TACLOBAN CITY - A 73-year-old farmer was stabbed dead by his oldest son in Purok Camia, Barangay Guintiguian, Ormoc City, Leyte, on Sunday night, February 25. The victim was identified as Vicente Ramirez Jr. Initial investigation disclosed that Vicente and the suspect, Junrey, 28, were...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-one families were displaced and 43 houses and establishments were razed by a fire in a residential area in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday night, February 22. MAP of Leyte with Ormoc City highlighted A man, Ivan Caliwan, was injured in the blaze that...
TACLOBAN CITY – A lone gunman shot and killed a barangay chairman and wounded a barangay kagawad or councilor in Ormoc City, Leyte on Friday night, February 16. MAP of Ormoc City, Leyte Police identified the fatality as Patricio Laude, 60, chairman of Barangay Catmon, Ormoc, and the wounded as...
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...
