TACLOBAN CITY – The barangay chairman and a Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad (councilor) of Barangay Alta Vista, Ormoc City, were wounded in a shooting incident in the area on Wednesday, June 12. Police identified the victims as Barangay Chairman Dennis Laurente and Hanna Toralba, 21, SK kagawad....
TACLOBAN CITY – The MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park in Palo, Leyte will be temporarily closed for maintenance and rehabilitation starting June 13 in preparation for the 80th Leyte Gulf Landings Anniversary in October. A social media post by Leyte Tourism said that the decision...
BURAUEN, Leyte – A pair of Philippine Eagles were translocated here on June 11 as part of the Philippine Eagle Foundation program to regenerate their population in the wild. PHILIPPINE Eagle Foundation Director for Operations Dr. Jayson Ibañez and animal keeper Dominic Tadena carry a pair...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipal agriculture officer of Villaba, Leyte, who also served as a lay minister, was fatally shot by unidentified assailants in Viillaba on Sunday, June 9. The victim, Marcing, 52, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Leyte, Leyte, was attacked after conducting Masses in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot in Barangay San Pablo, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday, June 6. The victim was identified as Ramie Matuguina, 49, married, kagawad of Barangay Salvacion in Ormoc. Police said that Matuguina was driving a small blue hatchback and stopped...
LILOAN, Southern Leyte – An outbreak of crown of thorns, locally known as dap-ag, has raised concerns among conservationists and locals as these starfish pose a significant threat to the coral reefs on Panaon Island. CROWN of thorns starfish (Wikipedia) Oceana, an international advocacy...
TACLOBAN CITY – The University of the Philippines-Tacloban is constructing a new campus on a 114-hectare property in Barangay Santa Elena here. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Thursday, May 23, and construction will commence by the fourth quarter of this year. UP officials hold the...
TACLOBAN CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is scheduled to lead the awarding of Certificate of Land Ownership Award to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas on Monday, May 20, at the Tacloban City Convention Center. MARCOS Reyan Arinto, Philippine Information Agency-8...
TACLOBAN CITY – Cash, shabu, and guns were seized from four men in a checkpoint in Barangay Cristina, Calubian, Leyte on Friday, May 17. HILLTOP view of Calubian, Leyte. (Wikipedia) The suspects were aged 20, 27, 32, and 42, and residents of Villaba in the third district of Leyte. The 2nd...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Matag-ob in Leyte was declared under a Stable Internal Peace and Security status on Friday, May 17. Mayor Bernandino Tacoy was elated over the achievement. THE town of Matag-ob in Leyte province achieved a SIPS status on Friday, May 17. Tacoy said the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate expressed optimism that investors will increase in their municipality following the declaration of Stable Internal Peace and Security on Friday, May 17. "There is no prosperity if there is no peace," the mayor said during the signing of a...
CEBU CITY – Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez vowed to continue fighting illegal activities in his district and is unfazed over the alleged threats on his life. "I have this message to whoever wants me dead: I would not be cowed by any threat, political or otherwise. I would continue to discharge my...
