Rehabilitation of road in remote San Miguel village starts
SAN MIGUEL, Leyte – With funds having been downloaded already by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), rehabilitation of the farm-to-market road (FMR) in a remote village in this town starts following the groundbreaking...
Mayor Romualdez addresses water woes at the northern part of Tacloban City
TACLOBAN CITY- Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez sent a backhoe to the water treatment facility of the Leyte Prime Waters, formerly Leyte Metropolitan Water District, last August 12 for the desilting of the Baroguan River...
Icot, Gov. Petilla joins PDP-Laban
By: JOEY A. GABIETA
PALO, Leyte-Former Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho ‘Icot’ Petilla and his younger brother, Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla are the latest to abandon their previous political party to join the administration-backed PDP-Laban.
He and...
Eastern Visayas offers tourists ‘infinite escapes’ in the new normal
TACLOBAN CITY- Holiday getaways have remained possible in Eastern Visayas despite the new normal brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Karen Tiopes, Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director, assured travelers and visitors that they...
Leyte major bridge closes to give way widening project
CARIGARA, Leyte- The Jugaban Bridge was temporarily closed to vehicular traffic last Monday (July 24) to give way for a widening project.
The Jugaban Bridge, one of the major bridges in Leyte located along the...
30 OFWs arrested in Saudi Arabia, says Migrante
TACLOBAN CITY- Filipino migrant rights group Migrante has said at least 30 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were rounded up by Saudi police as the oil-rich kingdom intensified its crackdown on illegal migrants. “Saudi authorities heightened...