TENT CITY - Evacuees are temporarily sheltered in a Tent City in Northern Samar. TACLOBAN CITY - A woman died after being struck by a tree during a landslide in Pambujan, Northern Samar, on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The victim was identified as Lara Cabides, a resident of Brgy. Ynaguingayan,...
OATH-TAKING -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong administered the oath of office to 1,024 barangay officials in Baguio City at the City Hall grounds on Nov. 20. (Photo by Zaldy Comanda) BAGUIO CITY – "You have nothing to thank the politicians for your victory, but you were elected by your...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 2 has completed a farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in this city. A farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in the City of...
MARIJUANA BRICKS -- Police make an inventory of the 49 bricks of dried marijuana leaves, weighing around 49,000 grams, with an estimated value of P5,880,000, which were recovered at the vicinity of Sitio Jangayoy, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga on Nov. 20. (Photo from PNP...
TACLOBAN CITY - The shear line-induced heavy rains have caused flooding in Northern and Eastern Samar provinces on Tuesday, Nov. 21. A source from the local government unit said all 55 barangays in the municipality of Catarman, the capital of Northern Samar, remained flooded as of this...
Residents and their farm animals wade in floodwater in Masbate. LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - A total of 175 families or 489 persons from six villages in Masbate province were evacuated due to flooding brought by incessant rains triggered by the shear line, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)...
INFANTA, Quezon- Two Dumagat tribesmen died while eight others were injured, including two foreign pastors and three children, after their owner-type jeepney fell off a deep cliff on Sunday, Nov. 19, in Barangay Magsaysay, this town. Photo shows the jeepney that fell off a cliff in Infanta,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Amid the rains being experienced in some parts of Eastern Visayas due to the shear line, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake was felt in Calbiga, Samar, on Monday, Nov. 20. Photo from Phivolcs-DOST Intensity V was felt in Catbalogan City, Samar, while Intensity IV was reported...
*Sand castle at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. (Malay Boracay Tourism Office)* ILOILO CITY -- There’s a possibility that tourists visiting the world-famous Boracay Island may reach two million by the end of the year. “At the rate it's going, we will probably exceed...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A total of P21.8 million worth of illegal drugs were seized while two drug personalities were arrested during an anti-illegal drug operations conducted in the Cordillera region from April 30 to May 6. Records from the Regional Operations Division (ROD) showed that a total of...
*Shown in photo are the 160 personnel of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO13) who finished the Basic Internal Security Operations Course (BISOC) at Regional Training Ground (RTG) of Regional Special Training Unit 13 (RSTU 13) in mountain side town of Santiago, Agusan del Norte province, on Monday, May...
SULAT, Eastern Samar -- The local government here, in partnership with its neighboring municipalities, celebrates the Month of the Ocean with a simultaneous clean-up dive starting May 9 (Tuesday) to May 11 (Thursday). The clean-up drive covers the various diving sites in Eastern Samar province....
