Mayor asks constituents to cultivate idle lands  

Jani Arnaiz 04/16/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Sogod town Mayor Imelda Tan has called on her constituents to join the LGUs food security program to help fight food shortage issues that may arise from the coronavirus disease pandemic. “We…

Vegetable shipment from Northern Mindanao hampered by ECQ measures

Froilan Gallardo 04/15/2020

Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental—Different versions of the Enhanced Community Quarantine measures implemented here in the region have caused delays in vegetable shipments to Cebu and the Visayas region. Department of Agriculture 10 Regional Technical Director…

Cainta mayor auctions off sneakers to provide aid to constituents

Cathrine Gonzales 04/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — In order to raise more funds for Cainta residents who were adversely affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, Mayor Johnielle Keith Pasion Nieto has decided to put some of his personal belongings for…

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt in Antique

Rosalie Abatayo 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least two earthquakes were felt in parts of the Visayas this Monday morning, April 13, 2020. At 9:22 a.m. today, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake jolted parts of Antique province, Western Visayas, the…

Red Cross in Southern Leyte comes up with ‘drumvatory’

Jani Arnaiz 04/09/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Since washing of hands is the first line of defense against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19),  frontliners like the Philippine Red Cross came up with an innovative “drumvatory” project…

Husband to be charged for killing wife in Macrohon, Southern Leyte

Jani Arnaiz 04/06/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A case of parricide is being prepared by the Macrohon PNP against a man who admitted to killing his wife on April 3, 2020 while on board a pumpboat. Master sergeant Reche…

DoH Eastern Visayas: 51-year-old PUI who died in Tacloban not a confirmed Covid-19 case

Jani Arnaiz 04/06/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – The Department of Health (DoH) in Eastern Visayas vehemently denied information circulating that the 51-year-old person of interest (PUI) in Tacloban City who died last April 2, 2020 was positive of the…

5-month-old PUI from Southern Leyte dies, tests negative for COVID-19

Jani Arnaiz 04/04/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A five-month-old baby boy, who was considered a patient under investigation (PUI) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), died on Thursday, April 2, 2020, or less than 23 hours since he was admitted…

Mindoro toddler, youngest COVID-19 patient recovering, says gov

Cathrine Gonzales - INQUIRER.net 04/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s youngest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient and the lone individual who tested positive for the viral infection in Oriental Mindoro is now on the road to recovery,  Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito Dolor…

100 Southern Leyte residents to remain in Cebu City for now – Mercado

Jani Arnaiz 03/31/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –More than 100 Southern Leyte residents, who are now stranded in Cebu City, will not be allowed to go home just yet. Governor Damian Mercado said he cannot risk the safety of his…

Mambukal ‘resort living’ for Negrenses monitored for virus symptoms

Carla Gomez 03/21/2020

BACOLOD CITY—About 84 Negrenses placed under quarantine found themselves holed up not in some cramped facility but at an idyllic resort in the town of Murcia in Negros Occidental. The Mambukal Resort, owned by the Negros Occidental…

Clark airport’s closure starts night of March 19

Tonette Orejas 03/18/2020

CLARK FREEPORT –– The Clark International Airport (CRK) will temporarily stop operating starting Thursday night to comply with President Duterte’s order banning domestic and international flights as the country is placed under a state of calamity to…

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