TACLOBAN CITY – Rep. Anna Veloso Tuazon condemned the recent violence in the municipalities of San Isidro, Leyte, Tabango, Villaba, and Calubian, Leyte. TUAZON (FB) "They create a chilling effect among our citizenry, and have no place in a society that values life, dignity, the peaceful...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two barangay officials and a tanod were shot dead in Barangay Daja Diot, San Isidro, Leyte by four gunmen on Saturday night, February 24. MAP of San Isidro, Leyte San Isidro police chief Police Major Reymund Quinagutan identified the fatalities as Elizalde Tabon, 55, chairman;...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-one families were displaced and 43 houses and establishments were razed by a fire in a residential area in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday night, February 22. MAP of Leyte with Ormoc City highlighted A man, Ivan Caliwan, was injured in the blaze that...
TACLOBAN CITY – A farmer died of cardiac arrest due to intense heat in Barangay Cambadbad, Matag-ob, Leyte, recently. The victim was identified as Rogelio Sumpino. Sumpino was carrying firewood when he suddenly collapsed. Rescuers arrived and brought him to the Rural Health Unit in Matag-ob....
A barangay kagawad or councilor was shot dead in Sitio Banahaw, Barangay Tugas, Tabango, Leyte, on Tuesday, February 20. The victim was identified as Ronald Palacio, 50, of Barangay Santa Rosa, Tabango. Initial investigation disclosed that the victim was driving his motorcycle on his...
TACLOBAN CITY – A lone gunman shot and killed a barangay chairman and wounded a barangay kagawad or councilor in Ormoc City, Leyte on Friday night, February 16. MAP of Ormoc City, Leyte Police identified the fatality as Patricio Laude, 60, chairman of Barangay Catmon, Ormoc, and the wounded as...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People's Army leaders were killed in an encounter on Saturday, February 10, in Barangay Tinag-an, Albuera, Leyte. VARIOUS New People's Army equipment were seized in encounter in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday, February 10. (802nd IB photo) Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir,...
(Courtesy of 802nd Infantry Brigade / Facebook) (Updated) Two alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels who were tagged in the killing of their former comrades who surrendered to the government died in an encounter with Philippine Army (PA) troops in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday morning, Feb. 10....
TACLOBAN CITY – African Swine Fever cases have been recorded in three municipalities in Southern Leyte. The Provincial Veterinary Office said five barangays in Silago with 94 hog breeders were affected. A total of 489 hogs were culled while the provincial government prepared a...
CEBU CITY – A Tacloban City court has dismissed two petitions seeking to invalidate the search warrant it issued against the site where a controversial chicken breeder farm is located. DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources-Eastern Visayas personnel collect water and soil samples from a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-8 (Eastern Visayas) arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P379,000 in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Wednesday, February 7. MAP of Ormoc City, Leyte The suspect was identified as Renee Parilla,...
CEBU CITY – A lawyer has appealed to the public to help “spread the truth in Palompon” amid the protracted legal battle over the alleged illegal dumping of chicken and other solid wastes at the Palompon Protected Watershed Forest Reserve in Palompon, Leyte. AN excavation is done in an area in...
