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. (Photo courtesy of Marie Tonette Marticio / MANILA BULLETIN) The bypass road was completed under the...
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. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made this appeal as he led the inauguration of the...
A governor from a province that went "yellow" in 2016 is promising a huge win for the Bongbong Marcos-Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio tandem in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Samar province (Wikipedia) According to Samar Governor Reynolds Michael Tan, the province will deliver a 100,000-vote margin of...
TACLOBAN CITY - The president of the Association of Barangay Chair (ABC) of Matalom, Leyte, and his cohort yielded an estimated 100 grams of suspected shabu worth P680,000 during a buy-bust operation Tuesday at the Baywalk area, in Brgy. Kalanggaman, Bato, Leyte. (Photo courtesy of Bato MPS /...
TACLOBAN CITY - Three policemen were nabbed in an entrapment operation for alleged extortion on a former female detainee in Palo, Leyte, on Friday, March 10. The suspects were identified as Senior Master Sgt. Alex Asis, 55; Cpl. Jerwin Dacillo, 36; and Staff Sgt. Raffy Reposar, 34, all residents of...
Palo, Leyte Archbishop John Du urged voters in the May elections to choose candidates with a heart for the common good as an expression of patriotism or love for the country. Archbishop John Du (Radio Veritas image) In his homily for the novena mass offered by the Parish Pastoral Council for...
TACLOBAN CITY - Following the alleged disappearance and kidnapping attempt circulating on social media, the Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) warned against peddlers of disinformation and misinformation. "Spreading false information, unverified reports, and other forms of disinformation that...
TACLOBAN CITY - Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) Regional Director Brig. Gen. Bernard M. Banac has ordered a 60-day suspension for a policeman who allegedly maintained an "e-sabong" operation in Kananga, Leyte. 69074 Personnel from the Kananga Municipal Police Station and Leyte Police Provincial...
Aljur Abrenica was quick to downplay talk about him and rumored girlfriend AJ Raval being sighted in Leyte together last Valentine’s. He didn’t deny being there with AJ but he maintained they were there for work. “Trabaho po ‘yun. We were blessed enough to be invited as guests sa isang...
The Japanese Embassy in the Philippines has signed a grant contract providing an ambulance to the municipality of Padre Burgos in Southern Leyte, citing the need to boost its emergency response system. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko (Photo from the Japanese Embassy in the...
The most vulnerable families in Southern Leyte who were affected by Typhoon Odette continue to receive aid from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), the humanitarian organization said on Wednesday, Feb. 2. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said that it still provides aid through...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Eastern Visayas region at around 5:44 a.m., Friday, Jan. 28, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The epicenter of the earthquake was traced 9 kilometers (km) southwest of Capoocan, Leyte, at a shallow depth of 8...
