Tag: #leyte
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NDRRMC ‘did not expect’ extent of damage of landslides in Leyte, spox admits
Disaster management officials have anticipated the occurrence of landslides in hazard-prone areas in Baybay City, Leyte but they were apparently shocked with the extent of its damage, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) admitted Wednesday, April 13.
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Landslide wipes out two villages, kills 2 in Abuyog, Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY – At least two individuals were killed and 129 were rescued in a landslide that occurred in two villages in Abuyog, Leyte, Tuesday (April 12).
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NDRRMC focuses disaster relief ops in Leyte
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) poured its resources and manpower in Baybay City, Leyte which was deemed hardest hit by Tropical Depression “Agaton.”
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Six families feared trapped in Leyte landslide
TACLOBAN CITY – Six more families were feared to have been buried in a landslide in Brgy. Bunga, Baybay City, Leyte, Sunday night (April 10).
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Six reported missing as ‘Agaton’ batters Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY – A family of five went missing in a landslide that struck Can-Ipa, in Baybay City as tropical storm ‘Agaton’ continued to batter the eastern part of central Philippines on Sunday afternoon.
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25 stranded tourists rescued as ‘Agaton’ whips Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY – Twenty-five stranded local tourists were rescued by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and the Municipal Emergency Response Unit of Merida, Leyte amid the heavy downpour brought by Tropical Storm ‘Agaton’ Sunday, April 10.
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Ormoc’s Richard, Lucy Gomez endorse UniTeam bets
Actor-couple Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez and Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez have come out with their support for UniTeam presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential bet Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte.
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Victory party feels abound in Tacloban UniTeam rally as 150K fill up Leyte Grandstand
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte–It was like a victory party a full month before the actual elections.
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Marcos, Duterte gain support of ex-Aquino admin ally Petillas
BAYBAY CITY, Leyte–The Petilla poltican clan here, who used to be an ally of the previous Aquino administration, are going all-out for the Bongbong Marcos-Sara Duterte UniTeam tandem.
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LOOK: Witty, naughty signs during UniTeam rallies in Samar, Leyte
Campaign signs and placards are always a visual treat during election season in the Philippines because of their creativity and at times, downright naughtiness.
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Police raid drug den in Leyte, arrest six high-value individuals
TACLOBAN CITY – Six high-value individuals were arrested as police authorities dismantled a drug den at Sitio Thru-cut, Brgy Sto. Rosario, Matag-ob, Leyte on Friday.
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Robredo campaigns for votes in Leyte, a known Marcos bailiwick
With only 41 days left before the May 9 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo took her presidential campaign to the Marcos bailiwick of Leyte province, where she lost massively in the 2016 vice presidential race against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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High cost of fuel products prompts Gomez to cancel caravans, motorcades
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the continuous spike in the cost of fuels, Ormoc City Mayor and Leyte 4th District Congressional candidate Richard Gomez announced that they will not hold caravans and motorcades at the start of the campaign period.
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Magnitude 5.3 quake rocks Leyte — Phivolcs
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Leyte province at around 12.39 a.m., Monday, March 21, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
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Duterte on missing sabungeros: 'It's the fault of evil men'
President Duterte has defended anew the continuous operations of online sabong or cockfighting, adding that the government is getting billions of pesos in revenues from it.
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Duterte leads inauguration of 2 key projects in Leyte
TACLOBAN CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration of the 6.4-kilometer bypass road here and the new Provincial Government Complex building in Guindaponan, Palo, Leyte on Thursday.
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Duterte appeals to communist rebels anew: 'I don't want war, come down now'
President Duterte called on the communist rebels anew to return to the fold of the law while he is still in office, stressing the need to end the country’s decades-long communist insurgency.