Japan continues to provide aid to `Yolanda’-hit E. Visayas
PALO, Leyte- While it’s been over two years after the region was devastated by supertyphoon “Yolanda,” it still continues to receive donations from other countries and agencies.
On Monday, the Japanese government through its Japan...
Thai princess in the city
TACLOBAN CITY- A real princess stepped inside a “reel” palace in the city for an hour and expressed her “amazement” on how the place remained well-maintained. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, whose family is...
Malversation case – Court acquits town mayor
TACLOBAN CITY- An outgoing mayor in Leyte was acquitted of 11 counts of allegation of malversation of public funds by a regional trial court. Mayor Alden Avestruz, who is serving his third and last...
Comelec warns candidates of prohibitive acts
TACLOBAN CITY- The region’s highest elections official has reminded candidates running in this year’s balloting to be guided with rules governing the said activity. Lawyer Jose Nick Mendros, regional director of the Commission on...
Blaze victims describe woes as “worst” than “Yolanda”
TACLOBAN CITY- A four-hour fire incident greeted this city during the coming of the New Year in Pericohon district, displacing 110 families in the process. The fire, raised to second general alarm by the fire...