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Brad L. Brasseur

If Education is the Cure for Poverty, then…

EditorialFebruary 5, 2016

DISCLAIMER: The Visayan Business Post offers itself as a free portal for unedited sans libelous thoughts. All opinions expressed in the following submission by the author do not reflect the views of the Visayan Business…

Public figure Henry Ong of Leyte's Second District wants sustainable food for its growing population especially the poor. (Photo by VBP)

On to New Governance – Let us help…

EditorialDecember 5, 2015

Jaro, Leyte – There is a lot of discussion over why many people in our district cannot access sufficient nourishment. In places that we visit population growth is easily blamed as the culprit. We may…

Baybay City mayor Carmen Cari gives instructions as she inspects the newly renovated public market. A new market facility has also been completed to accommodate more products being sold at the market coming from different municipalities in Leyte. (Photo by LGU Baybay)

Moving forward with Baybay City

Local NewsNovember 11, 2015

Baybay City News - After its calm recovery from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda, Baybay city is growing economically. ‘Our agriculture sector is stable, the measures we instituted to help our farmers like the…

Philippine News – Ormoc Fruit Market

Increase in prices of fruits noted in Ormoc

Local NewsApril 5, 2015

Philippine News, Ormoc City –– People here eat fruits as a delicious and rich source of healthy sustenance. But what if their market price has reached levels that ordinary people could no longer afford them?…

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A marker on a mass grave for more than 500 people at the Cathedral grounds in Palo, Leyte stand testament to the lack of a verifiable number as to how many people really perished as a largely unprepared central Philippines stood up against the strongest typhoon on earth. (Photo by JnGrey)

Tanauan News – A year after Yolanda: Negative…

Local NewsNovember 10, 2014

TANAUAN NEWS – Survivors here working with a Rome based international humanitarian aid organization have noted the quiet resurgence of criminal activities like daytime theft and candid robberies a year after world efforts to save…

Asian Development Bank (ADB), an entity helping the government in its typhoon recovery efforts, has given up to $1 Billion in various forms of assistance. (Photo courtesy of ADB)

Eastern Visayas News – EV to achieve economic…

Local NewsAugust 9, 2014

TACLOBAN NEWS -- The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) here is still optimistic that various development programs of the government will help accelerate economic recovery in Eastern Visayas. "The implementation of infrastructure, livelihood, housing, and…