The Philippine Ports Authority has called on truckers and other motorists with vehicles weighing over three tons to use roll on, roll off vessels as an alternative to the San Juanico Bridge due to the recent change to its weight limit. In an advisory on Friday, the PPA said large trucks, buses,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) placed the entire Eastern Visayas region under blue alert status on Friday due to the impact of the San Juanico Bridge load limit. "Starting today, all concerned agencies will mobilize resources to help those...
CEBU CITY – It seems like Kerwin Espinosa has buckled down to serious business after he was elected mayor of Albuera, a town in Leyte province once considered as the “drug capital in Eastern Visayas.” ALBUERA, Leyte Mayor-elect Kerwin Espinosa reads a book about the Local Government Code as...
TACLOBAN CITY – San Juanico Bridge will be off-limits to heavy vehicles for almost two years pending the completion of the P900-million total rehabilitation project, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday. DPWH Eastern Visayas Assistant Regional Director Maria Margarita...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Vehicles started to pile up after the Department of Public Works and Highways-8 imposed a temporary three-metric ton maximum gross weight limit on the San Juanico Bridge. DPWH-8 Regional Director Edgar Tabacon called for understanding and cooperation from the public in their effort...
LA PAZ, Leyte – Familiar faces dominated the May elections in Leyte province. Gov. Jericho Petilla was elected to his second term of office. Vice Gov. Sandy Javier and his wife, second district Rep. Lolita Karen Javier, were reelected. Rep. Javier’s son, Jassie Lou Tañala, was reelected mayor...
CEBU CITY – From a self-confessed drug lord to a town mayor. Kerwin Espinosa won the mayoral race in Albuera, Leyte and vowed to fight illegal drugs in the town. After his victory, Espinosa was quick to make peace with his adversaries. "Thank you very much and I hope people will forgive me for...
CEBU CITY – Former Rep. and Associate Justice Ching Veloso shrugged off the disqualification case filed against him by Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez. Veloso said that the petition that seeks his disqualification has no basis as the incident that Mayor Gomez cited in the complaint happened...
DAVAO CITY – A pair of Philippine Eagles was released to the forests in Burauen, Leyte on Thursday, May 8, as part of the Philippine Eagle Foundation’s reintroduction program in the island-province. The PEF said they are three-year old Kalatungan 1, male, and Sinabadan, an 11-year-old female....
CEBU CITY – Ormoc City, Leyte Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez on Thursday, May 8, filed separate disqualification cases against two candidates running for congressman and mayor in the province in the May 12 elections. Mayor Gomez asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify ex-Leyte Rep....
CEBU CITY – Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez has filed a disqualification case against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, who is running for mayor in Albuera town, Leyte province. Mayor Gomez filed the complaint on Wednesday, May 6, before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The...
CEBU CITY – With the midterm elections just a few days away, a former police officer, who was considered the “poster boy” in the illegal drugs war of the previous administration, appealed to voters in Albuera town in Leyte province to vote wisely. RETIRED Police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido has...
