TACLOBAN CITY – One-hundred seventy-seven students and 10 faculty members of the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in Lucena City, Quezon province fell victim to suspected food poisoning in Palompon, Leyte province on Wednesday. The local government unit on Thursday expressed serious...
CEBU CITY – Leyte fourth district Rep. Richard Gomez is fighting for the rehabilitation of the Palompon Watershed Forest Reserve (PWFR) which is facing worsening degradation due to pollution, forest loss, and encroachment. Gomez sought urgent rehabilitation to restore PWFR’s ecological balance...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Palompon, Leyte Mayor-elect Mary Dominique DM Oñate welcomed the Supreme Court ruling declaring her not a nuisance candidate in the May 2025 elections. She welcomed the court ruling, stating that she will use it as a motivation and challenge to show genuine service for all and a...
CEBU CITY – A blatant disrespect of the law. This was how a mayoral candidate in Palompon town, Leyte province described the non-appearance of the municipality’s former mayor who was supposed to be arraigned for two criminal charges filed against him. PALOMPON, Leyte mayoral candidate Dr....
CEBU CITY – With the mid-term polls only less than a month away, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Palompon town, Leyte is still swamped with complaints. PALOMPON, Leyte mayoral candidate Dr. Georgina Arevalo shows a list of deceased residents who are still in the town's list of active...
CEBU CITY – A mayoral candidate in Palompon, Leyte has presented documents supposedly showing a resident who died in 2014 but still appeared as a voter in the 2017 elections. DOCUMENTS supposedly showing a resident of Palompon, Leyte who died in 2014 but was still able to vote in the 2017...
CEBU CITY – Residents from 43 barangays in Palompon, Leyte have formally filed complaints and petitions to remove 1,021 voters who have been confirmed dead from the municipality’s voter's list. ESIDENTS of Palompon, Leyte file petitions asking for the removal of deceased voters from the...
CEBU CITY – Contrary to several online posts, reelectionist Leyte fourth district Rep. Richard Gomez has not been disqualified from the midterm elections. GOMEZ (FB) The Commission on Elections-Eastern Visayas (Comelec-8) made the clarification after some Facebook posts claimed that Gomez has...
CEBU CITY – Dr. Georgina L. Arevalo, a mayoral candidate in Palompon, Leyte, has sought action on repeated complaints and requests for reversal of the alleged dubious appointments of 43 members of the electoral board in the municipality. AREVALO (FB) Arevalo sent several letters addressed to...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has directed the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to immediately implement the collection of penalties from dismissed Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate. The penalty is equivalent to Oñate’s salary for six months as mayor. The...
Palompon, Leyte mayoral bet Ramon Oñate has filed a petition for disqualification against Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez In a 73-page document, Oñate prayed for Gomez to be disqualified for running in...
CEBU CITY – The Court of Appeals has junked the petition of former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate and other local officials for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against a ruling by the Ombudsman dismissing them from public service. The decision of the CA 15th Division has put the...
