Lands will be fertilized and coconut trees replanted in the next six years to revitalize the coconut industry in Southern Leyte. The aim is to raise coconut production to a volume valued at P1.4 billion by 2018, to benefit some 64,000 families.
When a 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Visayas and triggered a tsunami warning in the Pacific coast a month ago, some 7,000 residents from coastal barangays here evacuated to higher ground within 12 minutes.
More than 400 passengers were stranded in the ports of Allen in Northern Samar and San Ricardo in Southern Leyte after vessels were barred from sailing due to Tropical Storm Lawin.
Hundreds of residents in Southern Leyte have been evacuated due to tsunami warnings on Friday night, according to officials.
Tsunami Alert Level 3 has been raised in Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Surigao del Norte and Surigao Sur, said Renato Solidum, director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Friday night.
At least 1,000 residents in two villages are asking the national government to stop the sand and gravel extraction operations of a councilor.
They are not exactly Princes Charming, but the two new frog species discovered in the forest of Southern Leyte have caused excitement among conservationists who have almost given up on the deforested province.
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—Officials have declared Southern Leyte insurgency-free but soldiers will stay in the province until its police force becomes ready for the task of maintaining peace and order without military participation. Members of the council, headed by top officials of the province, and a top officer of the military’s Central Command (Centcom) signed a document [...]
One day in April, Florentino Saludo led a team of 19 men in trekking through the forest of Sitio Canlugoc in Lunas, Maasin, Southern Leyte, with a mission in mind: to cut trees.
By 2013, Southern Leyte will become the “playground” of Eastern Visayas.
