Yolanda survivors gather for 9th year of remembrance
TACLOBAN CITY- MARY Juliet Karen could still clearly recall the nearly six hours battle with the world’s strongest storm to hit land, ‘Yolanda’ when it leveled this city and killed over 6,000 people on...
Governor Petilla led Leyte’s commemoration of the onslaught of ‘Yolanda’
Now on its 9th year
PALO, Leyte- Governor Carlos Jericho ‘Icot” Petilla led in commemorating the 9th year anniversary of Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ that pummeled the province on Tuesday (Nov.8).
The governor and other provincial officials...
House razed down by a fire in Borongan City; fire probers yet to determine...
ORMOC CITY- A house in Borongan City was gutted down in a fire incident on Wednesday (Nov.9) with fire probers still to determine the cause.
The fire started on the second floor of the house...
DPWH builds TESDA center in Ormoc City
Ormoc City – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte 4th District Engineering Office (DEO) has completed the construction of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Center in Ormoc City.
The project...
Guiuan coastal folks turn to mangroves, seawall for protection
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar — Nine years after the deadly storm surge triggered by Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ (international name: Haiyan) flattened communities in Eastern Visayas, residents of a village in Guiuan town still feel anxious.
It...
Bantay Dagat, communities clash as LGU doubles down on protection policies
QUINAPONDAN, Eastern Samar — Sachets and plastic wastes entangled in mangrove roots were the very first intruders that Christopher Quiza, a Bantay Dagat of Quinapondan fish sanctuaries, had to face at the start of...