House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) “Saan man kayo, aabutin kayo ng ating pamahalaan (Wherever you are, our government will reach you).” House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave this remark as he reaffirmed President Marcos’ commitment to...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, April 5, confirmed the first case of pertussis or whooping cough in Eastern Visayas. This was a three-month-old male infant from Pastrana, Leyte, who has recovered and discharged from the hospital. The DOH-8 logged 31 suspected cases...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 12 schools in the municipalities of Malitbog, Macrohon, Pintuyan, and Tomas Oppus in Southern Leyte suspended face-to-face classes on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. The local government of Biliran in Biliran province issued an executive order shifting...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the creation of task forces in four local government units in Leyte, Baybay City Mayor Jose Carlos Cari has issued Executive Order No. 6 prohibiting the entry and exit of live chicken, raw poultry meat products, and other poultry meat derivatives into the city as...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 said the Holy Week in Eastern Visayas was generally peaceful. No major untoward incidents were reported. PAWID (FB) Police Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Pawid, PRO-8 director, attributed the effective management of the influx of tourists, churchgoers, and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) on Monday, April 1, hailed new Philippine National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil. Marbil, a former PRO-8 director, was appointed as the 30th chief PNP, replacing Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda who retired on Monday....
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture-8 has confirmed the first case of avian influenza or bird flu in Eastern Visayas on Monday, March 25. The agency made the declaration following photos and videos circulating online of chickens being buried at the Leyte Poultry Development Corp....
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 deployed around 3,700 uniformed personnel to ensure peace and order in Eastern Visayas during the Holy Week from March 22 to 31. A send-off ceremony was held for the 296 personnel augmenting local forces on the ground in the conduct of patrol...
TACLOBAN CITY – Authorities have dismantled two more New People’s Army (NPA) units in Eastern Visayas. These were Platoon 2 of Island Committee 47 Levox operating in the provinces of Leyte, Biliran, and Southern Leyte, and the Elcon Platoon of Sub-Regional Committee Browser operating in the...
MACARTHUR, Leyte – Suspected shabu worth P408,000 was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Casuntingan here on Wednesday, February 28. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and shabu worth P408,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday night, February 28, in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Tourism-8 (Eastern Visayas) is training barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan chairpersons, chief tanods, and tourist police for the rollout of the 2024 Filipino Brand of Excellence (FBSE). "In Eastern Visayas, we are engaging with barangay officials because we...
TACLOBAN CITY – To ensure the recovery and rehabilitation of flood-hit families, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-8 (Eastern Visayas) continues to distribute emergency cash transfers in Northern Samar. DSWD-8 distributes cash aid to people affected by flood in Northern...
