DOH reports 13 deaths this week
Holiday season factor on the spike of COVID-19 cases
TACLOBAN CITY- At least 13 persons were reported by the Department of Health(DOH) this week to have died due to the complications caused by the coronavirus...
Typhoon ‘Ramil’ batters Samar and nearby islands
Triggers floods, landslides, and mass evacuations
TACLOBAN CITY — Heavy rains and strong winds brought by Typhoon “Ramil” lashed across parts of Samar Island and nearby provinces over the weekend, triggering floods, landslides, and displacing...
Govs. Petilla, Evardone nix move
Plan to defund NTF-ELCAC
PALO, Leyte – Both Governors Leopoldo Dominico Petilla of Leyte and Ben Evardone of Eastern Samar have expressed their opposition to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed...
8 NPA members killed; firearms recovered
In Northern Samar clashes
TACLOBAN CITY– At least eight alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in separate armed encounters with government forces in Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas town, Northern Samar...
Ex-DPWH exec rejects claim of FMR overpricing
Rep. Romualdez denies any wrongdoings
TACLOBAN CITY —A former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) official have denied allegations that a P100-million farm-to-market road (FMR) project in Tacloban City was overpriced or politically influenced.
The...
PNP moves to ensure peaceful polls in EV
2025 elections
TACLOBAN CITY—With less than two months remaining before the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2025 midterm elections, the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Eastern Visayas is intensifying security preparations to ensure...