TACLOBAN CITY – A lineman from the Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) died after he was electrocuted while repairing a transformer in Sogod, Southern Leyte, on Friday, November 3. The victim was identified as Olvic Arayan, a lineman who had worked for SOLECO for 16...
TACLOBAN CITY – A jealous farmer killed the mother of his child in Barangay San Roque, Sogod, Southern Leyte, then hanged himself after the crime in Sitio Servanda, Barangay Tinago, Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte, on Sunday, July 23. Police identified the suspect as Albert Escabosa, 47, a resident of...
Clean-up operations were being conducted in the vicinity waters of San Ricardo, Southern Leyte after an oil spill was spotted there, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Monday, July 10. *(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) * The oil spill was sighted at the port in Barangay Benit, San Ricardo...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard is investigating two vessels to determine the cause of an oil spill in San Ricardo, Southern Leyte last week. Coast Guard Southern Leyte Station commander Lt. Commander Donna Liza Duran disclosed that they took samples from the oil that spilled into the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 69-year-old man drowned after his vehicle plunged into the sea at the Liloan Ferry Terminal in Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Southern Leyte on Wednesday, June 29. The victim was identified as Fernando dela Cruz of Barangay Naparaan, Salcedo, Eastern Samar. Initial...
TACLOBAN CITY – A second year college student and a Grade 9 student died in a motorcycle crash on the Maharlika Highway in San Francisco, Southern Leyte, on Tuesday, June 13. The victims were identified as Rodulfo Albarico, 22, and Noel Madera, residents of Barangay Tinaan, San Francisco....
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested Southern Leyte’s most wanted person after months of hiding in Little Baguio, Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City, on Thursday, May 25. The suspect, bouncer Andrew Ajero, 35, had warrants of arrest for two counts of rape and two counts of lascivious conduct involving...
TACLOBAN CITY – A nurse-turned-lawyer of the Bureau of Fire Protection was hailed a hero for reviving a five-year-old boy through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after he drowned in a resort in Macrohon, Southern Leyte recently. TAN (Photo via Marie Marticio) Earnswell Pacina Tan was...
THE Korea International Cooperation Agency on Monday, Feb. 20, launched a program to adolescent pregnancies in Southern Leyte and Samar in Tacloban City. (Marie Tonette Marticio) TACLOBAN CITY – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and national government and United Nations (UN)...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, has filed a bill declaring Panaon Island in Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act or Republic Act 11038. VILLAR (FB) In...
Citing the potential destruction of the large-scale habitat of Panaon Island in Southern Leyte, Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants to declare it a protected area. "Despite the presence of extensive coral reefs and vibrant fish communities, the abundance and biomass of commercially important species...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Two fishermen died while six others survived after their fishing boat capsized in the sea of Barangay Manglit, Pintuyan, Southern Leyte, on Christmas Day. Authorities identified the fatalities as Rowel Dialel, 50, and Amay Paglinawan, 49. They were declared dead on arrival at the...
