TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) second regional priority target in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) was killed in a buy-bust operation in Merida, Leyte, on Tuesday, March 21. The suspect was identified as Rodcir Maraviles, a resident of Barangay Libertad, Ormoc, City,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three unexploded explosive ordnances were discovered in a fishpond inside the municipal hall compound in Matag-ob, Leyte. Mayor Bernandino G. Tacoy, in an interview on Tuesday, March 21, said the UXOs – two 155mm and a 75mm projectiles – considered as...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman received two life sentences for sexually abusing minors, including her daughter, in exchange for money from online sex offenders. The Regional Trial Court Branch 10 in the municipality of Abuyog, Leyte found the accused guilty of qualified trafficking, child abuse, and...
THE Korea International Cooperation Agency on Monday, Feb. 20, launched a program to adolescent pregnancies in Southern Leyte and Samar in Tacloban City. (Marie Tonette Marticio) TACLOBAN CITY – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and national government and United Nations (UN)...
PALO, Leyte – As proof that the government fully supports the campaign to end the communist insurgency in Eastern Visayas, 1,000 soldiers from the 74th Infantry Unbeatable Battalion and 42nd Infantry "Tagapagtanggol" Battalion were welcomed by the 8th Infantry Division on Monday, Feb. 20....
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected big-time drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Sitio Guinputngan, Barangay Pitogo, Barugo, Leyte. The suspect was identified as Felicisimo Atienza Jr. of Barangay Cuta, Barugo. Atienza was a high-value individual (HVI) of the...
A 31 year-old-man facing statutory rape charges and two counts of acts of lasciviousness was arrested in Parañaque City on Monday, Feb. 13. Col. Renato Ocampo, city police chief, said members of the Tabontabon Muncipal police station coordinated with members of the Warrant and Subpoena Section...
CARIGARA, LEYTE -- In time for the Love Month, at least 63 couples exchanged ‘I dos’ in a civil mass wedding sponsored by the local government here on Thursday, Feb. 9. Photo from Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr. / MANILA BULLETIN Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr., who officiated the wedding, said the local...
LA PAZ, Leyte – A 42-year-old construction worker was arrested for allegedly killing his wife’s lover after he caught the pair kissing in Barangay Lubi-Lubi here on Thursday, Feb. 9. Police identified the suspect as Agusto Pedrigal. Investigation said that Pedrigal already had suspicions that...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, has filed a bill declaring Panaon Island in Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act or Republic Act 11038. VILLAR (FB) In...
Citing the potential destruction of the large-scale habitat of Panaon Island in Southern Leyte, Senator Cynthia A. Villar wants to declare it a protected area. "Despite the presence of extensive coral reefs and vibrant fish communities, the abundance and biomass of commercially important species...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 31-year-old woman was arrested for large-scale estafa in an entrapment operation in a restaurant in Palo, Leyte on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Authorities identified the suspect as Maria Francesca Macasojot, self-employed, single, and a resident of Canlapwas Poblacion, Catbalogan...
