THE Cebu City government will send P10.2-million cash assistance to Ormoc City, which was hit by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake earlier this month. Former Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon, consultant on sister-city relations, said that the amount, which…
ORMOC City needs water. This is the ground assessment of former Cebu City councilor Alvin Dizon in his return from earthquake-stricken Ormoc City and Kananga, Leyte. Dizon reported to Mayor Tomas Osmeña that of the 29 electricity-run…
“NO lechon please.” Instead of sending him “lechon” or any other personal gifts on his birthday, Mandaue City Mayor Luis Gabriel Quisumbing is asking well-wishers to instead make donations which he could later send to soldiers who…
AN earthquake measuring 5.4 in magnitude struck an area located nine kilometers southeast of Ormoc City, Leyte Monday morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it recorded the temblor at 9:41 a.m. Areas…
Power plants of the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) may be able to restore power supply in Leyte within 10 days when repairs had been done on the damages caused by the magnitude 6.5 earthquake. “Our team of…
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…
ORMOC CITY—An alleged drug pusher from Cebu City who had just been released from prison was killed in an alleged shootout with the police on Friday morning. The police claimed that Gary Alvarado resisted arrest when operatives…
A loud thud and confusion followed What was supposed to be a relaxing 3-hour sea trip through a fastcraft from Ormoc to Cebu City turned out to be a harrowing experience for its 90 passengers as the…
A fastcraft collided with a barge at the Mactan Channel near the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge on Saturday evening. Seaman 2 Joeford Dolino of the Philippine Coast Guard Cebu Station said they received the report at 10:10 p.m. “We…
ORMOC CITY—A witness in the cases filed against policemen accused of protecting suspected drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. was shot by still unidentified armed men on Juan Luna Street, Ormoc City, Leyte on Friday night. Ferdinand…
A two-week old infant was found by cane workers abandoned inside a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Alta Vista, Ormoc City at 4 p.m. today. Barangay Patag Councilman Gilbert Pilapil, the overseer of the plantation owned by the…
He captured two titles in the season-ending Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP) Dagitab Festival regional tennis tournament and broke not a few Cebuano hearts in the process. Nilo Ledama’s tennis smarts were on full display yesterday…
