TACLOBAN CITY – A 24-year-old laborer allegedly stabbed his younger brother for waking him up in Barangay Duyog, La Paz, Leyte on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Police identified the victim as Vin, 18, also a laborer. Investigation said Vin woke up the suspect Jun who was sleeping, resulting in a heated...
TACLOBAN CITY – Community leaders, officials, environmental advocates, and concerned citizens are rallying behind a crucial legislative effort to designate Panaon Island in Southern Leyte as a protected area under Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System...
TACLOBAN CITY - A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen in Barangay Cagnoot, Villaba, Leyte on Monday, Nov. 25. Police identified the victim as Barangay Cagnoot Kagawad Jun. Investigation said that the victim was driving a motorcycle with his...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P387 million was seized at Liloan Port in Liloan, Southern Leyte on Friday, Nov. 8. The contraband was discovered by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency VIII-Seaport Interdiction Unit-Southern Leyte during an inspection of a vehicle that arrived...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 70-year-old farmer was electrocuted to death on Monday, Nov. 4, after accidentally tripping on a live wire outside his neighbor's fence in Sitio Lawis, Barangay New Balanac, Villaba, Leyte. Police said the victim, Mario, was on his way to his farm when he stumbled on...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Authorities are currently searching for two prisoners who escaped from the Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail in Barangay Veloso, Calubian, Leyte on Thursday, Oct. 31. The escapees were identified as Arnel Halichic, 44, of Barangay Cabalquinto, Calubian, and Reggie Pepito, 32, of Barangay...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman and a motorcycle-for-hire driver were shot dead in Barangay Bagabao, Leyte, Leyte on Thursday, Oct. 24. Police identified the victims as Barangay Mataloto, Leyte, Leyte chairwoman Mary Ann Bacunawa, and Mar, motorcycle-for-hire driver. Investigation said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Protecting the country's sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is giving honor to the legacy of World War II veterans, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said. This, as Romualdez graced the...
The iconic photograph of General Douglas MacArthur's (center) return to the Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944. It was taken by Gaetano Faillace (Wikipedia) Solidarity was the main theme of House Speaker Martin Romualdez's speech on the occasion of...
Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. leads the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Leyte Gulf Landings in Palo, Leyte on Oct. 20, 2024. (Courtesy of Leyte Gulf Landings Commemoration / Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. led the commemoration of the 80 th...
CEBU CITY – Inadequate water supply has been a perennial problem in Kananga, a first-class municipality in the province of Leyte. KANANGA, Leyte Mayor Manuel Vicente Torres inspects the ongoing construction of a water filtration system in Sitio Matin-aw, Barangay Rizal, Kananga. (Calvin D....
TACLOBAN CITY – Two individuals were arrested for attempting to rob a pawnshop in Barangay South, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday, Oct. 17. Police said the suspects were a 37-year-old male, a resident of Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, and a 22-year-old male, a resident of Argao, Cebu....
