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The city of Borongan in Eastern Samar is requiring all persons within its borders transacting at any public and private establishment to present a QR (quick response) code to boost contact tracing. After a series of technical reviews, name encoding, and data sorting, the city government officially implemented the QR code system on November 30 […]
The city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar is planning to upgrade its modern isolation facility to a 50-bed hospital with the increasing need for better health care services amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said the proposed city hospital will have pediatric, obstetrics, internal medicine, and surgical wards, and a five […]
With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic forcing schools to stop face-to-face classes and adopt distance learning, the provincial government of Eastern Samar has hired additional teachers to help tutor learners at home. Governor Ben Evardone said the initiative is their way of supporting the learning continuity program of the Department of Education (DepEd) amid the […]
The city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar has started the first payout of the monthly allowance for senior citizens. Since its distribution, the city social welfare and development office (CSWDO) has served 494 beneficiaries from the villages of Bugas, Can-aga, Sta. Fe, Tamoso, San Saturnino, and Punta Maria. “Each senior citizen is entitled to […]
The provincial government of Eastern Samar has acquired new sets of modern equipment worth P51-million to the boost medical response capabilities of its hospitals amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Governor Ben Evardone said these were procured in June and delivered to different hospitals on the last week of July, using their Bayanihan fund from […]
At least 6,733 village volunteer workers in Eastern Samar have received their yearly allowance from the provincial government. Governor Ben Evardone said they disbursed P6.44 million during its series of distribution in June. These include 3,404 watchmen and 2,697 health workers who got P1,500 each, and 632 daycare workers who received P2,000 each. “The amount […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) in Eastern and Northern Samar have nearly completed the restoration of power to thousands of households in the provinces that experienced outages due to Typhoon ‘Ambo’ last month. This was based on the report received by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) through the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) as of […]