TACLOBAN CITY – A total of 178 former rebels and their families received free wellness checks from the 802nd Infantry Brigade's Healthcare Fair and Medical Care program in Camp Downes, Ormoc City, Leyte. The health and wellness program were part of the 36th founding anniversary of the 802nd IB....
TACLOBAN CITY – The wife of a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected shabu for her husband at the Leyte Sub-Provincial Jail, Barangay Guiwan 1, Palompon, Leyte, recently. The suspect was identified as Amy Ruiz, 50, a resident of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A policeman who had gone Absent Without Official Leave was nabbed for allegedly robbing a fast food restaurant in Carigara, Leyte, on Wednesday, April 10. The suspect was identified as Salvador Humbria, 37, formerly assigned to the Leyte Police Provincial Office and a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A brick of suspected high-grade marijuana worth P200,000 was seized in a courier's office in this city on Saturday, April 6. A BRICK of suspected high-grade marijuana was seized in Tacloban City on April 6. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-8 and the Philippine...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Nacional Mercado suspended classes from preschool to elementary in public and private schools in Maasin City, Leyte on Thursday, April 4, due to extreme heat forecast by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration. MAYOR Mercado (FB)...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 12 schools in the municipalities of Malitbog, Macrohon, Pintuyan, and Tomas Oppus in Southern Leyte suspended face-to-face classes on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. The local government of Biliran in Biliran province issued an executive order shifting...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Albuera in Leyte has created a task force against bird flu or avian influenza. Albuera Mayor Sixto dela Victoria issued an executive order forming Task Force LIPAD (Livestock, Immunization, Public Awareness, Avian Surveillance, and Disease Control...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the creation of task forces in four local government units in Leyte, Baybay City Mayor Jose Carlos Cari has issued Executive Order No. 6 prohibiting the entry and exit of live chicken, raw poultry meat products, and other poultry meat derivatives into the city as...
TACLOBAN CITY – To protect the local poultry and game fowl industry, four municipalities in Leyte have created task forces to regulate the entry of live domestic and wild birds in their jurisdiction. This developed after the Department of Agriculture (DA)-8 confirmed the first case of avian...
TACLOBAN CITY – Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate has expressed concern over the alleged dumping of over 50,000 chickens in a poultry farm in Sitio Canlutaw, Barangay Naghalin, Kananga, Leyte, recently. The mayor has called on Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia...
TACLOBAN CITY -- A leader and member of a criminal group in Luzon were arrested on Monday, March 18, in Barangay Yapad, Pastrana, Leyte. Police identified the suspects as Michael Smith Abolencia, 40, alias Michael Bakla and Michael Enting, the leader of the Abolencia Criminal...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu worth P714,000 was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Sunday, March 17, in Sitio Himoclo, Barangay Poblacion, Albuera, Leyte. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Albuera, Leyte on Sunday, March 17. (Photo via Marie...
