147 Eastern Visayas LGUs earn DILG’s Good Financial Housekeeping seal
TACLOBAN CITY — Nearly all local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas have earned the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) 2025 Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) distinction, highlighting the region’s continued gains...
PSA to update aquaculture farm registry nationwide starting June 29
TACLOBAN CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in the region will conduct the 2026 Updating of List of Aquaculture Farms (ULAF) from June 29 to August 7, 2026, as part of a nationwide...
Biliran’s number 2 most wanted arrested on rape charges
ORMOC CITY — Authorities arrested Biliran province’s second most wanted person during a joint law enforcement operation in Cabucgayan town on June 17.
The suspect, identified as Uldarico Noquera, a carpenter and resident of Cabucgayan,...
Javier town’s top wanted suspect nabbed
ORMOC CITY — Police arrested the top most wanted person in Javier, Leyte on Tuesday morning, June 17, following the service of a warrant for qualified sexual assault.
The suspect, identified as Antonio Tisado Sr.,...
Troops clash with NPA remnants in Northern Samar; military cites failed bid to regain...
TACLOBAN CITY— Government troops engaged a group of suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in a brief firefight in Las Navas, Northern Samar on June 13, as military authorities said the armed group was...
Farmer killed, another injured in separate violent incidents in Matag-ob, Leyte
ORMOC CITY — A farmer was killed and another injured in two separate violent incidents in Matag-ob, Leyte on June 14, prompting police to arrest two suspects in follow-up operations.
The first incident occurred at...