BFAR raises alarm on red tide in several bays in EV
Boy dies, 43 others fell ill
TACLOBAN CITY- A six-year old boy died while 43 others were downed after eating ‘tahong’ or green mussels in Catbalogan City, raising alarm from the Bureau of Fisheries and...
Be responsible voters, says Rep. Ong
TACLOBAN CITY- Vote wisely.
This was the advice of Rep. Henry Ong to voters relative to the forthcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
Ong, representing Leyte’s second congressional district, also asked the voters to resist...
DOH: Registry needed for drug rehab graduates
TACLOBAN CITY- In a bid to stop the recurrence of drug abuse, the Department of Health (DOH) will come up with a database of drug surrenderees who have completed rehabilitation.
DOH Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial...
Tacloban tourism officer urges residents to be welcoming to foreign guests
Aboard the Coral Adventurer
TACLOBAN CITY – The arrival of an international cruise ship will help attract more foreign tourists to come to the city.
Thus said city tourism officer Malou Tabao, referring to the November...
US continues to provide assistance as 36 sari-sari stores destroyed by Yolanda repaired and...
TACLOBAN CITY-United States Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg led in the distribution of 36 sari-sari stores that were “reconstructed and restocked with inventory” in Baras, Palo, Leyte. The 36 sari-sari stores that were repaired...
Cholera cases involving Badjao members now under control, says Isabel town mayor
TACLOBAN CITY – Isabel town municipal Mayor Edgardo Cordeňo said that the cholera outbreak in the Badjao community located in Marvel village is now under controlled.
Cases of cholera in the area started last March...