Close to 100 passengers stranded in Danao City ports

Doris C. Bongcac 04/18/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Close to a hundred individuals were left stranded at the different ports in Danao City following the suspension of sea travels on Saturday, April 17. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office…

DA confirms ASF case in Eastern Visayas

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 01/16/2021

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has confirmed the existence of African swine fever (ASF) in Eastern Visayas, particularly in Abuyog town, in Leyte province. According to Angel Enriquez, DA regional director, ASF has affected…

New snake species: Scientists say dwarf E. Visayas snake should have own genus

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 12/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A new snake species believed to be endemic in the Philippines has been discovered to be a part of a new genus, which means that it has distinctive features that differentiate it from other…

M/V Good Fortune crew safe, Coast Guard to do oil spill check

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All 14 crew members of M/V Good Fortune that sent a distress signal while sailing on the seawaters off Eastern Bohol on Sunday, October 25 are safe and unharmed, authorities have announced. The…

Kaplag: Sto. Niño de Malitbog found after 30 years

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Santo Niño de Malitbog is one of the greatest mysteries in Southern Leyte because in the late 1980s the image was lost or stolen when it was brought to Cebu City to…

Earthquakes shake parts of Leyte, Northern Samar

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 07/24/2020

TACLOBAN CITY — A series of earthquakes shook some parts of Leyte and Northern Samar provinces early morning Friday. At 3:06 a.m., a magnitude 4 quake jolted the town of Mapanas in Northern Samar, the Philippine Institute…

Girl from Leyte seeks assistance for chemotherapy

PR 06/01/2020

A five-year-old girl from Barangay Cambalong, Merida, Leyte is earnestly seeking for financial assistance that will significantly help her as she undergoes chemotherapy treatment. Jia Nicole Laureño was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) last September 20,…

Southern Leyte tightens border controls amid 1st COVID-19 case in Leyte

Jani Arnaiz 04/19/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Philippines — Southern Leyte province has tightened its border controls, implemented strict enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) measures in its four checkpoints a few hours after the Department of Health (DOH) announced the first…

‘Don’t defy entry ban, you’ll get caught, penalized’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 03/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Don’t try to enter Cebu by sea or your boat will be impounded, you will be penalized and you will be sent back to where you came from.” Lieutenant Junior Grade Eric Salcedo,…

Another earthquake rocks Cebu, eastern Visayas

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rocked some parts of the Visayas around 2:51 p.m. on March 3, 2020, a day after a magnitude 5.7 tremor also shook the islands. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology…

5.7-magnitude quake hits Capoocan, Leyte

Morexette Marie Erram 03/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Capoocan, Leyte early on Monday morning, March 2, 2020, and woke up people in several parts of the Visayas. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) said that…

Ursula damage to E. Visayas police buildings estimated at P5M

Joey Gabieta - Inquirer Visayas 01/05/2020

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Typhoon Ursula, internationally known as Phanfone, has caused damage amounting to about P5.4 million on several buildings under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Visayas Police Regional Office (PRO 8). According to a…

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