Dismissed teacher, partner nabbed in drug buy-bust
ORMOC CITY- A former teacher and her alleged live-in partner were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Can-unzo, Merida, Leyte, at around 10:00 p.m. on Friday, July 25.
Police Major Ronald Espina, officer-in-charge of...
Leyte pushes full digitization in all government services, administration
TACLOBAN CITY- The provincial government of Leyte is undertaking an ambitious yet an essential initiative aimed at digitizing the government operations in a bid to improve public service delivery, increase transparency, and reduce bureaucratic...
Church group criticizes Supreme Court halt on VP Duterte impeachment, calls for moral reckoning
TACLOBAN CITY — A religious group has spoken out against the Supreme Court’s decision to stop the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, calling the ruling “a delay of justice” and a “missed...
New 803rd Brigade Chief Rallies Northern Samar to Unite Against Insurgency
TACLOBAN CITY – Newly installed 803rd Infantry Brigade Commander Brigadier General Carmelito Pangatungan has called on all sectors in Northern Samar to come together in addressing the decades-long problem of communist insurgency in the...
Teen laborer injured after electrocution at dialysis center construction site in Biliran
ORMOC CITY — A 17-year-old construction worker was seriously injured after being electrocuted while on duty at a construction site in Barangay Larrazabal, Naval, Biliran, around 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, July 24.
The victim, identified...
U.S. announces P13.8 million to support disaster response to severe flooding in Luzon
Manila-The U.S. government is providing approximately P13.8 million ($250,000) in funding to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to augment the Philippine government’s life-saving response to severe rains and flooding caused by consecutive...