BFAR announces lifting of red tide advisories on the waters of Cancabato and...
TACLOBAN CITY- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has announced that all previous local red tide advisories issued for Cancabato Bay in Tacloban City, coastal waters of Guiuan in Eastern Samar, and...
Oceana to aid N. Samar’s marine preservation efforts
TACLOBAN CITY – Environmental group Oceana pledged to help Northern Samar province preserve its marine ecosystem in four island towns.
In a meeting Thursday, key officials of Oceana and the provincial government agreed to generate...
2 NPA members killed in an encounter in Albuera
ORMOC CITY- Two alleged members of the communist group, the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an armed encounter with government troops in a hinterland village of Tinag-an, Albuera in Leyte Saturday (Feb.10).
The...
Passenger vessel ran aground in Capul waters; all 71 passengers rescued
TACLOBAN CITY- Sixty-one passengers and crews of a ferryboat were rescued after it ran aground at about 09:40 pm Sunday (Feb.11) off the waters of Capul, Northern Samar.
The rescued passengers and crews were onboard...
EVSU employee dead in a vehicular accident
ORMOC CITY- A tragic road accident claimed the life of an employee from Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) on Thursday (Feb.8) at about 6:10 pm along National Highway Brgy. Libertad in PALO, Leyte.
The victim,...
U.S. to provide P70 million logistics support for disaster response in Mindanao
Manila-The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing nearly P70 million ($1.25 million) in humanitarian aid to respond to the needs of communities affected by severe flooding and...