Leyte girl fails to pay resort bill in Asturias

Apple Ta-as 12/12/2014

The young woman whom some Netizens have tagged the ‘most beautiful shoplifter in Cebu’ ran into trouble yesterday in Asturias town, midwest Cebu for failing to  pay her  bill after staying three days in a resort. J…

Celebration of life, tears, prayers, protests

11/09/2014

Survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda yesterday shed tears in celebration of life as they descended on mass graves to mark one year since the storm took away their loved ones and devastated much of  central Philippines. But even…

Commercial teams beef up roster for Cebu-Leyte Cup

Calvin D. Cordova 09/21/2014

The two commercial teams that will see action in the Cebu-Leyte Cup basketball tournament have beefed up their rosters, showing their keen intent to put up a tough fight against the teams from the Philippine Basketball Association.…

3 PBA teams to play in Cebu-Leyte Cup charity event

Calvin D. Cordova 09/16/2014

THREE teams from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will spice up the Cebu-Leyte Cup, a basketball tournament that will be held in southern Leyte and Cebu. The event starts with a charity game on Sept. 24 in…

Pope Francis wants to eat with the poor during visit to Leyte

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/17/2014

At least five Cebuanos will have the privilege of sharing a meal with Pope Francis during his visit to Leyte province next year. They will be chosen from the poor who lost their loved ones during supertyphoon…

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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