New Unofficial Web Site of Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines

- IN & AROUND SOUTHERN LEYTE -

The Sigh of Subangdaku (Eli Laboca) -- Last summer of 2007, I was in Sogod, Southern Leyte, and this sunny afternoon, as I was going to downtown Sogod from the barangay of Salvacion, I happened to stop and stand on the deck of a bridge, a steel and concrete bridge on the edge of the hills, on......

MAASIN CITY, Philippines (11 March) -- Nutrition inspectorates from the regional and national level evaluate nutrition accomplishments here to defend the national award given to the city last year, City Mayor Maloney Samaco revealed during the radio program held this morning at station DyDM.

Tacloban City (March 16) -- Yes, Virginia. Filipino women can have healthy, glowing skin this Women's Month and all year round, even without investing their paycheck in expensive serums and creams and dermal fillers. How? Through a skin-friendly diet.

Tacloban City (March 13) -- The entire province of Eastern Samar will celebrated the Magellan Landing at Homonhon Island in the municipality of Guiuan on March 16, 2008 with a mass, a re-enactment and program, Guiuan Mayor Analiza Kwan disclosed.

Tacloban City (March 7) -- A ten-hectare nipa plantation will soon rise at the two barangays of Ormoc City in the province of Leyte, thanks to the funding support coming from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Tacloban City (March 3) -- The Regional Development Council for Eastern Visayas is set to search for the Best RDC Website, a contest for all the RDC 8 members, both government agencies and private sector representatives with websites.

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines (6 March) --- About one year and eight months ago, an unidentified man handed a one-day-old baby girl to a Tacloban City resident.

Cebu, Philippines (21 March) -- Cebu was in a fighting mood against corruption recently as more than 6,000 unexpected turnout joined the march to launch the national anti-corruption program of action (NACPA) that was initiated by the Ombudsman in Central Visayas.

Tacloban City (March 16) -- The serious campaign against insurgency of the operatives of the 19th Infantry Battalion based at Kananga, Leyte continues to reap success.

Tacloban City (March 9) -- The Philippines' biofuels program will not affect food production, much less cause food price hike, Dr. Renato S. Velasco, Chairman of the PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corporation, told the media in a press conference upon his arrival at the Tacloban Airport VIP Lounge Saturday morning.

Tacloban City (March 7) -- Region 8 had a share of local tourists as about 200 participants coming from all the Regional Offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) all throughout the country converged at the Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban City to formulate the 2008 Work and Financial Plan.

Catbalogan City (March 3) -- After some time of collating reports on damages in infrastructure and agricultural products, Samar's Sangguniang Panlalawigan finally declared the province in a "state of calamity".

Southern Leyte (6 March) -- No less than Provincial Tourism Officer Nedgar Garves reported that local hotel and restaurant operators are now expanding their business areas in response to the growing demands for more accommodation throughout the province.

Tacloban City (March 6) -- The 6.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the Region in the evening of Monday, March 3, 2008, toppled down the 69 KV woodpole located at Barangay Macagtas in Catarman, Northern Samar and placed the entire Northern Samar in total darkness.