Pomp and pageantry was the order of the day when this first-class city in Eastern Visayas held its Piña Festival with a bevy of beautiful belles vying for the title Piña Festival Queen.
Aboitiz Construction recently inked a partnership with the local government of Ormoc City in Leyte and the Technical Education and Skills Development Center
RETRIEVED. Several dead bodies unearthed in Kantagnos village in Baybay City in this April 13, 2022 photo. As of early Thursday (April 14) the death toll in Baybay City, Leyte has climbed to 81 as responders pull out more cadavers from the debris.(Photo courtesy of Bureau of Fire Protection Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The landslide death toll in Baybay City and Abuyog in Leyte has climbed to 113 as of early Thursday as responders pull out more cadavers from the debris. The Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office said of the 113 cadavers, 81 were retrieved in landslide-hit villages of Baybay City and 32 in landslide-affected communities in Abuyog town. In an update by Mayor Jose Carlos Cari via Facebook on Wednesday night, the official said some of the bodies were dug from mudslides while others were washed out to the shoreline days after Tropical Depression Agaton dumped heavy rains in the province. Bodies were unearthed in Mailhi, Bunga, Kantagnos, San Agustin, Maypatag, Pangas
JODIE DANIELLE TAN ruled the girls’ 12-under foil event while Victoria Ebdane powered her team to a gold medal in the 12-under team mixed foil in the Mayor Richard Gomez Fencing Cup recently at the Ormoc City Superdome in Ormoc City. Tan, competing out of Canlas Fencing (CF)/St. Jude Catholic…