Leyte execs appeal for help: We need food, potable water

Connie E. Fernandez, Inquirer Visayas, Joey Gabieta, Leo Udtohan, Robert Dejon, Vicky Arnaiz 07/07/2017

ORMOC CITY, Leyte — Local officials are appealing for food and potable water especially for at least 20 barangays that were badly affected by the earthquake that shook Leyte and cut off power supply on Thursday. The…

Blackout continues in Bohol, Leyte, Samar a day after earthquake

Leo Udtohan 07/07/2017

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- Michelle Barimbao, 28, had to buy kerosene at a gasoline station in the city since the sari-sari stores had ran out of supply after the blackout gripped the province following Thursday’s earthquake. She…

Six survivors pulled out of collapsed building in Kananga, Leyte

Connie E. Fernandez, Inquirer.net 07/07/2017

Cheers broke out after rescuers pulled out six people from what used to be a three-story building in Kananga town, Leyte which collapsed after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook the province on Thursday afternoon. Nerissa Superales, a…

EARTHQUAKE

Cris Ligan, Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer.net, Joey A. Gabieta, Leo Udtohan, Michelle Joy Padayhag, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Robert Dejon, Victor Anthony Silva 07/06/2017

Eight provinces in the Visayas, including Cebu, were hit by massive power outages while at least two persons were killed and several others either injured or trapped in a collapsed building and a landslide following a powerful…

Netizens try to cope with the strong quake that hit the Visayas with a dose of humor

Christian Orellano 07/06/2017

If you couldn’t believe that a massive 6.5 earthquake has a light note, you have to read these netizens’ hilarious take to the trembling of the earth’s crust, masking their fear with a healthy dose of humor.…

Quake hits Leyte; power out in some parts of Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/06/2017

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck eight kilometers southwest of Jaro, Leyte Thursday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the temblor at 4:03 p.m. with tectonic origin. The areas which felt the earthquake at…

Power restored in Metro Cebu an hour after Leyte quake

Doris C. Bongcac 07/06/2017

  Power had been fully restored within the Veco franchise area in Metro Cebu, nearly an hour after a late afternoon earthquake hit Cebu today. Quennie Bronze, Veco reputation enhancement manager, said as of 5:01 p.m., power…

10 schools receive Smart Technocarts

06/01/2017

TEN public schools in Lanao del Norte, La Union, Benguet, Capiz, and Leyte are getting digital technology packages that can help enhance the education of their kindergarten students. Smart Communications is donating units of the Smart TechnoCart,…

Yayoy tests new team UC against other Cesafi teams in Southern Leyte

Calvin D. Cordova 05/23/2017

CEBU’S top collegiate basketball squads will be waging war against each other in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte as they vie for top honors in the St. Isidore Parish Fiesta Invitational Cup 2017 on May 27-29 at the…

S. Leyte governor face falsification cases

Inquirer.net 05/05/2017

For failing to declare the year he graduated as a civil engineer, Southern Leyte Governor Damian Mercado was indicted for falsification of public documents by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement on Friday, the Ombudsman…

Suson scores twinkill

John Carlo Villaruel 04/20/2017

MARC Nicole Suson extended his winning streak against Stephen Guia to five as he defeated the latter twice to claim two titles in the Cebuana Lhuillier Age Group Tennis Championships in Maasin City, Leyte on Wednesday. The…

9 arrested in Leyte drug busts

Inquirer.net 04/19/2017

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — Nine persons, including a detainee and an online teacher, were arrested in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in this city. These operations conducted…

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