Old families maintain grip on East Visayas
By Jani Arnaiz, Joey A. GabietaOld political families maintained their grip on Eastern Visayas with the exception of the Dazas in Northern Samar.
Old political families maintained their grip on Eastern Visayas with the exception of the Dazas in Northern Samar.
Tropical depression “Quinta” caused widespread travel disruption Wednesday as major ports were shut down and domestic flights and bus travel to the Visayas and Mindanao were cancelled.
MAASIN CITY—A municipal councilor, who is a suspect in the killing of a woman in a hotel here, and his wife jumped off the roof deck of a hotel in Bato town, Leyte early Wednesday. Councilor Reynaldo Castillo, village chief of Malbago in Bontoc town and ex-officio member of the Bontoc Municipal Council, was killed [...]
Hundreds of residents in Southern Leyte have been evacuated due to tsunami warnings on Friday night, according to officials.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte — Heavy rains hit Maasin City, causing a power outage in several towns in the province at around 6 p.m. Monday. As of 7 p.m., there were no reports of injuries or damage to properties as strong winds and heavy rains occurred for about 10 minutes. The Philippine Atmospheric, [...]
At least 1,000 residents in two villages are asking the national government to stop the sand and gravel extraction operations of a councilor.
It was a seven-kilometer walk under the searing sun for 9-year-old Yanyan Paloma and his five friends from their house in Barangay Malapoc Norte to reach Maasin City’s latest attraction—its first zoo.
Fisherman Felix Rosalijos can only scratch his head in frustration. He and fishnet owner Paul Balorio had been at sea for a long time but they hardly caught any fish.
A section of the Maharlika highway in the municipality of Sogod, Southern Leyte, was impassable early Thursday morning following a landslide on Mt. Panjongon triggered by continuous heavy rain.
MAASIN CITY, Philippines – Weather officials raised Public Storm Signal No. 1 over Southern Leyte on Tuesday – the first storm warning in the province in 17 years – and the largest elementary school in this provincial capital suspended classes in anticipation of heavy rains and possible flooding brought by Tropical Depression Ramon. Pupils at [...]
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Philippines—A 36-year-old father of three children, who was tagged by the police as the city’s number three drug pusher, was arrested Sunday in a buy bust operation in Barangay Combado, Maasin City. Insp. Ferdinand Mendoza, the CIDG provincial head who led the operation, said they seized seven sachets of suspected shabu [...]
Authorities here have arrested a 47-year-old mother of five for allegedly selling methamphetamine hydrochloride, more popularly known by its street name “shabu.”
MAASIN CITY— Christopher Plateros has been a smoker since he was in high school. In 2009, he had to quit when he was appointed head of a group that would enforce this city’s anti-smoking ordinance. “I had to quit because it would be awkward for me to implement healthy initiatives while I continued smoking. Besides [...]
