TACLOBAN CITY – Work in government offices and classes in public and private schools in parts of Leyte province have been suspended for the 11th anniversary of super typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) on Friday, Nov. 8. ROMUALDEZ (FB) Mayor Alfred Romualdez here issued an executive order suspending...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Fourteen houses were razed by a fire that broke out in Barangay 62-B, Sagkahan here early Wednesday morning, Oct. 30. The fire was reported at 1:29 a.m. and was put out by firefighters at 2:15 a.m. No injuries or casualties were reported by the Tacloban City Fire Station....
TACLOBAN CITY - House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) before the Commission on Election (Comelec) Leyte on Tuesday, October 1. HOUSE Speaker Martin Romualdez showimg his Certificate of Candidacy. Romualdez is seeking his third term as the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Tingog party-list paid tribute to Paris Olympics boxing bronze medalist Aira Villegas and Palarong Pambansa athletes from Eastern Visayas at the People’s Center here on Friday, August 23, following a hero’s welcome for her by the city government. VILLEGAS ...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 27-year-old soldier was killed and his back rider was injured in a motorcycle crash on Justice Romualdez St., Barangay 25, this city, on Wednesday, August 21. Police identified the victim as Al, a resident of Barangay Laygayon, Pinabacdao, Samar. The Tacloban City Police...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined the opposition of residents in the construction of a causeway project in Cancabato Bay, Tacloban City where water quality and biodiversity are reportedly threatened. In a statement, the CHR said the ongoing construction of the 2.56-kilometer road...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and Paris Olympics bronze medalist Aira Villegas (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Out of the three Filipino medalists from the 2024 Paris Olympics, boxer Aira Villegas is the one closest to the heart of...
The scene at Tacloban Airport after the bomb joke. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--A Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight that was supposed to carry dozens of House of Representatives members to Manila on Friday night,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) rubs elbows with local beneficiaries during one of the many events of the "mega" Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair in Tacloban City ,Leyte on Friday (Speaker's office) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--"Ayuda" or...
TACLOBAN CITY – House Speaker Martin Romualdez led the launching of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Caravan for Eastern Visayas at the Leyte Sports Development Center here on Friday, August 2. "We want to see if this program is good, and if we will fund and continue this, and if this is what the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez leads the conduct of a previous BPSF (Speaker’s office) The House-organized Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fairs (PBSF) is going region-wide for the first time on Friday, Aug. 2, and the the event slated for Eastern...
With his tour of duty coming to an end, European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron wrapped up his #MeriendaNiLuc series as he tried a fusion of French-Filipino crepe and some local delicacies from Tacloban City. European Union Ambassador Luc Veron eats a French crepe with...