Consumers strike down LMWD privatization plan
Management says it’s just a joint venture
TACLOBAN CITY- More than 200 water concessionaires from this city staged their demonstration before the office of the Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) to dramatize their opposition...
Eastern Samar town seeks conservation of historical dam
“We have been pushing for the promotion and preservation of this dam because this will surely attract more tourists given its significance to our history,” Gabornes said on Tuesday (Nov. 28).
LAWAAN, Eastern Samar -...
DOT upbeat of hotel business expansion in Region 8
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is confident that hotel business will continue to flourish in the region as tourist arrivals steadily increase over the past years.
The DOT reported that in 2012,...
Human rights group says chilling effect on Pres. Duterte’s shoot-to-kill order against rebels
TACLOBAN CITY- A human rights group based in the city expressed their fear on the recent declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte to shoot-to-kill any members of the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA).
Joshua Sagdullas, spokesperson...
3 ex-NPA members surrendered but rights group claims they were farmers, abducted
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – Three alleged members of the New People’s Army(NPA) surrendered before the military, this province, but human rights group claimed they were farmers and abducted by the military.
The three alleged former...
Soldiers, rebels engaged in firefight in Leyte town
ORMOC CITY- Government troops engaged members of the New People’s Army in a firefight in a remote village of Albuera, Leyte on Tuesday (Nov.28).
Lt. Col. Danilo Dupiag, commanding officer of the 78th Infantry Battalion...