TESDA, 8ID, Forge Alliance to Empower Personnel, Former Rebels, and Community Groups Through Skills Development Initiatives
CAMP VICENTE LUKBAN, Catbalogan City, Samar— The 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division, Philippine Army, alongside the Police Regional Office VIII and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Region VIII, jointly…
SAN ISIDRO, LEYTE Veloso scion’s house attacked by gunfire
Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–Gunfire broke the silence of 9:40 p.m Saturday at Barangay Capiñahan in San Isidro, Leyte when unidentified armed men assaulted and peppered with bullets the house…
Landmine, firearm seized in Northern Samar clash
by Miriam G. Desacada LAS NAVAS, Northern Samar – A firearm and an anti-personnel mine (APM) or landmine, among other war items, were recovered by government troops after an armed…
Govt.Troops seized Anti-Personnel Mine anew in N.Samar clash
Tacloban City – A firearm and a 5-kg international humanitarian law banned (IHL) anti-personnel mine (APM) were recovered as a result of armed encounter at the remote outskirts of Brgy.…
KILLINGS IN LEYTE 3RD DISTRICT Ex-solon Ching Veloso dares PNP execs to replace town’s cop chiefs
by Miriam G. Desacada Villaba Leyte–Former congressman Vicente “Ching” Veloso of the 3rd district of Leyte had challenged top police officials—PRO-8 Regional Director P/Brig. General Reynaldo Pawid and Leyte Police…
IN SAN ISIDRO, LEYTE Barangay captain, 2 others shot dead inside Brgy. hall
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City -Four unidentified men arrived, on two motorcycles, and barged into the barangay hall of Daja Diot in San Isidro, Leyte around 9 p.m. Saturday…
TO SEE RELIEF AIDS EFFECTS European Union envoy visits Northern Samar
by Miriam G. Desacada Catarman N.Samar–To personally assess the effectiveness of European Union’s humanitarian aids to Northern Samar province in times of calamities, EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Véron…
Politics eyed in killingof brgy chair in Ormoc?
by Miriam G. Desacada ORMOC CITY – Authorities are looking into politics, among other possible motives, in the killing of a barangay captain in Ormoc City Friday evening. There is…
2 rebels killed in Leyte encounter
TACLOBAN CITY–At least two high value target of the New Peoples Army were the recent casualty in a clash against the troops belonging to the Army’s 93rd Infantry Batallion earlier…
NMP in Full Sail: One Thousand, Two Hundred Ninety-One Trainees by 31 January
Tacloban City–The National Maritime Polytechnic ( NMP) has successfully trained a total of one thousand two hundred eighty-one (1,291) trainees. Of these, 1,058 (81.95%) took Basic Courses, 127 (9.84%) enrolled…