(Courtesy of 802nd Infantry Brigade / Facebook) (Updated) Two alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels who were tagged in the killing of their former comrades who surrendered to the government died in an encounter with Philippine Army (PA) troops in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday morning, Feb. 10....
TACLOBAN CITY – African Swine Fever cases have been recorded in three municipalities in Southern Leyte. The Provincial Veterinary Office said five barangays in Silago with 94 hog breeders were affected. A total of 489 hogs were culled while the provincial government prepared a...
CEBU CITY – A Tacloban City court has dismissed two petitions seeking to invalidate the search warrant it issued against the site where a controversial chicken breeder farm is located. DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources-Eastern Visayas personnel collect water and soil samples from a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-8 (Eastern Visayas) arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P379,000 in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Wednesday, February 7. MAP of Ormoc City, Leyte The suspect was identified as Renee Parilla,...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer has appealed to the public to help “spread the truth in Palompon” amid the protracted legal battle over the alleged illegal dumping of chicken and other solid wastes at the Palompon Protected Watershed Forest Reserve in Palompon, Leyte. AN excavation is done in an area in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A ticket checker was shot dead near a police station in Barangay Combado, Maasin City, Southern Leyte, on Tuesday, January 23. MAP of Maasin City in Southern Leyte. Police identified the victim as Marlon Gaviola, 49, of Barangay Maria Clara, Maasin City. Initial investigation...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 38-year-old man allegedly suffering from mental illness was stabbed to death by his stepfather after he threatened to kill him and his mother in Sitio Macarupi, Barangay Libertad, Kananga, Leyte, on Monday, January 22. MAP of Kananga, Leyte. Police said the victim,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-8 (Western Visayas) and the Leyte Police Provincial Office implemented a search warrant issued by the executive judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) here on Friday, January 19, to excavate 30 sites where hazardous wastes...
TACLOBAN CITY – An alleged gun-for-hire and his companion were gunned down in Ormoc City, Leyte on Wednesday, January 17. Police identified the victims as Archee Fernando, 39, a suspected assassin, and his companion, Ronald Mainit, both residents of Barangay Campocpoc, Tabango, Leyte. A...
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 – A suspected drug pusher was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-8 (Eastern Visayas) in a buy-bust operation on Dawahon Island, Bato, Leyte. AN 18-year-old drug pusher was arrested in a drug sting in Leyte. (Photo via Marie Marticio) The suspect was...
MATAG-OB, Leyte – The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office here said that they have planted a total of 11,841 seedlings in their tree-planting program for 2023 in response to the challenges posed by climate change. MAP of Matag-ob, Leyte. Of the 11,841 seedlings planted...
