LA PAZ, Leyte – A family of six survived a landslide triggered by heavy rain from the shear line in Barangay Bocawon here on Monday, Feb. 10. A HOUSE is buried by a landslide in Barangay Bocawon, La Paz, Leyte, on Monday, Feb. 10. (Marie Tonette Marticio) The landslide occurred at around 10 a.m....
TACLOBAN CITY – Baybay City in Leyte has been declared free from the New People’s Army and now in a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition. The declaration made after no communist rebels were sighted in the city for two years was highlighted by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
TACLOBAN CITY – House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is letting senators decide if they will proceed with the trial of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. ROMUALDEZ (Marie Tonette Marticio) “It’s up to them. We leave it to their sound discretion,” Romualdez said on...
PALO, Leyte – Over 500 volunteers and staff nationwide are attending the three-day National Tingog Summit here starting Thursday, Feb. 6. ACIDRE (center) Tingog Rep. Jude Acidre said the summit aims to look back from where they started, celebrate their victory, and prepare for future...
TACLOBAN CITY – MS Europa 2 visited Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte, Saturday, Feb. 1, with 455 guests and 371 crew members onboard. MS EUROPA 2 (Gov. Aris Aumentado FB) MS Europa, a German ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, is the first cruise ship to visit Eastern Visayas...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P7 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Police identified the suspect as high-value target Budoy, 37, of Palompon, Leyte. Budoy yielded 1.38 kilograms and a transparent plastic sachet of...
CEBU CITY – Vicente “Ching” Veloso, former Leyte third district representative and Court of Appeals justice, denied allegations that he masterminded the killing of a barangay official in 2016. Veloso belittled the move of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Major Crimes...
CEBU CITY – Murder charges were filed against a former Court of Appeals associate justice and five other persons for the killing of a barangay official in Leyte. Vicente “Ching” Veloso, a former magistrate and congressman of the third district of Leyte; Nicolas Banez, alias “Butoy,”...
TACLOBAN CITY – Southern Leyte sustained damage from a magnitude-5.9 earthquake on Thursday morning, Jan. 23. THE epicenter of the magnitude-5.9 earthquake in Southern Leyte. Authorities reported a landslide, damaged roads, and cancelled classes. A landslide was recorded in the former...
BURAUEN, Leyte – Recipients of a government housing project here for victims of super typhoon “Yolanda” thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for their new homes. RECIPIENTS of a government housing project in Leyte thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos for their new homes. Marcos...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Palo Municipal Police Station in Leyte belied reports that a 12-year-old girl was gang-raped by her friends during a birth anniversary party in Palo on Jan. 3. “The Palo Municipal Police Station would like to emphasize that this case is not related to any allegations of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three children were rescued from drowning by two nurses and Philippine Coast Guard personnel on Sunday, Jan. 5, in Barangay Rizal, Dulag, Leyte. The victims were a 12-year-old male, his sister, a 10-year-old female, and their cousin, a 12-year-old female, all residents of San...
