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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SM Foundation recently awarded college scholarship grants to around 500 high school graduates nationwide on May 8. Simultaneous awarding were held in NCR, Tuguegarao, Cauayan (Isabela), Baguio, Rosales (Pangasinan), Tarlac, Cabanatuan, Olongapo, Pampanga, Clark, Lucena, Naga, Legazpi,…
TACLOBAN CITY – An American priest based in Naval town in Biliran province was arrested Wednesday (Dec. 5) for allegedly engaging in sexual activities involving minors. Members of the local police and personnel of the US Homeland…
Tacloban City — A town in Eastern Samar was rendered isolated after a landslide due to Tropical Depression “Samuel” hit the village that served as its entry point to a nearby town. Compounding the misery of the…
IN this age of up-to-the-minute news, journalists are more than ever banking on technology to ensure speedy information dissemination. The recent firing up of Smart Communications’ Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced sites in Leyte brought better…
After a string of setbacks in singles competition, top Cebuana tennis player Lyrah Mae Repollo finally found her rhythm to win the Most Valuable Player award in the Palawan Pawnshop – Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP)…
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — Nine persons, including a detainee and an online teacher, were arrested in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted by the members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in this city. These operations conducted…
Building homes of hope and resilience There is hope even in the darkest of times. Almost four years after the tragic Super Typhoon Yolanda, the people of Tacloban City have opened new chapters in their lives. Exhibiting…
