High-value drug suspect nabbed in Ormoc buy-bust
ORMOC CITY — Police operatives arrested a suspected high-value drug personality during a buy-bust operation inside a pension house in Barangay Cogon on Tuesday night, August 19.
City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) chief PLt. Ritche...
Tacloban karatekas shine in Hong Kong tournament
HONG KONG — The Advocacy for the Strengthening of Karatedo (ASK) Tacloban City bagged multiple medals at the Japan Karate Shoto-renmei (JKS) Karate-do Tournament 2025 held on August 10 at Yu Chun Keung Memorial...
ERC-approved NGCP adjustments push up transmission rates by 9.25% in August
TACLOBAN CITY – Consumers can expect higher electricity bills this month as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) transmission rates rose by 9.25%, following the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) approval of rate...
Missing student found dead in Daguitan River
ORMOC CITY- The three-day search for a missing 21-year-old student ended in tragedy after his body was found floating in the Daguitan River in Barangay Cantimawa, Poblacion District 6, Burauen, Leyte at around 8:50...
Construction worker injured in early morning stabbing at Ormoc fiesta
ORMOC CITY– A 23-year-old construction worker was wounded in an unprovoked stabbing during a fiesta celebration in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Patag, around 4:50 a.m. on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
Police identified the victim as alias...
Southern Leyte’s 3rd most wanted for child rape nabbed in Liloan town
ORMOC CITY – Authorities in Southern Leyte arrested the province’s third most wanted person for rape during an operation in Barangay Magaupas, Liloan, at around 10:40 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2025.
The suspect, identified...