MACARTHUR, Leyte – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is working to find mutually acceptable ways to remove the massive cutter suction dredger deployed by a mining firm to extract minerals in this town. MGB Eastern Visayas Regional Director Glenn Marcelo Noble said the agency has been meeting...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police Col. Celerino Sacro Jr., newly appointed Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) director, led a surprise drug test for provincial staff, special personnel, commanders of the provincial mobile force companies (PMFCs), and police chiefs in Leyte on Tuesday, April 28. “I am...
TACLOBAN CITY – A three-year-old child was killed and eight others were injured when an Asian Utility Vehicle rammed pedestrians on Imelda Lane in Barangay Imelda, Tolosa, Leyte, on Friday, April 24. The victim was a resident of Barangay Cabuynan, Tanauan, Leyte. She was declared dead in a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) reiterated its call on Thursday for Eastern Visayas residents to prepare for a major earthquake as the Central Leyte fault remains ripe for destructive ground shaking. During the Maghanda Summit at the Leyte Convention Complex in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Leyte provincial government has unveiled the QGas application, a digital system designed to monitor and compare fuel prices across gasoline stations to provide motorists with real-time and reliable data. The local government presented the application to municipal...
TACLOBAN CITY – To conserve energy amid the conflict in the Middle East, MacArthur, Leyte Mayor Rudin Babante issued an executive order adopting Presidential Order 110, declaring a national energy emergency and prescribing energy conservation measures within the municipality. Executive Order 3...
TACLOBAN CITY – A retiring police officer was electrocuted to death after touching a live wire in Purok 3, Barangay Libertad, Ormoc City, Saturday, April 18. Police identified the victim as Leo, 55, assigned to the Ormoc City Police Station 3. Initial investigation said that Leo was helping Rico,...
ALBUERA, Leyte – To improve healthcare services here, the local government is constructing a rural health unit annex building in Barangay San Pedro. Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa said they have allocated P8 million for the construction from their development fund. “We will start our dream...
CEBU CITY – The city government of Ormoc is set to build a modern civic center, an ambitious project 60 years in the making. Ormoc, under the leadership of Mayor Lucy Torres Gomez, has a masterplan to complete the city 's civic center aimed at upgrading and expanding government services for...
TACLOBAN CITY – A pair of twin nine-year-old girls drowned after their motor banca capsized in the sea of Abuyog, Leyte on Saturday, April 11. The missing was identified as Sofia and Anna, residents of Barangay Victory, Abuyog. The body of Sofia was found on the shoreline of Barangay Buntay,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Court of Appeals has dismissed the case against former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate, seven members of the Sangguniang Bayan, and six others for alleged misappropriation of public funds. The case stemmed from a complaint filed by Ian Jay Arevalo, now deceased, husband of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 34-year-old farmer was electrocuted to death while fishing on a river in Barangay Casuntingan, MacArthur, Leyte on Friday, April 10. Police identified the victim as Leo. Investigation by the MacArthur Municipal Police Station said the victim went fishing at around 7 a.m. using...
