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By Cecil MORELLA Filipino widow Agatha Ando has learned to laugh again in the decade after Super Typhoon Haiyan smashed into the central Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving millions homeless. Fierce winds tore apart houses and toppled trees as tsunami-like waves whipped up by the storm obliterated mostly poor coastal communities on November 8, 2013. Ando’s husband and three of her siblings refused to leave their homes in Tacloban City that were […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in Tacloban is closed today. In an advisory, the DFA said this was due to Typhoon “Bising,” which is bringing heavy rains in parts of the country. The consular office will resume its regular operations on Tuesday, April 20. According to the department, the affected applicants must secure another appointment by sending an email to CO Tacloban (tacloban.rco@dfa.gov.ph) with the following information: – Name – […]
Man came from Wuhan, China, seat of novel coronavirus outbreak (Eagle News) — (Eagle News)– The Department of Health is monitoring a man in Tacloban for showing signs of a respiratory infection after arriving from Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus was first identified. Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the 36-year-old man worked in the Chinese city and arrived in the country on Jan. 17. The man is now isolated in a health facility. Earlier, the […]
TACLOBAN at BILIRAN, Leyte (Eagle News) — Tatlo katao ang naaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation-Anti-Human Trafficking Division sa kasong human trafficking sa Biliran at Tacloban City, Leyte sa isinagawang operasyon noong Pebrero 23 at 24, 2018. Ang tatlong suspek ay kinilala na sila Renelyn M. Perol, Michelle M. Bayonaco at Ariel V. Geraldo. Ang kaso ay nakuha mula sa isang impormasyong natanggap na ang suspek na si Renelyn Medella Perol, ay nag-offer ng mga […]
Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm “Urduja” (international name Kai-Tak) have killed 26 people and 23 more are missing in the eastern Philippines, authorities said Sunday. The deaths were reported in the small island province of Biliran, a day after the storm pounded the east of the archipelago nation. Urduja tore across the major islands of Samar and Leyte on Saturday, toppling power lines in 39 towns or cities and damaging roads and bridges, the […]
ORMOC CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Walang pasok sa lahat ng antas ng paaralan sa Ormoc City at Tacloban City dahil sa lindol. Ayon kay Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Gonzales, magsasagawa muna ng inspeksyon ang mga engineer sa mga school buildings upang matiyak ang kaligtasan ng mga estudyante. Bukod sa mga eskwelahan, iinspeksyunin din ang lahat ng gusali sa lungsod. Samantala sinabi naman ni Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez na magsasagawa rin sila ng pag-iinspeksyon sa mga […]
Ibinunyag mismo ng Malakanyang na may problema sa kalidad ang mga pabahay na itinayo para sa mga biktima ng bagyong Yolanda sa Tacloban. Sinabi ni Housing Czar Secretary to the Cabinet Leoncio Evasco Jr. na habang isinasagawa ni Pangulong Duterte ang inspection sa mga itinatayong bahay sa Tacloban, nakita ang mga depekto at hindi umaayon sa standard na pinag-usapan. Ayon kay Evasco, hindi natupad ng National Housing Authority (NHA) ang kautusan ng pangulo na dapat […]
TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, January 24(PIA) – On his fifth visit to the region since his assumption of the highest post of the land, President Rodrigo Duterte is again set to visit here, this time to inspect the conditions of the “Yolanda” victims who are now settled in their permanent shelters. To be ferried by seven buses to the President’s engaging site at New Hope Village, barangay Sta. Elena, about 15-kilometers away from the city proper, […]
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Sa darating na December 18-19 ay ipagdiriwang ng mga taga-Tacloban ang ika-walong anibersaryo nito bilang Highly Urbanized City. Sa unang araw ay isasagawa nila ang HUC Run na mag-uumpisa sa City Hall Kanhuraw Hill paikot sa buong syudad. Layunin nito ay upang ipamalas kung paano bumangon, naging matatag at matibay, at patuloy ang pag-usad sa pag-unlad sa loob ng tatlong taon matapos wasakin ng Super Typhoon Yolanda ang lungsod. Ang HUC […]
Tacloban, Leyte — Maaari nang lumipat ang mga biktima ng typhoon Yolanda sa mga itinayong pabahay ng gobyerno. Matatandaang ipinag-utos ito ni Pangulong Dutete nitong Nobyembre sa paggunita sa ikatlong anibersaryo ng supertyphoon Yolanda na ikinasawi ng mahigit na 6,000 katao. Ang pagpapalipat sa 827 na pamilyang nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda noong 2013 sa mga bagong tayo na ‘relocation sites’ sa Tacloban, Leyte ay naganap nitong Sabado Disyembre 3. Sa tulong ng ‘Office of the Presidential […]
TACLOBAN, Leyte (Eagle News) – Pormal ng binuksan sa publiko ang modernong pasyalan at palaruan para sa mga mamamayan partikular na sa mga kabataan na may traumatikong karanasan at alaala dulot ng Super Typhoon Yolanda. Layunin nitong malunasan ang malungkot na nakaraan at magkaroon ng uli na panibagong alaala. Sa loob lamang ng pitong buwan ay natapos ang nasabing proyekto kasama na ang pagplano sa Tacloban Astrodome Playground. Pinondohan ito ng World Vision katuwang ang Lokal na […]
