TACLOBAN CITY - A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen in Barangay Cagnoot, Villaba, Leyte on Monday, Nov. 25. Police identified the victim as Barangay Cagnoot Kagawad Jun. Investigation said that the victim was driving a motorcycle with his...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 70-year-old farmer was electrocuted to death on Monday, Nov. 4, after accidentally tripping on a live wire outside his neighbor's fence in Sitio Lawis, Barangay New Balanac, Villaba, Leyte. Police said the victim, Mario, was on his way to his farm when he stumbled on...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipal agriculture officer of Villaba, Leyte, who also served as a lay minister, was fatally shot by unidentified assailants in Viillaba on Sunday, June 9. The victim, Marcing, 52, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Leyte, Leyte, was attacked after conducting Masses in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A businessman was shot and wounded in his house in Barangay Hinabuyan, Villaba, Leyte, on Monday morning, January 15. Police identified the victim as Marlon Ecoling, 36. Ecoling was cooking breakfast when the suspect barged in and shot him with a firearm of unknown...
TACLOBAN CITY – Gunmen killed a barangay treasurer and wounded a 54-year-old widow in Villaba, Leyte on Thursday, October 5. Police identified the fatality as Mateo Rasonable, 41, of Barangay Mataloto, Leyte, Leyte. BARANGAY treasurer Mateo Rasonable lies on the ground after he was shot dead...
TACLOBAN CITY – A lawyer was shot dead in Villaba, Leyte on Tuesday afternoon, August 22. MAPE Police identified the victim as Elmer Mape, 52, a resident of Barangay Poblacion Del Norte, Villaba. Initial investigation disclosed that the victim went to his farm in Sitio Patag,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 57-year-old farmer was hacked to death after he tried to pacify his drinking buddy who threatened his live-in partner with a bladed weapon during a drinking session on Thursday, July 6, in Barangay Tabunoc, Villaba, Leyte. Police identified the victim as Rufino Mariquit....
TACLOBAN CITY – Six houses and 21 business establishments were razed by a fire before dawn on Labor Day in Barangay Poblacion del Sur, Villaba, Leyte. SMOKE rises from houses and businesses razed by a fire in Villaba, Leyte on Labor Day. ( Photo by Matag-ob, Leyte Mayor Bernandino Tacoy)...
