TACLOBAN CITY – The Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) has intensified its investigation and search operations following the reported disappearance of a parish priest in Leyte, underscoring its ongoing efforts to locate him and establish the circumstances surrounding the case. In a statement...
Police are searching for a Catholic priest from Leyte reported missing since Tuesday, Dec. 23. The Babatngon, Leyte Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the missing person as Fr. Edwin "Kutz" Caintoy, 55. Police said the parish priest of San Jose de Malibago Parish in Babatngon was last seen...
TACLOBAN CITY — Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap has filed House Bill 6702 that proposes to abolish the estate tax under the National Internal Revenue Code. The “Estate Tax Abolition Act” aims to help families make better use of the properties left by their loved ones by removing the...
CARIGARA, Leyte – The municipality of Carigara town, Leyte province lighted their giant Christmas tree on Sunday, Nov. 30. Thousands of children in costumes and families witnessed the event at the municipal plaza. This year’s Christmas tree features highlights a giant machete locally named...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 Press Corps and the 8th Infantry Division Press Corps joined forces with the police and military to donate blood and address the supply shortage here. In collaboration with the Leyte Police Provincial Office, Tacloban City Police Office, Philippine Red...
TACLOBAN CITY – The three rebels killed in a recent clash with government troops in Jaro town, Leyte province were linked to the murder of a soldier in 2023, the Philippine Army’s (PA) 8th Infantry Division (ID) said on Thursday. The PA said that based on verification, one of the three firearms...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a firefight with government forces in Barangay Pange, Jaro, Leyte, early Monday, the Philippine Army reported. Brig. Gen. Pompeyo Jason Almagro, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, said fatalities were a squad...
An alleged squad leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) and two other Communist officers were killed in an armed encounter with the Philippine Army (PA) in Jaro, Leyte on Monday morning, Nov. 17, the military reported. Elements of the 93rd Infantry Battalion (93IB) led by its commander, Lt. Col....
TACLOBAN CITY – Over 2.4 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P16.3 million were seized in a buy-bust operation Friday on the bypass road in Barangay Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte. Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) Director Police Col. Dionisio Apas Jr. said they arrested two high-value individuals...
CEBU CITY – Packs of suspected shabu that were supposed to be delivered to Cebu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte on Friday night, Nov. 14. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) said the illegal drugs were seized from two live-in...
TACLOBAN CITY — Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap has extended assistance to the municipality of Saint Bernard and other areas battered by typhoon “Tino” in the province. Yap distributed 250 sleeping kits, 250 family kits, and 500 bottles of distilled drinking water to families at the...
TACLOBAN CITY – San Francisco, Southern Leyte Mayor Jason Ortizo thanked former Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III for donating a generator set and internet modem to the municipality which was heavily affected by typhoon “Tino” last week. “Thank you, Gen. Nick Torre,...
