CEBU CITY, Philippines – Albuera, Leyte mayoral candidate Rolan ‘Kerwin’ Espinosa, once tagged as the ‘biggest drug lord in Eastern Visayas’, was shot by still unidentified assailants while campaigning on Thursday, April 10. Espinosa’s party mate, Carl…
CEBU CITY, Philippines- A dead individual from Palompon, Leyte, was able to vote in 2017, even though he already died in 2014. This was based on the document of the dead voter secured and presented by mayoral…
ALBUERA, LEYTE, Philippines — Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, once identified by the police as the biggest drug lord in Eastern Visayas, is running for mayor here on a platform of ridding his hometown of illegal drugs. But instead…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) announced on Saturday, March 22, that it has transferred three of its birds from its center in Davao to Mahagnao in Leyte province. According to PEF, those that were…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—A mayoral candidate in Palompon, Leyte, has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reverse the “dubious” appointments of at least 43 members of the local electoral board (EB). Dr. Myra Georgina Arevalo especially questioned…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Former Leyte 3rd District Rep. Vicente “Ching” Veloso III has denied any involvement in the killing of the late Malawaan Barangay Councilor Anthony Nuñez in Tabango, Leyte, in 2016. In a statement, Veloso…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu-A former congressman in the 3rd district of Leyte has been named as the mastermind behind the killing of the late Malawaan Barangay Councilor Anthony Sevilla Nuñez in Tabango, Leyte, in 2016. This development came…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook San Francisco town in Southern Leyte early morning on Thursday, January 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded it at 7:39 a.m. Intensity V was…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — An intensity III earthquake was felt in Cebu in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 16. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), this was after a magnitude 4.9…
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – Residents of this city and its neighboring towns of Palo and Babatngon ushered in the New Year in darkness as a power interruption left them without electricity for at least 10 hours. The…
TACLOBAN CITY—Elected officials in historic Leyte province urged the government to consider putting up a naval base and military airstrip in the province. Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, in an interview, said having these facilities in the…
TACLOBAN CITY — The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted Mayor Gina Merilo of Tanauan town, Leyte for hiring two losing candidates within the one-year ban. Merilo would be charged for violating Republic Act 3019 or the…
