DOST-8 brings Istart program to Biliran
NAVAL, Biliran The Department of Science and Technology - Regional Office 8 recently held an orientation and consultation workshop with stakeholders in the province of Biliran for the Innovation, Science and Technology for Accelerating...
2 inmates at Leyte subprovincial jail rearrested
TACLOBAN CITY- Two inmates who escaped from a sub-provincial jail in Calubian, Leyte on Thursday, October 31, were apprehended early Friday morning, November 1, after a swift manhunt operation led by local authorities.
Under the...
Yolanda survivors retell stories of hope, resilience
A decade hence
TACLOBAN CITY- Joanna Sustento-Bacsa, 32, has already made peace with Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ (international name: Haiyan) the world’s most powerful typhoon to hit inland in recorded history on Nov. 8, 2013.
Ten years...
DOH announces 39 cases of pertussis in EV
TACLOBAN CITY- The Department of Health (DOH) reported that there are currently 39 cases of pertussis in the region of which one was a confirmed case.
The confirmed pertussis case, based on laboratory tests, involved...
Student arrested in a buy-bust operation; in possession of shabu valued at P1,000
GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte- The anti-drug elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-8) together with the Tacloban City Police-Station 1 and its special drug enforcement unit (SDEU) arrested a student during a buy-bust...
Police faces blank wall on the killing of siblings in Ormoc City
ORMOC CITY-The local police here remain in a blank wall over the killing of two siblings and the wounding of another sister.
This was admitted by Lt. Joseph Inay, officer-in-charge of this city’s police station...