• Balangiga, Eastern Samar marked the 125th anniversary of the Balangiga Encounter on September 28, honoring the courage and resistance of those who defended their home against foreign occupation.
• Americares trains Tabango health workers locally in disaster response, including heat-related issues. The two-year project urges regular drills and local ordinances for sustained preparedness.
• 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.
• DOLE provided P3.6M livelihood aid to 120 parents of child laborers in Sogod, Southern Leyte, providing tools and materials to boost family income and keep children in school.
• 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.
• Mayor Alicia Teves used her own savings to give 1,793 pairs of tsinelas to pre-elementary pupils in Can-avid, ensuring children can walk to school safely and comfortably.
• A mother’s plea demands health system reform after her 10-year-old son died from preventable failures in Samar’s hospitals and roads.
• DSWD tightens security at Leyte’s youth rehab center holding two minors linked to the June 22 Tacloban school shooting, ensuring safety and custody.
• In Eastern Samar’s rice granary, 62-year-old Mang Dencio’s once-unaffordable rice variety now flourishes, symbolizing renewed hope for local farmers.
• A farm-to-market road in Maslog ended a family’s grueling journey to market. Manang Lita and Karding now reach Dolores in under an hour, their produce fresh and their children’s futures secure.
Honoring Bravery, Reclaiming History: Balangiga Marks 125 Years of its Legendary Encounter 
Disaster Training Reaches Leyte’s Frontline Health Workers 
Public Pulse: Plea or Process? A Fair Look at the BBM Program Concerns 
120 Parents of Child Laborers Get P3.6M Livelihood Aid From DOLE 
How Two Champions Turned a Shared Dream into ESSU Guiuan’s New Maritime Building 
‘My Feet Won’t Get Wet Anymore’: Mayor Teves Uses Personal Funds to Give Shoes to Can-Avid’s Youngest Learners 
How Many Lives Must We Lose?: A Boy’s Death Exposes the Rot In Our Health System 
DSWD Tightens Security at RRCY for Minors Linked to Tacloban School Shooting 
In Dolores’ Fields: Where Rice Grows Dreams for Eastern Samar 
Manang Lita’s Garden: How a Farm Road Grows Dreams in Maslog