TACLOBAN CITY – Athletes from Catbalogan City are aiming to improve their performance in this 2024 Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association(EVRAA), the biggest regional sporting event of the Department of Education (DepEd) hosted by Ormoc City from May 5 to 10.

To inspire the athletes, the city government headed by Mayor Dexter Uy turned over assistance to the young athletes providing them uniforms, duffle bags, shoes and socks, water tumblers, medicine kits with vitamins and supplements, hygiene kits, umbrella, ID jacket and lanyard.

“Natuod ako nga an atun mga athletes kaya makiglaban didto ngan natuod ako nga magdadaug kamo,” Mayor Uy said as he led the sending off of the athletes last Thursday( May 2).

“Natuod ako nga iyu pagdudumaraon an ngaran han Catbalogan nga with pride and confidence knowing nga aadi ha iyu liyo an mga Catbaloganon nasulodo ngan nag-aampo ha iyo pagdarag-an,” the city mayor added.

A total of 477 delegates members of the “Katbalaugan Warriors” from the Catbalogan City DepEd schools division are now in Ormoc City to participate at the EVRAA 2024.

Catbalogan is aiming to improve their performance by clinching more medals particularly gold medals in various sports competitions of EVRAA.Last year, Catbalogan clinched two golds, five silvers, and 16 bronze, landing in the 13th place in the ranking.
(ROEL T AMAZONA)

ORMOC CITY– A man who is wanted from drug violation in his hometown in Loay, Bohol was arrested by the local police of Villaba, Leyte on April 26.

Villaba police chief, Major Edwin Tolibas identified the accused as a certain Godinez,41, who was arrested in Barangay Tabunoc at about 2:50 pm.

The accused, who is from Brgy. Hinawanan, Loay, Bohol, stayed at the said village as his live-in girlfriend is from the said village, the police chief added.

The arrest of the accused was by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Samuel Amila Biliran, the executive judge of the 7th Judicial Region, Branch 50, in Loay issued on July 19, 2023.

He was accused of possession and selling of illegal drugs. (ROBERT DEJON)

ORMOC CITY-The lifeless body of a woman who was later identified as a supplier of fruits and vegetables was found floating under a bridge in Mondragon, Northern Samar on April 27 at about 5:55 am.

Town police chief, Captain Verna Cesista, identified the victim as a certain Rita, 53, and a resident of Catarman.

Cesista said that a couple passing at the bridge located in Barangay Bugko found the lifeless body of the victim floating in Bugko River.

She said the couple who were stunned after seeing the floating body immediately called their station to pull it out of the water.

Cesista continued that upon arrival in the area, they learned that none of the residents know the identity of the victim prompting them to conduct a deeper investigation until they were informed that the victim was a trader from Catarman and a big supplier of fruits and vegetable in several markets including that of Catarman where she and her four children resides along with his common law husband.

The victim incurred big contusions in her back and a broken face which she said might be the cause of her sudden death, the town police chief.

Cesista suspected that the victim was killed somewhere and just threw her body in the river of the said barangay.

She further said that they have already have a person of interest with the said killing but did not elaborate. (ROBERT DEJON)

ORMOC CITY-A coffee shop owner was found dead inside his hotel room at about 12: 30 midnoon on Wednesday( April 1) in Tacloban City.

Police named the victim as “Mar”, 38, single, coffee shop owner and resident of Maydolong, Eastern Samar.

Investigation conducted by investigators from Police Station 1 of the Tacloban City Police Office said that a room attendant of Hotel Estrella was instructed by his superior to inform the occupant of Room 210 about his check-out time.

The police said that the attendant heed then went to the room of the victim and knocked on the door several times.

However, the police added that the said occupant was not answering his call prompting the attendant to return to the desk and informed his superiors the occupant did not answer his knocking.

The hotel management had decided to open the room and were surprised to see the victim lying with his back in the bed with vomit in his mouth.

The local police immediately called the city police forensic unit to process the crime scene.
The police has yet to release the result of their finding and what could be possibly the cause of death of the victim.
(ROBERT DEJON)