DPWH: 2nd San Juanico Bridge to be built in Tacloban

07/16/2024

TACLOBAN CITY – Officials agreed to relocate the proposed second San Juanico Bridge from nearby Babatngon town to this city, citing accessibility as the main reason, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here…

Yolanda: A decade later, ‘moving on’ still hard for survivors

Ador Mayol, Joey Gabieta, Nestle Semilla 11/08/2023

(First of two parts) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Tropiano Esperas, an overseas Filipino worker, had just returned from Saudi Arabia to spend time with his family at Barangay 88 in San Jose District, Tacloban City, a…

This dancesport duo in Tacloban gained 3M views on TikTok. Here’s why

Immae Lachica 10/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines– A pair of dancesport kids from Tacloban became viral because of their performance during their school’s intramurals. The video of the two dancesport pair doing their “unique” dance was uploaded by dance coach Justine Carl…

In Tacloban, sequestered Marcos properties now tourist sites

Joey Gabieta 05/17/2023

TACLOBAN CITY—The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has leased out to a private corporation two sequestered properties of the Marcos family here for P150,000 a month. The Santo Niño Shrine and Museum and the People’s Center…

62-year-old stepson stabs, wounds stepdad, 81, in Leyte

Joey Gabieta 04/10/2023

TACLOBAN CITY — An 81-year-old stepdad was stabbed and wounded by his 62-year-old stepson in Bato town, Leyte province on Saturday night, April 8, 2023. Clemente Salvame sustained a stab wound on his abdomen, based on the…

Ormoc City court convicts OFW for maligning ex-mayor Richard Gomez

Joey Gabieta @joeygabietaINQ - @inquirerdotnet 03/20/2023

TACLOBAN CITY — A trial court in Ormoc City has convicted an overseas Filipino worker for maligning former mayor and now Rep. Richard Gomez. Judge Maria Corazon Naraja, presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch…

Santo Niño de Tacloban

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 01/20/2023

That the Philippines has the longest Christmas season in the world may explain why the most popular celebrations on the first month of the year happen to be for the Nazareno de Quiapo (Jan. 9) and the…

Tacloban mayor not giving up on hotel Imelda Marcos built

Joey A. Gabieta 10/23/2022

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Like an aging beauty queen, it has been quite some time since the Leyte Park Resort Hotel reigned in her salad days as the prettiest hotel in the Eastern Visayas, temporary home…

PH tarsier spotted in Tacloban for 1st time

Joey Gabieta @joeygabietaINQ - @inquirerdotnet 08/12/2022

TACLOBAN CITY—The Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (DNSM) of the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) has confirmed the presence of the Philippine tarsier in the forests of this city. In a social media…

Survivors honor the dead on 7th anniversary of Yolanda

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 11/08/2020

TACLOBAN CITY – Seven years have passed since she last saw her 17-year-old son. While she has not seen her son’s body, Norie Dosol presumed that the sixth of her 11 children had died when super typhoon…

Navy deliver 5K DSWD food packs to Tacloban

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 5,000 boxes of food items from the Department of Social Welfare and Development have been delivered by the Naval Forces Central (Navforcen) personnel to Tacloban City for those affected by Typhoon…

Mayor, 19 others rescued after motorboat sinks off Samar town

06/29/2019

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — A municipal mayor and 19 others were rescued after a motorboat sank off Sto. Niño town, Samar on Friday afternoon. Mayor Amelia Caño of Almagro town in Samar and the other passengers were…

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