Samar now ready to accept tourists
Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
TACLOBAN CITY - The provincial government of Samar has formally opened its tourism industry to local tourists, almost eight months after the sector was shut down due to the coronavirus...
EV marks 7th year of Yolanda’s onslaught
Commemorative programs restricted due to COVID-19 pandemic
TACLOBAN CITY-Unlike in previous commemorations of the onslaught of super typhoon ‘Yolanda,’ this year’s anniversary-its seventh- was almost without notice.
The city government and other parts of the region...
Alfred: Only Masses due to COVID-19 pandemic
7th Yolanda anniversary
By: Joey A. Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY- This year’s commemoration of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ will be ‘very simple’ as it is impacted by another catastrophe, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), that has also claimed lives.
City...
5 pregnant women tested positive
COVID-19 death toll in EV rises to 63
TACLOBAN CITY- Five pregnant women from the town of Carigara in Leyte tested positive of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
And two of them are scheduled to deliver their...
COVID-19 shuts down military camp
20 soldiers tested positive
TACLOBAN CITY- A military camp based in Kananga town, Leyte has been placed under lockdown after 20 of its soldiers were tested positive of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Lt.Col. Roberto Beatisula, commanding...
LSDE October 27, 2020 — 1-year old boy dies due to COVID-19
TACLOBAN CITY- A one-year old boy from Catarman, Northern Samar is among the latest and the youngest to have died due to complications of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Eastern Visayas.
The boy, who was...