Close to 600 land titles will be distributed to farmers in Southern Leyte before the end of the month, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced on Tuesday, July 27. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 575 certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) will be turned over...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station Southern Leyte rescued at least 13 crew members from a troubled cargo vessel off Macrohon, Southern Leyte on Saturday, July 24. In an incident report, the cargo vessel MV Danica Martina, carrying 13 crew members, encountered engine trouble while...
Over 26,000 anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been flown to Tacloban City in Leyte by the Philippine Airlines (PAL). VaccineToTacloban01 VaccineToTacloban02 PAL Spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said the plane arrived at Daniel Romualdez Airport in Tacloban early morning Monday, July 19....
As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
If the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will be prevented from dismantling shanties built by informal settlers within the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) area in Muntinlupa City, BuCor chief Undersecretary Gerald Bantag said he should also be given the same right to build a house inside Camp Aguinaldo....
A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
Various farming communities in Southern Leyte are expected to benefit from four agricultural roads that are scheduled for completion in August this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday, June 25. MORE ROADS FOR FARMERS--Four farm-to-market roads in Southern Leyte are...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda). The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda),...
Eighteen crew members of a cargo vessel were forced to abandon their ship as strong waves and heavy downpour triggered by tropical storm ''Dante" threatened their safety, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson said on Wednesday, June 2. Eighteen crew members abandoned a cargo vessel in the...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) evacuated stranded residents in Maasin City in Southern Leyte due to massive flooding caused by tropical storm “Dante” on Tuesday, June 1. The PCG evacuated stranded residents in Maasin City in Southern Leyte due to massive flooding caused by tropical storm...
No family would want to be food insecure. In Leyte, a couple developed a small piece of land to sustain their family and to set an example for their community. Cielo Bisnar Viterbo, 44, housewife, and Jo Melq Ceasar Flores Viterbo, 47, an architect and mission worker for Gawad Kalinga...
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck parts of Leyte on Thursday morning, May 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In an advisory, Phivolcs said the quake took place 8 kilometers...
