U.S. provides P4 million to bolster Philippine efforts to protect women and children
MANILA-The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided P4 million ($72,000) in funding and technical support to the Department of Health (DOH) and Child Protection Network Foundation (CPN) to...
Man, accused of statutory rape, arrested in Biliran
ORMOC CITY-The local police in Culaba, Biliran intensified their campaign against wanted persons apprehended with the arrest of a man considered among the region’s most wanted on Saturday(May 4) in Barangay Virginia of the...
Tacloban City District Engineering Office extends aid to fire-affected residents in Barangay 51 Magallanes
TACLOBAN CITY-In response to the recent fire incident that ravaged 11 houses in Barangay 51, Magallanes, Tacloban City, the Tacloban City District Engineering Office (TCDEO) has taken swift action to provide assistance to the...
Senior citizen in Biliran arrested for statutory rape
ORMOC CITY-A senior citizen is presently languishing at the detention cell of the local police station after he was arrested in his residence in Barangay Hacienda Enaje, Kawayan, Biliran at around 4:20 pm on...
4 arrested in a sting operation; drug den dismantled
In Palompon, Leyte
ORMOC CITY-Four persons were arrested by combined forces led by elements from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a buy-bust operation in Palompon, Leyte on Saturday (April 6) at about 6:45...
Teen surrendered a rifle grenade to the police
ORMOC CITY-A student who is a grandson of a retired military officer turned over to the local police station of Inopacan, Leyte a rifle grenade.
Inopacan chief of police, Major Ian Salvador Po, said in...