Leyte Communities Trained to Turn Abaca Into School Bags Leyte Communities Trained to Turn Abaca Into School Bags
• PhilFIDA is promoting abaca bag making as an alternative income source in Leyte and Southern Leyte, training 25 participants to make school bags and become community trainers.
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• PhilFIDA is promoting abaca bag making as an alternative income source in Leyte and Southern Leyte, training 25 participants to make school bags and become community trainers.
• Napolcom urges schools, parents, and communities to collaborate with police for student safety after the June 22 shooting, citing limited personnel and the need for proactive, shared responsibility.
• NBI arrested six, including a minor, in Eastern Visayas for illegal gambling using cloned PCSO POS machines, filing charges and investigating influential backers.
• Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy was reassigned from PRO-8 to the PNP Human Rights Affairs Office, with Brig. Gen. Romano Cardiño replacing him in Eastern Visayas, part of a seven-officer reshuffle.
• Eastern Visayas prepares for November 2 BSKE as COC filing nears, while the Senate considers extending barangay and SK officials’ terms from four to five years.
• Inside Tacloban City Jail, PDLs learn farming through a garden program, gaining skills in planting and selling vegetables for future livelihoods after release.
• Tacloban fishermen, led by Romelo Anade, seek a Writ of Kalikasan to halt the P4.48B causeway, citing muddy waters, declining catches, and unprovided EIA documents.
• Eastern Visayas schools face fake shooting and bomb alerts, often from students seeking class suspension. DepEd enforces strict penalties, including possible exclusion or rehab center placement.
• The DSWD’s Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth in Leyte rehabilitates children in conflict with the law through routine therapy and assessments, aiming to reform and return them home instead of jail.
• EDC plans to expand Leyte’s geothermal capacity from 120 MW to 300 MW by 2030–2031, modernizing plants and adding battery storage, while maintaining reforestation efforts.
Napolcom Urges Stronger School-Community Ties After San Jose Shooting 
NBI Raids Illegal Gambling Operations Using Allegedly Cloned PCSO POS Machines 
PNP Reassigns Capoy; Cardiño to Head Eastern Visayas Police 
Eastern Visayas braces for barangay, SK polls as Senate weighs 5-year terms 
From Selling Vegetables to Growing Them 
Legal Battle Looms Over Cancabato Bay Causeway Project 
Fake bomb, shooting threats disrupt classes in Eastern Visayas 
Behind the Walls: How DSWD Helps Children in Conflict with the Law Start Again 
EDC to Triple Leyte Geothermal Capacity by 2030