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,...
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 62-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle a pack of suspected shabu for his detained son in Ormoc City on New Year’s Eve. Police identified the suspect as Aurelio Basete. Basete arrived at the Ormoc City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Altavista to bring...
A SPECTACULAR SUNSET Ormoc scenery graced by the beauty of the setting sun (Photo Serge Ilarina Jr.) I don’t know about you, but I never really have any expectations when I travel. I never really plan and, if I travel with a group, I never really pay attention to the itinerary. If at all, I would...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P500,000 in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, November 5. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P500,000 was seized from a drug pusher in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, November 5. The suspect, Rey Banton...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 26-year-old police officer was killed in a head-on collision on Tuesday, September 12, in Barangay Ipil, Ormoc City, Leyte. LAWSIN (FB) The victim was identified as Police Patrolman Marvin Lawsin, assigned to the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) and a resident of Jaro,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A businesswoman was gunned down in her house in Barangay District 1, Ormoc City, on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Emily Porcadilla, 55, alias “Emyat,” an “ukay-ukay” (used clothes) trader. Initial investigation said the victim was in her room when...
TACLOBAN CITY – A severely mutilated fetus was found by a fisherman near a fish cage on Saturday afternoon, July 29, in Barangay Naungan, Ormoc City. The fetus' gender could not be determined because it was decomposing and its lower body was detached. Initial investigation disclosed that the...
CEBU CITY – Police are on the lookout for three individuals who are facing charges for large-cale estafa. Police Lt. Col. Arwinm Tadeo, officer-in-charge of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Eastern Visayas (CIDG-8), said in a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, June 14, that efforts...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez Leyte 1st district Rep. Richard Gomez has hit back on "malicious" news reports, saying that there's "nothing irregular" with the Commission on Audit's (COA) observations on the in-kind donations to Ormoc City. “Recent news reports on the allegedly...
TACLOBAN CITY -- A 29-year-old woman who was caught in possession of more than half a kilo of shabu on Dec. 9, 2022Â in Barangay Linao, Ormoc City was sentenced to two life imprisonment by a regional trial court judge here recently. The accused was identified as Reaiza Caacoy Wenceslao alias...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed while 1.5 kilograms of shabu valued at P10.2 million were seized in a buy-bust operation at dawn on Monday, May 15, in Barangay Tambulilid, Ormoc City. The suspect was identified as Allan Bulahan, a resident of Barangay Linao, Ormoc, and...
