• Eastern Visayas faces recurring typhoons damaging agriculture. Better disaster response exists, but irrigation repairs and maintenance remain critical for farmers’ livelihoods.
• A 25-year-old suspect fatally stabbed his 40-year-old sister in Caibiran, Biliran, on April 20.
• Three young girls were rescued from Higatangan Island after a foreign national allegedly took them. Police responded swiftly, rescuing the victims.
• Three passengers were unharmed after a telecom company service multicab plunged and flipped over in Naval, Biliran, on April 7 around 11:00 a.m.
• The DPWH Biliran DEO builds a 515-meter slope protection wall along the Caucab-Almeria road in Biliran to prevent landslides, ensuring safer travel for residents and farmers transporting their agricultural products.
• Ormoc City dominates EVRAA Meet 2026, securing 396 medals to claim overall championship for the sixth consecutive year in Baybay City.
• To serve remote communities, government must go to them. In Biliran, a civil registrar brings birth certificates to a mountain sitio, proving that true governance is measured by its reach to the farthest and most forgotten.
• PAGASA warns of several days of heavy rain for Eastern Visayas and Bicol due to a shear line. Moderate to heavy rainfall is forecast from January 4 through January 6, raising risks of flooding and landslides.
Biliran’s Farmers Are Still Waiting for Water Despite a 100% Irrigation Claim 
Man Arrested for Fatal Attack on Sister 
Foreign National Arrested After Rescuing Three Minors 
Three Safe After Service Vehicle Crash in Biliran’s Little Baguio 
Biliran DPWH Builds Drainage, Landslide Wall for Caucab-Almeria Road 
Ormoc City Secures Sixth Straight EVRAA Championship 
Stitching the Region’s Edges: Bringing Government Closer to Remote Areas 
Heavy Rains to Batter Eastern Visayas, Bicol Due to Shear Line — PAGASA