TACLOBAN CITY – A Philippine Air Force Blackhawk helicopter made an emergency landing Wednesday in a rice field in Barangay Panian, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte. The Saint Bernard Municipal Police Station responded to the incident involving the helicopter with body No. 753. According to the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old grandmother went missing at the height of typhoon “Tino” in Barangay Hilaan, Bontoc town, Southern Leyte province on Tuesday afternoon. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Yolanda Labastida and her husband were evacuating...
TACLOBAN CITY - Silago, Southern Leyte Mayor Lemuel Honor appealed for help as their municipality remains isolated from four-wheel vehicles due to fallen trees caused by typhoon “Tino.” Tino made its first landfall around midnight Tuesday in Silago, causing several landslides and flash flood in...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 78-year-old man died early Tuesday morning in Barangay Romualdez, MacArthur, Leyte, after his nipa hut was struck by a fallen tree during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino.” The victim, alias Max, a widower and jobless resident, was discovered at 5:40 a.m. According to the...
The center of the eye of Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) made landfall over Silago, Southern Leyte at 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). At landfall, Tino had maximum sustained winds of 150...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Leyte Police Provincial Office has activated its comprehensive security and public safety plan under “Ligtas Undas 2025.” Police Col. Dionisio Apas Jr., provincial director, announced the deployment of 551 PNP personnel in transport terminals, major thoroughfares,...
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...
TACLOBAN CITY – A teacher was shot gunned down by her husband at the Agbanga Elementary School in Barangay Agbanga, Matalom town, Leyte province, on Wednesday. The Matalom Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the victim as Ellen, 39. Initial investigation said Ellen was being chased by the...
PALO, Leyte – Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla on Monday called for punishment of those behind the alleged anomalies in flood control projects as part of honoring the sacrifices of World War II veterans. Speaking to officials and war veterans during the commemoration of the 81st Leyte Gulf...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) strongly condemned the shooting of a teacher inside the Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries (TSCHI) campus in Leyte on Thursday and called for a thorough investigation on the incident. Elizabeth Mandreza, 48, a resident of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 48-year-old teacher was shot and wounded by her ex-husband inside the Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries in Tanauan, Leyte, Thursday, Oct. 16. Police identified the victim as Elize. Initial investigation said that the suspect, Adam, 46, arrived at the school and...
TACLOBAN CITY - The municipality of Silago in Southern Leyte province is set to declare a state of calamity due to African Swine Fever outbreaks in at least three barangays. Mayor Lemuel Honor said calamity funds will be used to assist hog raisers affected by the culling of their pigs. He noted...
