100 Southern Leyte residents to remain in Cebu City for now – Mercado

Jani Arnaiz 03/31/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –More than 100 Southern Leyte residents, who are now stranded in Cebu City, will not be allowed to go home just yet. Governor Damian Mercado said he cannot risk the safety of his…

S. Leyte Gov’t orders ban of pork, pork products from Luzon, Mindanao

Jani Arnaiz 02/04/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –Hogs and meat products from Luzon and Mindanao will already be barred entry into Southern Leyte province starting on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. The ban was ordered in an Executive Order which Governor…

Southern Leyte PHO to open HIV/AIDS testing hub in Jan. 2020

Jani Arnaiz 01/11/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A treatment hub will be opened this month at the Salvacion Oppus Yniguez Memorial Provincial Hospital (SOYMPH) located at the Dogon Village in Maasin City to cater to patients who are infected…

Signal No. 1 up over northern, central Cebu as TS Ursula intensifies

Rosalie Abatayo 12/23/2019

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — While the skies of Cebu have remained clear, Cebuanos are urged to already prepare for the effects of Tropical Storm Ursula. As of 11 a.m., the northern and central parts of Cebu province…

Roberto Loquinte officially installed as Anahawan mayor in Southern Leyte

Jani Arnaiz 11/25/2019

MAASIN CITY—The Department of Interior Local Government (DILG) formally installed Roberto Loquinte as the mayor of Anahawan town here on Sunday, November 24, 2019, after two months of holding office at the DILG office. The mayor was…

42 GCTA surrenderees from Cebu shipped to Abuyog Regional Prison in Leyte

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ulysses Cuizon, 42, lived a free man for two years. But he will be going back to detention today, September 18, to comply with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order for the surrender of convicts…

Intensity 3 earthquake felt in Cebu City; no damage reported

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ground movement was felt in Cebu City and parts of Cebu province while most of us were still asleep at 3 a.m. today, June 30. An intensity 3 earthquake was felt in Cebu…

Leyte drug suspect shot dead in Talisay

Benjie Talisic 07/23/2017

A SUSPECTED drug dealer wanted in southern Leyte was shot dead by the police’s  anti-drug enforcement units at his home in Pearl Street, Fairview Village in Barangay Lawaan 2, Talisay City Sunday afternoon. The 41-year-old suspect identified…

Senior citizen dead, at least 25 hurt in strong Surigao aftershock

Inquirer.net 03/05/2017

A powerful earthquake struck Surigao del Norte anew on Sunday morning, leaving one dead, at least 25 persons hurt and a still undetermined number of houses and buildings damaged. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)…

Auring: Cebu, 13 areas under Signal No. 1

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/09/2017

Cebu remains under storm signal number 1 as of 11 p.m, Sunday, January 8, due to tropical depression Auring. Jhomer Eclarino, a specialist of the state weather bureau PAGASA, said that Auring is traversing Mindanao and the…

Cebu under storm signal number 1

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/08/2017

Cebu has been placed under public storm signal number one Sunday morning due to tropical cyclone ‘Auring.’ Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) Mactan, said ‘Auring’ might landfall in Surigao area…

Signal No. 1 in Cebu; Marce to leave Monday

11/24/2016

SIGNAL No. 1 was hoisted over several provinces in Visayas and Mindanao as the low pressure near Surigao del Sur intensified into a tropical depression and was locally named “Marce.” The storm signal was raised over Southern…

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