TACLOBAN CITY – A 13-year-old girl was raped and killed in Baybay City, Leyte on March 17. The victim was found dead in a chapel in Barangay Hipusngo. She was reported missing on March 16. Police apprehended a suspect in the crime, a 37-year-old electrician and resident of Barangay Hipusngo, in a...
TACLOBAN CITY – Baybay City in Leyte has been declared free from the New People’s Army and now in a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition. The declaration made after no communist rebels were sighted in the city for two years was highlighted by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
DAVAO CITY – Philippine Eagle “Uswag” died after the raptor crashed and drowned in the coast of Baybay City in Leyte on July 30, just a month after its release in the forests of the province. The Philippine Eagle Foundation said in an incident report on Monday, August 5, that Uswag,...
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 – A fire destroyed the house of the barangay captain of Mapgap, Baybay City, Leyte on All Saints' Day. The family of Jose Mangayaay, 42, left lighted candles after offering a prayer for their departed loved ones at the altar on the second floor unattended. Minutes later,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 36-year-old laborer was shot and wounded after he allegedly attempted to steal a policeman’s motorcycle on Sunday, June 11, in Baybay City, Leyte. The suspect was identified as Marcelo Modesto of Barangay Hibunawan, Baybay City. Initial investigation said that the victim,...
Kimi Brodeth and Gio Manito kept their dominant run in the PPS-PEPP junior circuit, fashioning out a pair of victories in varying fashions even as Ma. Caroliean Fiel continued to stamp her class in her side of play in the Mayor Jose Carlos Cari National Juniors Tennis Championships in Baybay, Leyte...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher eluded arrest but yielded over P380,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Baybay City, Leyte. Police identified the suspect as Jonas Dargantes Mejia, 47, a resident of Baybay City and a high-value individual of the Police Regional Office 8....
Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte made sure to give quality time Friday, April 22 to 11-year-old CJ Jasme when she visited victims of typhoon "Agaton" in Baybay City, Leyte. (HNP Media) Jasme grabbed headlines after he rode out Agaton's wrath inside a refrigerator, where...
BAYBAY CITY, Leyte--Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte took a break from the campaign trail Friday, April 22 to visit victims of typhoon "Agaton", which recently hammered the country’s central islands inducing this province. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara...
BAYBAY CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense Region 8 has ordered the search, rescue and retrieval operation stopped in two barangays here on Tuesday due to geological and health hazards. OCD-8 Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion said the search and rescue operations in Barangays Bunga...
After nearly a full week of continuous search and rescue (SAR) operations, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, April 18, that it was already considering to stop looking for survivors in Leyte province, days after it was battered by Typhoon...
