2 alleged NPA rebels surrender to government forces
TACLOBAN CITY — Two alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 8 (RMFB-8), marking another breakthrough in the police force’s intensified campaign to dismantle remaining...
NPA rebel killed, several firearms seized in an encounter with government troops
TACLOBAN CITY — A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while five high-powered firearms were seized following an encounter between government troops and communist rebels in Barangay Nipa, Palapag, Northern Samar,...
Buy-bust operation leads to arrest of delivery rider in Southern Leyte town
ORMOC CITY — Three sachets containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu were seized from a delivery driver during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Station Drug Enforcement Team of the local...
Groups hold “Trillion Peso March,” demand accountability over flood control scandal
Dioceses in EV also join the rally
TACLOBAN CITY — Various civil society groups, sectoral organizations, and militant alliances gathered here on Sunday, Nov. 30, for the local leg of the nationwide “Trillion Peso March...
Northern Samar emerges as potential dive tourism hub after DOT identifies six promising...
TACLOBAN CITY — Northern Samar is poised to join the country’s rising dive tourism destinations after the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 8 identified six underwater areas across three island municipalities as potential dive...
PRO-8 reports peaceful Trillion Peso march rallies across EV
TACLOBAN CITY —The Police Regional Office-8 (PRO-8) recorded a generally peaceful conduct of the nationwide Trillion Peso March across Eastern Visayas during the Bonifacio Day commemoration on November 30.
Police monitored four rallies held in...