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TACLOBAN CITY – A retired policeman was killed by his neighbor who is also a retired cop after they exchanged gunfire on Wednesday afternoon (May 25) in San Isidro, Leyte. A 15-year old boy was also wounded in the incident.

House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez, who pundits believe will play an integral part in the upcoming 19th Congress, has officially secured a fresh term as Leyte 1st district representative.

TABANGO, LEYTE – A known supporter of Mayor Bernard Jonathan Remandaban of this town was killed, a volunteer of another mayoral candidate was wounded, while 16 supporters were apprehended by authorities in a pursuit operation early Sunday morning, May 8, a day before the national elections.

Presidential aspirant Senator Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Pacquiao has led the ground breaking ceremony of his self-funded Pacman Villages in Leyte, a bailiwick of a rival where he barnstormed for his campaign rally.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has begun the preparations for the establishment of a temporary housing program for the victims of Typhoon “Agaton.”

TACLOBAN CITY – An employee of the Local Government Unit of Silago, Southern Leyte, and her back rider died on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding was bumped off by an SUV in a Sunday morning, April 24, mishap in Brgy. Balagawan.

Vice presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte made sure to give quality time Friday, April 22 to 11-year-old CJ Jasme when she visited victims of typhoon “Agaton” in Baybay City, Leyte.

The police arrested a man listed as the No. 9 most wanted person for rape in Muntinlupa, in Sta. Fe, Leyte on April 20.

Search, rescue and retrieval (SRR) operations were officially concluded in at least three landslide-hit areas in Leyte province despite the fact that majority of the 110 missing persons due to Typhoon “Agaton” were recorded in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Tuesday, April 19.

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After nearly a full week of continuous search and rescue (SAR) operations, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, April 18, that it was already considering to stop looking for survivors in Leyte province, days after it was battered by Typhoon “Agaton.”

The search and rescue operations for victims of Typhoon “Agaton” in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) continued on Easter Sunday, April 17, as rescuers refused to give up and expressed hope that they will find more survivors in the aftermath of the devastation.

President Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Good Friday, April 15, conducted an aerial inspection of Baybay City and Abuyog town in Leyte to survey the extent of damage caused by the massive flooding and landslides triggered by tropical storm ‘’Agaton”.

President Duterte vowed that the government will continue providing food and shelter to all those affected by Tropical Depression Agaton, saying they do not even have to buy their own food “until the end of time” if they want to.

President Duterte has promised typhoon victims in Baybay City, Leyte that they will be provided houses either under his term or his successor’s.

The death toll due to Typhoon “Agaton” has climbed to 137 and this is feared to further increase as over two dozens more are still missing in landslide-hit areas in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Good Friday, April 15.

TACLOBAN CITY – The sun is finally up. Hope sparks as the search, rescue, and retrieval operations continue to find more survivors and fatalities from the missing individuals in the rubble created by successive landslides at the height of tropical storm Agaton’s onslaught in Baybay City and Abuyog Leyte.

TACLOBAN CITY — Daisy Mae Villaroel, 23, was still in distress as she waited for her turn to be treated by Department of Health (DOH) representatives at the evacuation center in Abuyog, Leyte.