House Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from right) leads the distribution under the CARD Program (Speaker’s office) "Mr. Rice" House Speaker Martin Romualdez has done it again, this time in his home province of Leyte in the Visayas. Romualdez led on...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two teenage girls were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a truck on Thursday, June 27, in Barangay Minuswang, Barugo, Leyte. The victims, aged 15 and 16, were both students and residents of the municipality. Police said the victims were on their way to Barugo...
BURAUEN, Leyte – We shall return. Just like the iconic mantra of Gen. Douglas MacArthur when he returned to liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation in World War II, a pair of Philippine Eagles made a return to the forests of Anonang-Lobi Range Key Biodiversity Area on Friday, June 28....
TACLOBAN CITY – The Buyogan Festival of Abuyog, Leyte dominated the Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals 2024 here which returned after a four-year hiatus on Thursday, June 27. MAYOR Lemuel Gin K. Traya (center) of Abuyog, Leyte rejoices after the municipality won the Kasadyaan Festival of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A foreigner was killed after he was hit by a motorcycle and run over by a truck on Saturday on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay 99 Diit here. Police said a motorcycle driven by another foreigner hit an electrical post on the side of the road and crashed into a 68-year-old...
TACLOBAN CITY – A man high on shabu died of a heart attack during a drug den raid in Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday, June 20. The fatality was identified as Richard Landero, drug den patron. Christopher Estrera, 42, the drug den operator; and drug den patrons alias Aileen P, alias Tito L, and...
TACLOBAN CITY – Authorities nabbed a jail guard in a buy-bust operation on Friday, June 21, in Barangay Can-uguib, Abuyog, Leyte. The suspect was identified as Amir, 45, a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade, and a resident of Abuyog. Amir was arrested after he sold suspected...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P6.8 million was seized in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, June 18, in Barangay Cabalquinte, Calubian, Leyte. SHABU worth P6.8 million was recovered in a buy-bust operation in Leyte on June 18. (Photo via Marie Marticio) Four suspected drug pushers...
TACLOBAN CITY – An injured dolphin was found and rescued on the shoreline of Barangay Lungsodaan, Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte on Monday, June 17. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) said the dolphin was two to 2.3 meters long and weighed 150 kilograms. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – To cultivate a sense of appreciation and proactive involvement in nature and marine conservation among the youth, the Local Youth Development Office of Palompon town in Leyte province has tapped children to experience the Nature and Marine Biodiversity Walk as part of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 20-year-old college student was injured after she was hit by a falling concrete decorative sculpture from the bell tower at Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Barangay South, Ormoc City, on Thursday, June 13. Police identified the victim as Caryl Ann Mistola, a student...
TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Carigara in Leyte marked the 126th anniversary of Philippine Independence by honoring 718 barangay tanods or watchmen with additional monthly subsidy. THE municipality of Carigara in Leyte feted barangay tanods on Independence Day. (Photo via Marie...
