Yolanda survivors retell stories of hope, resilience
A decade hence
TACLOBAN CITY- Joanna Sustento-Bacsa, 32, has already made peace with Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ (international name: Haiyan) the world’s most powerful typhoon to hit inland in recorded history on Nov. 8, 2013.
Ten years...
5 killed in a collision in Palo town
TACLOBAN CITY-Five persons on board a multi-cab died during a collision with a passenger van at about 5:45 am on Thursday (Nov.9) along a national highway in Barangay Guindapunan, Palo, Leyte.
The fatalities were identified...
10 years after Super Typhoon Yolanda wreak havoc in EV, fossil fuel use...
TACLOBAN CITY-On the occasion of the 10th-year commemoration of the landfall of Yolanda, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, a sustainability think-tank raised concern that decarbonization has not advanced in Eastern...
Newly-born baby found dead in Biliran town
ORMOC CITY-A newly-born infant was found lifeless in a construction site in a diversion road past 1 pm located in Barangay Looc, Almeria, Biliran.
Town police chief, Capt. Teofilo Gervacio III, described the infant as...
Siblings engaged in a heated debate due to land dispute; one dead
ORMOC CITY- A land dispute between siblings resulted in the shooting of the younger brother inside his residence but accidentally hurt two visitors in the victim’s house in Barangay Agrufacion, Sta. Margarita, Samar at...
WFP donates equipment to DWSD-8 for easy disaster response
Part of the 10th year ‘Yolanda’ anniversary
TACLOBAN CITY – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated equipment to the regional office of the Department of Social...