Laoang mayoralty candidate backs out at last minute
CATARMAN, Samar – A mayoralty candidate of Laoang town, this province, withdrew his candidacy as he instead promised to give his support to another mayoralty bet.
CATARMAN, Samar – A mayoralty candidate of Laoang town, this province, withdrew his candidacy as he instead promised to give his support to another mayoralty bet.

I wrote about this before, now I’ll write it again: Philippine election is the worst heartbreaker.

The oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains the top destination of the estimated 12 million overseas Filipino workers in at least 214 countries in the world. Currently, about 1.5 million OFWs are working in Saudi, contributing to the survival of the Philippine economy with their annual remittances.
TACLOBAN CITY – Lone district congressional candidate of Eastern Samar Annaliz Gonzales-Kwan in the candidates’
The Regional Peasant Alliance in Eastern Visayas is inviting concerned stakeholders for a Coco Levy Fund Forum on March 2, 2013 (8AM-2PM) at Balyuan Convention center, Tacloban city.
The statistics is all shocking now: 1 in every 3 women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
As political wannabes take center stage anew for this year’s mid-term elections courting voters and media practitioners, Manila based-media honchos recently came up with so-called “Covenant Against Media Corruption 2013” to bind journalists and politicians on their sacred duty to promote the truth (and nothing but the truth) to its fullest extent this election period with fairness and fervor .
At least 15 provinces in the country are currently on watch-list as 2013 election period officially started Sunday, January 13.
Being the first highly-urbanized city in Eastern Visayas brings many advantages for Tacloban. Since 2008, the city has never looked back in terms of creating opportunities for economic growth, improved peace and security and responsible governance.
A monitoring from migrants rights group in the Philippines revealed there were 3 to 5 Overseas Filipino worker cadavers repatriated daily since 2006.