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3 weeks ago | 
globalnation.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa, once accused by authorities as the biggest drug lord in Eastern Visayas, believed it is proper to let former President Rodrigo Duterte undergo trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC). “He had it coming. He is a lawyer and a prosecutor. He challenged the ICC to come to the country and arrest him,” said Kerwin in a press conference in Albuera town, Leyte, as he kicked off his mayoral campaign on March 30.
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2 months ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta |Clarence Roi Gillego
TACLOBAN CITY—Massive flooding affected several areas in Eastern Visayas and Sorsogon in the Bicol region due to nonstop rains since Feb. 9 that were spawned by a shear line. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council placed the provinces of Eastern Samar, Samar, Biliran, Northern Samar, and Leyte under a red alert category due to heavy rainfall that could trigger floods and landslides.
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2 months ago | 
newsinfo.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY – Another son of Speaker Martin Romualdez is joining politics. Andrew Julian Romualdez was formally introduced as the first nominee of Tingog party-list during its national summit at Leyte Academic Center in Palo town, Leyte on Saturday, Feb. 8, Article continues after this advertisement Julian replaced his mother, Yedda Marie, as the party-list group’s first nominee.
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2 months ago | 
worldbank.einnews.com | Joey Gabieta
The World Bank Group logo is seen on the building of the Washington-based global development lender in Washington on January 17, 2019. (FILE photo by Eric BARADAT / Agence France-Presse)TACLOBAN CITY — The provincial government of Northern Samar has strengthened its bid to accommodate at least five renewable energy projects to generate power, create jobs for locals, and revenue for the local government.
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2 months ago | 
plus.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY—The Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC), the biggest government-run hospital in the region based in this city, has opened a 15-bed ward intended for war veterans and their dependents. The facility, named Captain Nieves Fernandez Veterans Ward, was formally opened last Jan. 20. Named after the guerilla leader from Tacloban during the Japanese occupation, the ward was built using the funds from the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) in the region.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has released P30 million for the repair of the Biliran Bridge, which was found to have structural defects. DPWH-Biliran District Engineering Office head Irwin Antonio said the funding was released on Jan. 16 to immediately fix the 49-year-old structure, a vital span linking Biliran and Leyte Islands.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Joanna Aglibot |Joey Gabieta
Families of two fishers and crew members of a cargo ship greeted the New Year with anxiety as they continued to search for their relatives who went missing following separate sea tragedies in the waters off Northern Samar and Zambales provinces that left one dead. In Zambales, a fisherman from Subic town was rescued after seven grueling days at sea but his two companions remained missing, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY—Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla and 41 mayors are opposing a proposal to split the province, saying this will disrupt its economic progress. “I don’t see any valid reason why Leyte should be split into two provinces other than for political reasons,” Petilla said. “There is an economic subscale when it comes to size. The bigger you are, the better you can actually manage your resources. So splitting is not developmental; it’s actually regressive,” he added.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Joey Gabieta
TACLOBAN CITY—Elected officials in historic Leyte province urged the government to consider putting up a naval base and military airstrip in the province. Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, in an interview, said having these facilities in the province would be a significant advantage not just for Leyte, the site of the famous landings by Allied Forces led by American Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1944, but also for Eastern Visayas.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Allen V. Estabillo |Joey Gabieta
Soccsksargen and Eastern Visayas have recorded a sharp rise in dengue cases and combined death toll of 104 that was causing concern among health authorities in the two regions. Dengue cases in Soccsksargen—composed of the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City—has caused 79 deaths from January to October and feared to breach epidemic records by the end of the year, the Department of Health (DOH) in the region said.
