Maasin City cancels all fiesta celebrations due to COVID-19

Jani Arnaiz 04/28/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Merry May will no longer be merry as fiestas to be held on this month or any month under COVID-19 will no longer be celebrated, here. Even Barangay days and anniversaries in…

Frontliners in S. Leyte deliver baby at checkpoint

Jani Arnaiz 04/27/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte—Frontliners in a town in Southern Leyte helped deliver a baby at a checkpoint along the boundary of the towns of Hinundayan and Anahawan on April 25, 2020.  In a report from Radio Pilipinas…

So. Leyte town raises funds for SAP-excluded families thru music

Jani Arnaiz 04/23/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Indigents of Sogod town this province, who were not included in the DSWD’s list of beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) need not worry that much. This after the local government…

NFA: So. Leyte has enough rice supply for the duration of ECQ

Jani Arnaiz 04/19/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –- The National Food Authority (NFA) here has assured Southern Leytenos that they have ample supply of the staple food during the heightened community quarantine until the next delivery of rice from Ilo-ilo…

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…

So. Leyte taps old provincial hospital as possible isolation facility

Jani Arnaiz 04/15/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Even if the city of Maasin and the entire province of Southern Leyte have no more persons under investigation (PUIs), the provincial government here has prepared the old provincial hospital located in…

Maasin City provides free PPEs to its garbage collectors

Jani Arnaiz 04/14/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – The COVID-19 pandemic has installed health workers and even garbage collectors as instant heroes who risk their lives just to put a stop to the spread of the unseen enemy. And in…

Gov. Mercado extends heightened community quarantine in So. Leyte

Jani Arnaiz 04/13/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte — Governor Damian Mercado has extended on Monday, April 13, 2020, the heightened community quarantine in the whole province until April 30, 2020. Mercado signed EO 23 based on the recommendation of the…

Red Cross in Southern Leyte comes up with ‘drumvatory’

Jani Arnaiz 04/09/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – Since washing of hands is the first line of defense against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19),  frontliners like the Philippine Red Cross came up with an innovative “drumvatory” project…

Mercado eyes ECQ extension in Southern Leyte until end of April

Jani Arnaiz 04/07/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –The implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Southern Leyte may have to be extended for two more weeks. Governor Damian Mercado said he is inclined to follow President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive…

Husband to be charged for killing wife in Macrohon, Southern Leyte

Jani Arnaiz 04/06/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A case of parricide is being prepared by the Macrohon PNP against a man who admitted to killing his wife on April 3, 2020 while on board a pumpboat. Master sergeant Reche…

5-month-old PUI from Southern Leyte dies, tests negative for COVID-19

Jani Arnaiz 04/04/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A five-month-old baby boy, who was considered a patient under investigation (PUI) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), died on Thursday, April 2, 2020, or less than 23 hours since he was admitted…

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