TACLOBAN CITY – Following the creation of task forces in four local government units in Leyte, Baybay City Mayor Jose Carlos Cari has issued Executive Order No. 6 prohibiting the entry and exit of live chicken, raw poultry meat products, and other poultry meat derivatives into the city as...
TACLOBAN CITY – To protect the local poultry and game fowl industry, four municipalities in Leyte have created task forces to regulate the entry of live domestic and wild birds in their jurisdiction. This developed after the Department of Agriculture (DA)-8 confirmed the first case of avian...
TACLOBAN CITY – Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate has expressed concern over the alleged dumping of over 50,000 chickens in a poultry farm in Sitio Canlutaw, Barangay Naghalin, Kananga, Leyte, recently. The mayor has called on Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia...
TACLOBAN CITY -- A leader and member of a criminal group in Luzon were arrested on Monday, March 18, in Barangay Yapad, Pastrana, Leyte. Police identified the suspects as Michael Smith Abolencia, 40, alias Michael Bakla and Michael Enting, the leader of the Abolencia Criminal...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu worth P714,000 was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Sunday, March 17, in Sitio Himoclo, Barangay Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Albuera, Leyte on Sunday, March 17. (Photo via Marie...
TACLOBAN CITY – A driver was injured and his companion was unharmed when gunmen fired at their vehicle owned by the mayor of San Isidro, Leyte in Barangay Dapdap, Alangalang, Leyte, on Thursday, March 14. MAP of Leyte with the town of Alangalang highlighted. Police identified the wounded as...
LA PAZ, Leyte – A barangay "tanod" or watchman was gunned down by a barangay councilor in an interior barangay here on Tuesday night, March 12. TWO individuals were killed in separate incidents in La Paz, Leyte on Tuesday and Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Francis Berones...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 41-year-old man stabbed his three-year-old daughter and himself to death over a family problem on Monday, March 11, in Barangay Guadalupe, Inopacan, Leyte. A MAN stabbed his daughter and himself to death in Leyte on Monday, March 11. (Photo via Marie Marticio) Inopacan police...
CEBU CITY — Leyte fourth district Rep. Richard Gomez was unfazed over the decision of former Court of Appeals Associate Justice Vicente “Ching” Veloso III to challenge him in the 2025 midterm elections. GOMEZ (FB) Gomez said Veloso’s decision to run against him will not distract him from...
CEBU CITY – The next local elections are still more than a year away but the political pot in Leyte is already boiling. SUPPORTERS of former Leyte third district Rep. Ching Veloso gather at the Isabel Sports Complex in Isabel, Leyte after he transferred his voter’s registration on Monday, March...
TACLOBAN CITY – A three-year-old girl was injured in a fire in Ormoc City, Leyte on Monday, March 11. The fire broke at past 9 a.m. after her 21-year-old mother left their house in Purok Avocado, Barangay San Vicente to borrow money to buy food. A THREE-year-old girl was injured in a fire in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 31-year-old housekeeper was found dead with over 50 stab wounds in her body in Barangay Santa Cruz, Palo, Leyte, on Wednesday, March 6. The victim was identified as Dylen, 31, of Barangay San Antonio, Palo. Police received a call from the victim's neighbor informing them...
