TACLOBAN CITY – Thousands of spectators started to troop the streets to watch the 23 groups and 12 contingents and floats adorned with colorful designs and dancers wearing stylish costumes for the Sangyaw Festival Parade of Lights 2023 on Thursday, June 29. The parade of lights for the 134th...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry-Leyte reported sales of P3.2 million from the five-day Fiesta Bonanza Trade Expo 2023 from June 23 to 27 at the Robinsons Marasbaras here. Sales in the event held in time for the city's annual fiesta exceeded its target of P2.5 million with...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu worth P748,000 in Barangay 95-A, Caibaan, here, recently. The suspect was identified as Albert Ortillo, 35. The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) commanded apprehending units for the high-value individual’s arrest....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) A school in Tacloban City, Leyte that was named after the grandmother of House Speaker Martin Romualdez has emerged as the top school in terms of performance in the recent physical therapists (PT) licensure examination. Not only that, but two graduates from...
TACLOBAN CITY – Forty-eight couples tied the knot in a mass wedding dubbed Kasalang Pulis sa Rehiyon Otso here on Wednesday, June 14. The couples comprised of policemen and non-uniformed personnel were married at Santo Niño Shrine in support of promoting the value of family and marriage among...
PALO, Leyte – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made its services accessible to Eastern Visayas with the opening of its Tacloban Extension Office (EO) on Thursday, May 11. SECURITIES and Exchange Commission Chairman Emilio Aquino (right) thanks the National Economic Development...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 33-year-old saleslady was stabbed to death by her live-in partner in their house in Burayan, San Jose District here on Sunday, March 19. Police identified the victim as Dailyn Tiu. Investigation said neighbors heard the couple in a heated argument after the victim bared his...
Tingog Party-list capped its thanksgiving concert series with a star-studded affair on Saturday night, March 4 at the RTR Plaza in Tacloban City, Leyte. Bamboo (left) and Andrew E wow the audience during the final leg of the 'Tingog ng Pasasalamat' concert series in Tacloban City on March 4, 2023....
TINGOG party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (center) leads the launching of ‘Project Tambal’ at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban City on Wednesday, Jan. 11. (EVMC FB) TACLOBAN CITY – The Tingog party-list group on Wednesday, Jan. 11, launched ‘’Project Tambal’’ or Take-Home...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured that it is ready and has sufficient assets to assist Cagayan Valley and Tacloban which are seen to be heavily affected by the northeast monsoon or amihan. Courtesy of MB Visual Content Group "As part of its mandate, the DSWD is...
THE Bureau of Fire Protection extracts victims of a truck which plunged into a ravine and crashed into a house in Tacloban City on New Year’s Day. (BFP-SRF Region VIII FB) TACLOBAN CITY – Two persons were killed while seven others were injured after a truck fell into a ravine and rammed a house...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have intercepted some 1,900 liters of kerosene that were delivered to a gasoline station in Tacloban City. In a statement, the BOC said the importers of the kerosene appeared to have not paid the necessary taxes and comply with the necessary clearances for the...