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...
2016 as Jubilee Year for Mercy Du to media: spread the word that God...
TACLOBAN CITY- Archbishop John Du exhorted the members of the media to “spread” the good words that God is merciful. Du, who made this encouragement during a Christmas party for media practitioners based in Tacloban...
Redemptorist Church welcomes fire victims
ACLOBAN CITY- Families who lost their houses due a fire incident in Barangay 56, Pericohon district, could stay at the pastoral center of the Redemptorist Church until they could rebuild their homes. This was the...