TACLOBAN CITY - After Supertyphoon "Odette" wrought havoc in Maasin City last Dec.16, 2021, the City Government has sought the assistance of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to rebuild its public infrastructure. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Nacional Mercado, in a forum with the...
TACLOBAN CITY - A newly freed person deprived of liberty was shot dead on the day of his release from the Calbayog City District Jail, Wednesday (Feb. 23). (Photo by Rommel Rutor) The victim was identified as Ruben Espelembergo, 34, based on the release paper that was retrieved from his belongings....
Government anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Sunday, Feb. 13, four alleged drug pushers and seized some P10,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Tacloban City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 8 identified the suspects as Vic Abolencia alias Bornok, 28; Narciso...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is eyeing the construction of a new bridge that keep the inter-island connectivity in Southern Leyte. DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado announced the proposal during his visit and coordination meeting on the regional development investment plan with...
The Santo Niño Parish Church in Tacloban City is set to be elevated to an archdiocesan shrine this November. Sto-Niño De Tacloban Parish (Facebook image) In a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines News post, the parish said Archbishop John Du has approved the petition to raise the...
Over P18 million worth of generated business leads were recorded during the Department of Tourism's (DOT) first-ever hybrid edition of the regional travel fair (RTF) in Tacloban, Leyte last week. Onsite participants of the first-ever hybrid edition of the 7th Regional Travel Fair in Tacloban,...
Over 26,000 anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been flown to Tacloban City in Leyte by the Philippine Airlines (PAL). VaccineToTacloban01 VaccineToTacloban02 PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said the plane arrived at Daniel Romualdez Airport in Tacloban early morning Monday, July 19....
Learn how this young chef takes the lead in running a 28-year-old restaurant amid the challenges of a pandemic Giuseppe Bonavitacola in the kitchen of Giuseppe's As the COVID-19 pandemic threatened the lives of millions of people all over the world, it also posed great challenges to the food and...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda). The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda),...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the appeal of the local governments of Zamboanga City and Tacloban City to change their quarantine classifications as the country continues to grapple with the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. IATF places Zamboanga City under MECQ...
Women of Yolanda and Marawi weave their future through the local fabric and clothing industry Seeking to inspire hope for the future in their communities by rewriting the disaster-victim narrative, Maranao weavers and Tacloban seamstresses have banded together to create the Kadasig reusable face...
Three-termer vice mayor Jerry Yaokasin , known in his city as Sambo, has been busy this pandemic, among other things, bartering basic goods with Taclobanons. They would go to his office and ask him to take a look at the items they came bearing—and they would leave with rice, milk, eggs, and other...
