TACLOBAN CITY – "If you ask me, it's more important than a party list." Thus said Mayor Alfred Romualdez as he shared his call for this city to have its own representative in Congress."I have long been asking the Speaker, we are the only highly urbanized city in the Philippines that is not...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Eastern Visayas has extended assistance to truckers, drivers, and motorists stranded on the San Juanico Bridge. DSWD-8 Regional Director Grace Subong led the distribution of family food packs (FFPs) based on profiling and assessment...
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...
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...
Pope Francis (inset) holds a mass in Tacloban City, Leyte amid pouring rain on Jan. 17, 2015 (AP) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--House Speaker Martin Romualdez paid one final tribute to the late Pope Francis, who was laid to rest on Saturday, April 26 at...
Tacloban City mass for Pope Francis (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--As the mass in remembrance of Pope Francis ended here, the funeral for the late Pontiff began over at Piazza San Pedro (Saint Peter's Square) in Vatican...
Ten years ago, on a January 17 like no other, Pope Francis, the leader of the 1.4-billion Catholic faithful, descended from his plane at the Daniel Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City, ground zero of Super Typhoon Yolanda, and brought light, hope, mercy, compassion, and above all, love. This...
Pope Francis (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a poignant goodbye to Pope Francis on Monday, April 21 following the latter's passing."It is with a heavy heart that I join the world in mourning...
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted an engineer of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and a private contractor who were convicted of graft and falsification of public documents by the regional trial court (RTC).Acquitted were DPWH Project Engineer Christine N. Buena and Evangeline...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has vowed to continue giving barangay officials "the dignity and support they deserve" given the tough tasks that they do.According to Romualdez, the House of...
TACLOBAN CITY â€" Forty houses were razed by a fire in Barangay Calvary Hill here on Monday, Feb. 17.Arson investigators said the fire started at 7:40 a.m. in the house of a woman named Tita.The fire quickly spread to adjacent houses made of light materials.The fire was declared out at 9:04...
