESSU Guiuan’s New Maritime Building 
Unmasking the Black Box 
How Many Lives Must We Lose?: A Boy’s Death Exposes the Rot In Our Health System 
Romualdez Ready to Face Ombudsman Probe, Vows to Answer Flood Control Allegations 
DSWD Tightens Security at RRCY for Minors Linked to Tacloban School Shooting 
Powering a Greener Eastern Visayas 
In Dolores’ Fields: Where Rice Grows Dreams for Eastern Samar