UN refugee agency highlights shelter needs of typhoon victims
TACLOBAN CITY – With the “latest wave” of heavy downpour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) stressed the need to find long-term solutions for families displaced by supertyphoon Yolanda.
During a briefing held...
2 drugs suspect nabbed in buy-bust operations
CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte– At least two persons suspected to be involved in illegal drugs trade were arrested by the police in separate sting operations across the region January 27.
Acting regional director Police Chief...
Almost 3 months after Yolanda People still longs for normalcy
TACLOBAN CITY- After almost three months since Yolanda struck this city, its residents are still grappling its aftermath.
In Anibong district, one of the hardest-hit areas of the city, while several of its residents have...
Gary V brings cheers to school children
TACLOBAN CITY – Singer Gary Valenciano brought cheers to teachers and children in this city’s Rizal Elementary School who are still coping up from trauma caused by supertyphoon Yolanda.
Valenciano encouraged children to come back...
Vessel owners told to remove stranded ship by mid-February
TACLOBAN CITY – Owners of 15 vessels that ran aground and stranded during the onslaught of super typhoon Yolanda are given until mid-February to either retract or salvage the vessel or else the government...
182 prisoners at Leyte Provincial Jail stages jail break
PALO, Leyte – Authorities are still hunting 35 of the 182 inmates involved in a jailbreak on January 30 from the storm-ravaged Leyte provincial jail.
Provincial Jail Warden Maria Merle Bertulfo said more policemen were...