Eastern Visayas LGUs shine in 2025 local legislative awards
TACLOBAN CITY — Local governments across Eastern Visayas earned national recognition after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 8 named the 2025 Local Legislative Awards (LLA) regional winners and finalists,...
Student nabbed in Biliran for direct assault charge
ORMOC CITY— A 22-year-old student was arrested by police on Wednesday morning after a local court issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with a direct assault case.
The suspect, identified only as “Joaquin,”...
EV wage hike effective December 8, 2025
TACLOBAN CITY- Minimum wage workers and kasambahay in Eastern Visayas will get an increase through Wage Order No. RBVIII-25 for private workers and Wage Order No. RBVIII-DW-06 for kasambahay.
After a series of sectoral...
Army facilitates burial for slain female rebel in Samar Clashes
TACLOBAN CITY — The 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army has facilitated the dignified burial of a female New People’s Army (NPA) member killed in recent armed encounters in Gandara and San Jorge,...
Eastern Visayas sweeps 2025 Lupong Tagapamayapa national awards
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas asserted its dominance in this year’s Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA) after barangays from the region captured top national prizes across multiple categories, emerging as the most awarded region...
PDEA agent shot, suspect escapes during buy-bust in Jaro town
ORMOC CITY- A buy-bust operation turned violent in the early hours of Tuesday, Nov. 25, after a suspected drug pusher opened fire on operatives, wounding a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent before fleeing...