TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Carigara in Leyte is distributing Christmas gift packages to all households in the municipality. Mayor Eduardo Ong Jr. said that each of the 13,500 households will be given a spaghetti package. THE municipality of Carigara, Leyte is distributing...
TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Southern Leyte was awarded the 2023 Gawad KALASAG Seal of Excellence by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Monday, December 11, at the Manila Hotel. Southern Leyte was among the 256 Local Disaster Risk Reduction...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 51-year-old barangay councilor or “kagawad” was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in interior Barangay Quezon, MacArthur, Leyte, on Friday, December 8. The suspect was identified as Joel Coderes, 51, a resident and official of Barangay Quezon. Coderes was listed as a high-value...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 39-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her lover after she barged into his house and got into a catfight with his wife before dawn on Wednesday, December 6, in Tolosa, Leyte. MAP of Alangalang, Leyte. Police identiified the victim as Mia, 39, a “sari-sari”...
TACLOBAN CITY – A South Korean detainee escaped from the Abuyog Sub-Provincial Jail in Barangay Loyonsawang, Abuyog, Leyte on Thursday, November 16. The escapee was identified as Gim Sihun, alias Kim Sihon, 28, a resident of Taguig City and a trustee of the facility. He was last seen in the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau-8 has dismissed the complaint filed by former Palompon, Leyte Mayor Myra Georgina Arevalo to cancel the Environmental Compliance Certificate of DBSN Farms Agriventures Corp. owned by incumbent Mayor Ramon Oñate. In a 50-page decision...
TACLOBAN CITY – Five persons were killed and 11 were injured in a two-vehicle collision on the national highway in Barangay Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte on Thursday, November 9. FIVE persons were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Palo, Leyte on Thursday, November 9. (Photo via Marie Marticio)...
TACLOBAN CITY – The local government of Palompon, Leyte signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Oceana Philippines International during the 10th anniversary of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name “Haiyan”) on Wednesday, November 8, to sustain an ecologically balanced municipality....
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer is in hot water for allegedly planting evidence in a “sari-sari” (community) store in Limasawa, Southern Leyte, recently. A video, which has been making rounds online, showed Police Corporal Ruel Arot, assigned to the Limasawa Police Station, allegedly...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu valued at P500,000 in a buy-bust operation in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, November 5. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P500,000 was seized from a drug pusher in Ormoc City, Leyte on Sunday, November 5. The suspect, Rey Banton...
TACLOBAN CITY – A lineman from the Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) died after he was electrocuted while repairing a transformer in Sogod, Southern Leyte, on Friday, November 3. The victim was identified as Olvic Arayan, a lineman who had worked for SOLECO for 16...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire destroyed the house of the barangay captain of Mapgap, Baybay City, Leyte on All Saints' Day. The family of Jose Mangayaay, 42, left lighted candles after offering a prayer for their departed loved ones at the altar on the second floor unattended. Minutes later,...
