Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--The administration-backed Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate won't be implementing radical changes to its campaign...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (PPAB, Facebook) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--House Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed to help deliver a decisive victory for the administration-backed Alyansa para...
CEBU CITY – The Court of Appeals has junked the petition of former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate and other local officials for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against a ruling by the Ombudsman dismissing them from public service. The decision of the CA 15th Division has put the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 44-year-old police officer plunged to his death on Sunday, Feb. 16, in Barangay Camansi, Mayorga, Leyte. A POLICE officer plunged to his death in Mayorga, Leyte on Sunday, Feb. 16. Police identified victim as Elmer Villa, assigned to the Julita Municipal Police...
LA PAZ, Leyte – A family of six survived a landslide triggered by heavy rain from the shear line in Barangay Bocawon here on Monday, Feb. 10. A HOUSE is buried by a landslide in Barangay Bocawon, La Paz, Leyte, on Monday, Feb. 10. (Marie Tonette Marticio) The landslide occurred at around 10 a.m....
TACLOBAN CITY – Baybay City in Leyte has been declared free from the New People’s Army and now in a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition. The declaration made after no communist rebels were sighted in the city for two years was highlighted by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
TACLOBAN CITY – House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is letting senators decide if they will proceed with the trial of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. ROMUALDEZ (Marie Tonette Marticio) “It’s up to them. We leave it to their sound discretion,” Romualdez said on...
PALO, Leyte – Over 500 volunteers and staff nationwide are attending the three-day National Tingog Summit here starting Thursday, Feb. 6. ACIDRE (center) Tingog Rep. Jude Acidre said the summit aims to look back from where they started, celebrate their victory, and prepare for future...
TACLOBAN CITY – MS Europa 2 visited Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte, Saturday, Feb. 1, with 455 guests and 371 crew members onboard. MS EUROPA 2 (Gov. Aris Aumentado FB) MS Europa, a German ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, is the first cruise ship to visit Eastern Visayas...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P7 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Police identified the suspect as high-value target Budoy, 37, of Palompon, Leyte. Budoy yielded 1.38 kilograms and a transparent plastic sachet of...
CEBU CITY – Vicente “Ching” Veloso, former Leyte third district representative and Court of Appeals justice, denied allegations that he masterminded the killing of a barangay official in 2016. Veloso belittled the move of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Major Crimes...
CEBU CITY – Murder charges were filed against a former Court of Appeals associate justice and five other persons for the killing of a barangay official in Leyte. Vicente “Ching” Veloso, a former magistrate and congressman of the third district of Leyte; Nicolas Banez, alias “Butoy,”...
