Bad roads, Homonhon mining, killings are top issues in Eastern Visayas for student journalists

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Bad roads, Homonhon mining, killings are top issues in Eastern Visayas for student journalists
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To kickstart a campus journalism conference in Baybay City, Leyte, students from all over Region 8 airs out concerns in their respective localities through the #factsfirstph chat room on Rappler Communities

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In the #FactsFirstPH chat room, student journalist Diosdado Ompad had this to say about the roads in Samar. For Florentino Mainit, the roads in Samar only ever get a “temporary fix” by dumping sand on them. They added that the Department of Public Works and Highways seem to not take notice of the road problem.The following year, DPWH’s Eastern Visayas Director Edgar Tabacon said in a Philippine News Agency report that their budget had aIn April, a project for a damaged road in the 2nd congressional district of Samar only received a budget of P18.

In the 3rd district of Leyte alone, locals have voiced out concern and apprehension over the violence that ensued in February this year. of three barangay officials in Barangay Daja Diot: chairman Elizalde Tabon, watchman Rusty Salazar, and councilor Paulo Al Mindero, all found dead on the spot. of Juanita Veloso, sister of San Isidro’s municipal mayor Remedio Veloso, expressed fear over the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

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