TACLOBAN CITY — Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap has filed House Bill 6702 that proposes to abolish the estate tax under the National Internal Revenue Code. The “Estate Tax Abolition Act” aims to help families make better use of the properties left by their loved ones by removing the...
TACLOBAN CITY — Southern Leyte Rep. Christopherson Yap has extended assistance to the municipality of Saint Bernard and other areas battered by typhoon “Tino” in the province. Yap distributed 250 sleeping kits, 250 family kits, and 500 bottles of distilled drinking water to families at the...
TACLOBAN CITY – San Francisco, Southern Leyte Mayor Jason Ortizo thanked former Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III for donating a generator set and internet modem to the municipality which was heavily affected by typhoon “Tino” last week. “Thank you, Gen. Nick Torre,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A Philippine Air Force Blackhawk helicopter made an emergency landing Wednesday in a rice field in Barangay Panian, Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte. The Saint Bernard Municipal Police Station responded to the incident involving the helicopter with body No. 753. According to the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old grandmother went missing at the height of typhoon “Tino” in Barangay Hilaan, Bontoc town, Southern Leyte province on Tuesday afternoon. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said Yolanda Labastida and her husband were evacuating...
TACLOBAN CITY - Silago, Southern Leyte Mayor Lemuel Honor appealed for help as their municipality remains isolated from four-wheel vehicles due to fallen trees caused by typhoon “Tino.” Tino made its first landfall around midnight Tuesday in Silago, causing several landslides and flash flood in...
The center of the eye of Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) made landfall over Silago, Southern Leyte at 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). At landfall, Tino had maximum sustained winds of 150...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 51-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death by his son in Barangay Dagsa, Sogod, Southern Leyte, on Sunday, July 20. Initial investigation disclosed that the suspect, "Mike," 27, went on a violent rampage and destroyed items inside their house. The victim, "Ali" entered their...
TACLOBAN CITY – A foreman was reported missing in a landslide on Sunday morning in Barangay San Ramon, San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. The missing was identified as Dador Moscosa, 54, of 888 ACY construction. Two houses, several motorcycles, the contractor’s barracks, a dump truck, and a mixer...
TACLOBAN CITY — Sogod, Southern Leyte Mayor Sheffered Lino Tan has confirmed the first monkeypox (Mpox) case in the municipality. The first Mpox case in Eastern Visayas is a 28-year-old female with no travel history. She has fully recovered and her symptoms have been managed. Tan disclosed that...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict of Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte declared the municipality in a State of Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition (SIPSC) this week. OFFICIALS signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
TACLOBAN CITY – Southern Leyte sustained damage from a magnitude-5.9 earthquake on Thursday morning, Jan. 23. THE epicenter of the magnitude-5.9 earthquake in Southern Leyte. Authorities reported a landslide, damaged roads, and cancelled classes. A landslide was recorded in the former...
