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...
PSA Leyte brings national ID registration closer to the people through house-to-house services...
VILLABA, Leyte — The Philippine Statistics Authority – Leyte Provincial Statistical Office (PSA Leyte), through its Registration Team, has brought the National Identification System (National ID) registration right to the doorsteps of residents in...
Northern Samar launches salt, sardines facility to address post-harvest losses
TACLOBAN CITY – To tackle high post-harvest losses in its fishing industry, the provincial government of Northern Samar, in partnership with several national agencies, has opened a salt and sardines production facility in Barangay...
Elderly Australian found dead in Babatngon
ORMOC CITY – The decomposing body of a 78-year-old Australian national was discovered inside his home in Zone 3, Barangay Pagsulhugon, Babatngon, Leyte, around 7:30 p.m. on August 11, 2025.
Police identified the victim only...
Borongan mayor vows action on water shortage, seeks public understanding
TACLOBAN CITY – Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda has pledged continued efforts to resolve the city’s ongoing water supply shortage, particularly affecting northern barangays, after a social media post by a resident...
Businesswoman in Biliran scammed of P500,000 by alleged quack doctor
ORMOC CITY-A 50-year-old businesswoman lost more than half a million pesos to an unidentified woman who posed as a quack doctor in what police believe was a budol-budol (confidence scam) on Friday morning, August...