DPWH completes preventive maintenance project along PCO Road in Tunga
TACLOBAN CITY- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte Second District Engineering Office (L2DEO) has completed a preventive maintenance project on its primary road along a stretch of the Palo-Carigara-Ormoc road, particularly...
Leyte board probes medical waste shipments from Mandaue to Isabel facility
TACLOBAN CITY- Three committees of the Leyte Sangguniang Panlalawigan will jointly investigate the reported disposal of hazardous medical waste transported from Mandaue City, Cebu to a treatment facility in Isabel town, Leyte citing environmental...
GIDA towns in Samar Island grateful for new ‘Doctors to the Barrio’ deployments
TACLOBAN CITY – Local officials in two remote Samar Island municipalities expressed gratitude for being included in the latest deployment under the Department of Health’s (DOH) Doctors to the Barrio (DTTB) Program, which aims...
Red tide alert raised in two bays in Eastern Visayas; shellfish gathering temporarily banned
TACLOBAN CITY – Health authorities have issued a precautionary red tide warning in parts of Eastern Samar and Samar provinces after shellfish samples tested positive for toxic red tide organisms, according to a July...
Puregold to open first branch in Northern Samar; Catarman store set for early 2026...
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – Retail giant Puregold is set to open its first-ever branch in Northern Samar, with a stand-alone supermarket currently under construction in Sitio Macopa, Barangay Macagtas, Catarman. The store is expected...
Humanitarian leader pleads not guilty to terror financing charges, slams AMLC’s ‘unjust punishment’
TACLOBAN CITY – Jasmin “Minet” Jerusalem, executive director of the Leyte Center for Development Inc. (LCDE), pleaded not guilty on July 14 to three counts of financing terrorism during her arraignment before the Regional...