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New school in Leyte town opens

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - January 23, 2014 - 12:00am

A new school, Virginia Institute of Technology-Hilongos campus, was opened and inaugurated last week at Brgy. Atabay of this town.

One-Stop Shop opens for business permits

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - January 14, 2014 - 12:00am

The local government unit of this town has started its One-Stop Shop project to provide businesses easier and more convenient processing of applications for renewal and new permits.

Hilongos ends 2013 w/ Alikaraw Festival

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - January 4, 2014 - 12:00am

The local government of Hilongos town in Leyte, led by Mayor Albert Villahermosa, ended year 2013 with the annual celebration of Alikaraw Festival, which is a way of giving thanks to the Lord for the blessings He...

School announces its LET passers

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - December 10, 2013 - 12:00am

The Saint Michael College (SMC) in this town had announced that 29 of its students have passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) held last September in Tacloban City.

161st founding day celebration: Inopacan LGU calls for help in Leyte's rise from Yolanda

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - December 8, 2013 - 12:00am

Mayor Sylvestre Lumarda led the municipal government in rallying for unified efforts in the rebuilding of Leyte province after its devastation from typhoon Yolanda.

Amid electoral protest City Hall barricaded, guarded

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - June 28, 2013 - 12:00am

Iron railings with firetrucks, the police and the military and even traffic enforcers have been set up around the perimeter compound of the City Hall and Legislative Building, reportedly upon orders of Mayor Carmen...

2 motorbikers shoot man dead

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - June 23, 2013 - 12:00am

Unidentified men riding in a motorcycle gunned down a 33-year-old resident of this town along the national highway at around 5pm on Thursday (June 21), police reports said.

Thousands join Team Roble’s miting de avance

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - May 10, 2013 - 12:00am

An estimated 10,000 people turned out for UNA’s Team Roble’s miting de avance staged at Plaza Rizal in this town Wednesday night.

Gun ban violators nabbed

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - May 5, 2013 - 12:00am

A resident of Barangay Utanan of this town was arrested for illegal possession of firearms and violation of the election gun ban.

Mayor Roble supporters attacked by 8 gunmen

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - May 4, 2013 - 12:00am

A businesswoman and her visitors, all supporters of re-electionist Mayor Jose Emery Roble of this town, were attacked by at least eight men who strafed her house at Brgy. Cantandog II at around midnight of April...

Hilongosnons want Salog River rehabilitation

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - April 23, 2013 - 12:00am

Almost 2,000 residents from various sectors of this town staged a rally in support of the petition for the issuance of environmental protection order to preserve and rehabilitate Salog River here.

Mayor Roble’s supporter shot dead

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - April 21, 2013 - 12:00am

Unidentified riding-in-tandem men gunned down a 30-year-old supporter of Mayor Jose Emery Roble of this town, along the national highway at around 1 a.m. last Friday (April 19), police reports said.

Hundreds of youth join fun run for a cause

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - April 17, 2013 - 12:00am

A total of 140 runners, mostly youths, joined the 3-kilometer Fun Run, organized by the Hilongos Youth For Peace (HYFP) group last Sunday.

Roble backs Youth For Peace

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - April 11, 2013 - 12:00am

A total of 73 youths attended the one-day forum on Hilongos Youth for Peace program, which is aimed at building the young generation for active participation in nation-building.

Binay presents legislative plans

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - April 11, 2013 - 12:00am

UNA senatorial candidate Nancy Binay, reacting to results of surveys that show her sliding from the top, said the true measure of a candidate’s winnability in the elections are not the surveys.

ANAD wants review of party-list law

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - April 11, 2013 - 12:00am

The recent Supreme Court ruling that changed Comelec’s parameters in accrediting party-lists has “created more gray areas in the party-list law, and the next Congress must revisit this law,” according...

Councilman nabbed; guns, drugs seized

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - March 26, 2013 - 12:00am

High-powered firearms and packs of shabu were found and confiscated from the house of 36-year-old Barangay Councilman Japeth Abenoja who was also arrested by a composite team in a raid conducted last Sunday (March...

62 farmers finish corn production training

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - March 3, 2013 - 12:00am

A total of 62 farmers of this town completed their training on Corn-based Production System for Sustainable Agricultural Development conducted here recently, under the Farmer-Scientist RDE Training Program (FST...

Brgy resident jailed for election offense

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - February 10, 2013 - 12:00am

A resident of a barangay in this town was sentenced to a minimum of one year imprisonment after the court found him guilty of falsifying his application for voter’s registration during the 2007 barangay and...

Hundreds gifted with mass wedding, baptism

by Edison delos Santos Vilbar - December 16, 2012 - 12:00am

It was a day of realized dream for 36 couples who tied the knot in a mass wedding and a blissful day for the parents of 107 children who were baptized in two ceremonies held at the Immaculate Conception Parish church...

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