TACLOBAN CITY – A South Korean detainee escaped from the Abuyog Sub-Provincial Jail in Barangay Loyonsawang, Abuyog, Leyte on Thursday, November 16. The escapee was identified as Gim Sihun, alias Kim Sihon, 28, a resident of Taguig City and a trustee of the facility. He was last seen in the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau-8 has dismissed the complaint filed by former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Myra Georgina Arevalo to cancel the Environmental Compliance Certificate of DBSN Farms Agriventures Corp. owned by incumbent Mayor Ramon Oñate. In a 50-page decision...
TACLOBAN CITY – Five persons were killed and 11 were injured in a two-vehicle collision on the national highway in Barangay Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte on Thursday, November 9. FIVE persons were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Palo, Leyte on Thursday, November 9. (Photo via Marie Marticio)...
TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Palompon, Leyte signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Oceana Philippines International during the 10th anniversary of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name “Haiyan”) on Wednesday, November 8, to sustain an ecologically balanced municipality....
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer is in hot water for allegedly planting evidence in a “sari-sari” (community) store in Limasawa, Southern Leyte, recently. A video, which has been making rounds online, showed Police Corporal Ruel Arot, assigned to the Limasawa Police Station, allegedly...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P500,000 in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, November 5. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P500,000 was seized from a drug pusher in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, November 5. The suspect, Rey Banton...
TACLOBAN CITY – A lineman from the Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) died after he was electrocuted while repairing a transformer in Sogod, Southern Leyte, on Friday, November 3. The victim was identified as Olvic Arayan, a lineman who had worked for SOLECO for 16...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire destroyed the house of the barangay captain of Mapgap, Baybay City, Leyte on All Saints' Day. The family of Jose Mangayaay, 42, left lighted candles after offering a prayer for their departed loved ones at the altar on the second floor unattended. Minutes later,...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO After quitting his job as hotel steward on a cruise ship in 2016, Rouen Dolot, 31, from Barangay Cantariwis, Tolosa, Leyte, pursued his passion for farming. Dolot is also known as The Backyard Farmer. He started his vegetable farm on borrowed land from the brother of a family...
TACLOBAN CITY – An alleged vote-buying incident was reported to the police in Barangay Tuburan, Calubian, Leyte, on the eve of the barangay elections on Sunday, October 29. Information disclosed that a certain “Judita,” 47, resident of Barangay Tuburan, called the attention of...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The Department of Education (DepEd) pledged to investigate a public school teacher who allegedly went overboard with the punishment he imposed upon his students in Burauen, Leyte. In a statement issued on Wednesday, October 25, the DepEd-Leyte division office said they...
PALO, Leyte – A 24-year-old civil engineer from the municipality of La Paz, this province, was crowned as the first Miss Universe Philippines-Leyte on Wednesday, October 18, here. ANGEL Rose Tambal (center) from La Paz, Leyte was crowned as the first Miss Universe Philippines-Leyte during...
