TACLOBAN CITY — Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap has extended assistance to the municipality of Saint Bernard and other areas battered by typhoon “Tino” in the province. Yap distributed 250 sleeping kits, 250 family kits, and 500 bottles of distilled drinking water to families at the...
TACLOBAN CITY – San Francisco, Southern Leyte Mayor Jason Ortizo thanked former Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III for donating a generator set and internet modem to the municipality which was heavily affected by typhoon “Tino” last week. “Thank you, Gen. Nick Torre,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Eighty-two houses were destroyed in a fire before dawn on Sunday in Barangay Iniguihan, Bato town, Leyte province. One-hundred six families were displaced by the fire that reached the third alarm. Five-hundred eighty-nine families evacuated to the municipal evacuation center. The...
A police officer was arrested for allegedly robbing a businesswoman in Barangay Nalibunan, Abuyog town, Leyte province this week. Investigation said the victim, Lenny, a 30-year-old businesswoman from Barangay Pagsang-an, Abuyog, was robbed while purchasing vegetables from a truck. The suspect,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A Philippine Air Force Blackhawk helicopter made an emergency landing Wednesday in a rice field in Barangay Panian, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte. The Saint Bernard Municipal Police Station responded to the incident involving the helicopter with body No. 753. According to the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old grandmother went missing at the height of typhoon “Tino” in Barangay Hilaan, Bontoc town, Southern Leyte province on Tuesday afternoon. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Yolanda Labastida and her husband were evacuating...
TACLOBAN CITY - Silago, Southern Leyte Mayor Lemuel Honor appealed for help as their municipality remains isolated from four-wheel vehicles due to fallen trees caused by typhoon “Tino.” Tino made its first landfall around midnight Tuesday in Silago, causing several landslides and flash flood in...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 78-year-old man died early Tuesday morning in Barangay Romualdez, MacArthur, Leyte, after his nipa hut was struck by a fallen tree during the onslaught of typhoon “Tino.” The victim, alias Max, a widower and jobless resident, was discovered at 5:40 a.m. According to the...
The center of the eye of Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) made landfall over Silago, Southern Leyte at 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). At landfall, Tino had maximum sustained winds of 150...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Leyte Police Provincial Office has activated its comprehensive security and public safety plan under “Ligtas Undas 2025.” Police Col. Dionisio Apas Jr., provincial director, announced the deployment of 551 PNP personnel in transport terminals, major thoroughfares,...
TACLOBAN CITY – One-hundred seventy-seven students and 10 faculty members of the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in Lucena City, Quezon province fell victim to suspected food poisoning in Palompon, Leyte province on Wednesday. The local government unit on Thursday expressed serious...
TACLOBAN CITY – A teacher was shot gunned down by her husband at the Agbanga Elementary School in Barangay Agbanga, Matalom town, Leyte province, on Wednesday. The Matalom Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the victim as Ellen, 39. Initial investigation said Ellen was being chased by the...
