Five children die in Leyte ‘tent city’ fire

05/28/2014

MANILA, Philippines—Five children died in a fire that engulfed a temporary shelter in the typhoon-hit Tacloban City in Leyte before dawn Wednesday. Fire Senior Superintendent Pablo Cordeta, Eastern Visayas regional director of the Bureau of Fire Protection…

Aquino in Leyte to oversee relief efforts

Inquirer 11/17/2013

PRESIDENT Aquino is staying indefinitely in this storm-devastated city to find ways to speed up the delivery of relief goods in Eastern Visayas. “We’ll stay here until we see that we’re no longer adding (to the efforts…

Police monitoring escaped inmates from Leyte

Jucell Marie P. Cuyos 11/15/2013

THE Regional Intelligence Division (RID) of the Police Regional Office asked for the records of 700 escaped inmates from Leyte and Tacloban City who broke out in the aftermath of typhoon Yolanda. Supt. Paul Labra, RID director,…

Traders seek help vs ‘looters’

Peter L. Romanillos 11/12/2013

BUSINESSMEN from Leyte yesterday appealed to the national government to stop the widespread looting of stores and business establishments. Andrew Ng, secretary of Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), said looting incidents are worsening the situation…

Go ahead, donate

Ricky Poca 11/12/2013

Think Bits Last week’s typhoon Yolanda resulted in so much damage and casualties in the cities of Tacloban, Palo and Ormoc of Leyte and the northern towns of Cebu. It was reported that northern Cebu towns of…

Cebu under signal number 3

Marian Z. Codilla 11/07/2013

(Second Update) More areas in the country are under storm signal as “super typhoon” Yolanda (international name Haiyan) prepares to take a landfall in the vicinity of Samar and Leyte tomorrow. Signal No. 4: Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte,…

Veco ready, keeps watch over Leyte power plants

Peter L. Romanillos 11/06/2013

Metro Cebu may have rotational brownouts if supertyphoon Yolanda affects the operation of power plants in Leyte province, the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) said. The utility firm gets one-third of its power supply from Unified Leyte Inc.…

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