Gov. Petilla supports Pres. Duterte’s move to revive ROTC in school
TACLOBAN CITY- Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla expressed his support on the move to have the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) revived as mandated by President Rodrigo Duterte.
According to the governor, the planned revival...
House approves new state-owned medical school in Eastern Samar
TACLOBAN CITY – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill establishing a state-owned college of medicine under the Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) in Borongan City.
House Bill No....
DSWD holds pre-deployment orientation for Tara Basa! tutors, youth workers
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region conducted a pre-deployment orientation on May 14 for tutors and youth development workers (YDW) under the Tara Basa! program, a...
Drug den dismantled, 3 nabbed in Tacloban buy-bust operation
ORMOC CITY- Three individuals were arrested and a suspected drug den dismantled during a buy-bust operation jointly conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Station Drug Enforcement Team of Police Station...
Man arrested for drug possession valued at over P117,000
ORMOC CITY- A man was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Bato, Leyte on Monday (March 18) who was in possession of alleged shabu with a commercial value of more than P117,000.
Arrested by personnel...
Suspected Mpox case under monitoring in Maasin City
TACLOBAN CITY – A 55-year-old woman from Maasin City is under isolation for a suspected case of Mpox (monkeypox), Mayor Nacional Mercado confirmed on Friday, May 30.
Local health authorities are conducting contact tracing while...