TACLOBAN CITY - An employee of the Local Government Unit of Silago, Southern Leyte, and her back rider died on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding was bumped off by an SUV in a Sunday morning, April 24, mishap in Brgy. Balagawan. Lt. Col. Bella Rentuaya, information officer of the Police...
Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte made sure to give quality time Friday, April 22 to 11-year-old CJ Jasme when she visited victims of typhoon "Agaton" in Baybay City, Leyte. (HNP Media) Jasme grabbed headlines after he rode out Agaton's wrath inside a refrigerator, where...
The police arrested a man listed as the No. 9 most wanted person for rape in Muntinlupa, in Sta. Fe, Leyte on April 20. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as Jayson Daloso Fabillo, 32, construction worker, and a resident of Barangay Poblacion,...
Search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) operations were officially concluded in at least three landslide-hit areas in Leyte province despite the fact that majority of the 110 missing persons due to Typhoon “Agaton” were recorded in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Who says you need to be a public official to help the less fortunate? On Monday, April 18, the actress Angel Locsin, together with her husband, film producer Neil Arce, flew to Baybay, Leyte to hand out relief goods to distressed souls devastated by Tropical Storm Agaton. Photos of the two...
After nearly a full week of continuous search and rescue (SAR) operations, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, April 18, that it was already considering to stop looking for survivors in Leyte province, days after it was battered by Typhoon...
The search and rescue operations for victims of Typhoon “Agaton” in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) continued on Easter Sunday, April 17, as rescuers refused to give up and expressed hope that they will find more survivors in the aftermath of the devastation. Search and rescue personnel from the...
President Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Good Friday, April 15, conducted an aerial inspection of Baybay City and Abuyog town in Leyte to survey the extent of damage caused by the massive flooding and landslides triggered by tropical storm ‘’Agaton". “Walang...
President Duterte vowed that the government will continue providing food and shelter to all those affected by Tropical Depression Agaton, saying they do not even have to buy their own food "until the end of time" if they want to. President Duterte tends to the families affected by Tropical...
President Duterte has promised typhoon victims in Baybay City, Leyte that they will be provided houses either under his term or his successor's. President Duterte (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "There are housing units. I would be able to build more houses for you if only I had more time left. But...
The death toll due to Typhoon “Agaton” has climbed to 137 and this is feared to further increase as over two dozens more are still missing in landslide-hit areas in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Good Friday, April...
TACLOBAN CITY - The sun is finally up. Hope sparks as the search, rescue, and retrieval operations continue to find more survivors and fatalities from the missing individuals in the rubble created by successive landslides at the height of tropical storm Agaton’s onslaught in Baybay City and...
