(Eagle News)– Atty. Rogelio Bato, lawyer of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa and his son Kerwin, was killed in an ambush in Tacloban City. Aside from Atty. Bato, a 15-year old girl who was with him was also killed. The elder Espinosa voluntarily surrendered to the Philippine National Police after President Duterte gave a “shoot on sight order” against him and Kerwin. A raid at their ancestral home was conducted and at least 11 kilograms […]
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USAID inaugurates climate-resilient school in Leyte
TACLOBAN City, Leyte (Eagle News) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) inaugurated a climate-resilient school building in Tacloban City, Leyte. Said school building can withstand winds with the strength of 360 km/h and earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.5. Aside from the school building, USAID also inaugurated a climate-resilient health facility. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Tacloban City residents return to their homes
The government of Tacloban City allowed its citizens in the evacuation centers to return to their homes despite the lack of electricity and flooding in some areas.
Evacuation of Tacloban City, almost complete
Almost 95% of the residents of Tacloban CIty have been evacuated in preparation of the coming of super-typhoon “Ruby”.
POPCOM holds Regional POPDEV Summit
TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 3 (PIA) – In observance of the annual Population and Development Week, the Commission on Population (POPCOM) will hold a Regional POPDEV Summit on Thursday, December 4, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Ritz Tower de Leyte, Tacloban City. Expected to attend the multi-sectoral forum are Population Officers and workers, government and non-government representatives, the interfaith and the youth sector. According to POPCOM, the primary objective of the forum […]
Typhoon “Yolanda” survivors still struggle to recover six months after tragedy
(Reuters) — Survivors continued to face enormous challenges to rebuild their lives nearly six months after super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms to make landfall anywhere, reduced almost everything in its path to rubble when it swept ashore in the Central Philippines on November 8. A report by the national disaster agency place the numbers of deaths at 6,300 people. Haiyan left four million either homeless or with damaged homes. The Southeast Asian country, estimated […]
