EMB offers P20,000 reward for return of missing water monitoring device in Ormoc Bay
TACLOBAN CITY — The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) office in Eastern Visayas has announced a P20,000 reward for anyone who can locate and return its real-time water quality monitoring device that went missing off...
Close to 1,000 houses damaged due to Typhoon ‘Tino’ in Guiuan town
Most of these houses are in Homonhon Island
TACLOBAN CITY — Nearly 1,000 houses in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, were either destroyed or damaged after Typhoon “Tino” (international name: Kalmaegi) battered the town early this week.
Based...
GCash launches two game-changing solutions for MSMEs, freelancers
The Philippines’ leading finance super app, GCash, has introduced two new game-changing products — GCash PocketPay, which allows merchants to accept card payments seamlessly, and the GCash Virtual US Account, which enables freelancers to...
PBBM declares state of national calamity; P760 million in financial assistance released to...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday approved the declaration of a state of national calamity due to the devastation caused by Typhoon Tino in several regions, and the impact of another incoming powerful...
Girl, 8, dies after being struck by falling coconut tree in Leyte town
ORMOC CITY- A tragic accident claimed the life of an eight-year-old girl who was struck by a falling coconut tree while on her way to buy fish on Monday afternoon, October 27, in Sitio...
Barangay chairman gunned down in Calbayog City; partner escapes unharmed
TACLOBAN CITY- A 50-year-old barangay captain was shot dead by unidentified assailants while his live-in partner escaped unharmed on Sunday morning, November 2, 2025, in Barangay Nijaga, Calbayog City.
The victim, identified only as “Rolly,”...