TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 is in on full alert for the Holy Week from March 31 to April 5 in Eastern Visayas following the directive of Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. to step up security measures to ensure a safe and peaceful observance...
TACLOBAN CITY – A total of 2,260 police personnel will be deployed to ensure a safe and orderly Holy Week in Eastern Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Jayson Capoy, Police Regional Office-8 director, said that they will be strategically assigned to key gathering spots throughout the region starting...
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TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 provided free rides in Eastern Visayas during the transport strike on Thursday, March 19. In collaboration with local government units (LGUs), PRO-8 carried out 61 Libreng Sakay operations, deploying 54 police vehicles for commuters impacted by the...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday, March 8, that a low pressure area (LPA) is currently being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), though it has a low chance of developing into a tropical depression. In...
TACLOBAN CITY – Twenty-one indigent elderlies received post-Valentine’s Day gifts from the Police Regional Office-8 Press Corps in partnership with the Police Regional Office-8 in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte over the weekend. The activity was part of the PRO-8 Press Corps’ advocacy to build...
TACLOBAN CITY – A dismissed cop and a woman were nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion District 3, Babatngon, Leyte on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Police identified the suspects as Fred, 55, Eastern Visayas’ Rank 1 Regional Priority Target List (RPTL), and Gela, 21, resident of Babatngon...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 monitored no high-ranking government official involved in cigarette smuggling in Eastern Visayas. But Police Col. Hector Enage, chief of the PRO-8 Regional Operations Division, confirmed that the region has been a transshipment point for smuggled...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Mobile Force Battalion-8 was awarded as the Best Regional Mobile Force Battalion by the Philippine National Police during the PNP Day 2026 in Camp Crame, Quezon City, on Thursday. PNP Day is a celebration honoring the founding of the Philippine National Police and...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three-hundred personnel from the Police Regional Office-8 were deployed to reinforce PRO-7 in securing the 461st fiesta celebration of Señor Santo Niño and the Sinulog Festival 2026 in Cebu. A send-off ceremony was held at the PRO-8 Grandstand in Palo, Leyte on Tuesday, Jan. 13....
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck offshore waters east of Balut Island in Davao Occidental late Saturday night, Jan. 10, but posed no tsunami threat to the Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its Earthquake Information No. 1 bulletin,...
BURAUEN, Leyte – The Police Regional Office-8 on Wednesday destroyed confiscated firecrackers in Eastern Visayas valued at P317,314 during a ceremony in this municipality. Police Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy, PRO-8 director, said these items were seized in 428 operations during their Ligtas Paskuhan...
