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...
TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government and the Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) have offered a P500,000 reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the gunmen of a barangay chairman, kagawad (councilor), and a barangay tanod (watchman) in Barangay Daja Diot, San Isidro,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher who had ties to self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, March 3. THE body of a suspected drug pusher lies on the kitchen of his house following a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte....
TACLOBAN CITY – The police and military intensified security operations in the third district of Leyte following the murder of barangay officials in the municipality of San Isidro on February 24. AUTHORITIES stepped up security after three persons were killed in San Isidro, Leyte last week....
MACARTHUR, Leyte – Suspected shabu worth P408,000 was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Casuntingan here on Wednesday, February 28. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested and shabu worth P408,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday night, February 28, in...
TACLOBAN CITY - A 73-year-old farmer was stabbed dead by his oldest son in Purok Camia, Barangay Guintiguian, Ormoc City, Leyte, on Sunday night, February 25. The victim was identified as Vicente Ramirez Jr. Initial investigation disclosed that Vicente and the suspect, Junrey, 28, were...
TACLOBAN CITY – Rep. Anna Veloso Tuazon condemned the recent violence in the municipalities of San Isidro, Leyte, Tabango, Villaba, and Calubian, Leyte. TUAZON (FB) "They create a chilling effect among our citizenry, and have no place in a society that values life, dignity, the peaceful...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two barangay officials and a tanod were shot dead in Barangay Daja Diot, San Isidro, Leyte by four gunmen on Saturday night, February 24. MAP of San Isidro, Leyte San Isidro police chief Police Major Reymund Quinagutan identified the fatalities as Elizalde Tabon, 55, chairman;...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-one families were displaced and 43 houses and establishments were razed by a fire in a residential area in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday night, February 22. MAP of Leyte with Ormoc City highlighted A man, Ivan Caliwan, was injured in the blaze that...
