TACLOBAN CITY — Mayor Alfred Romualdez is pushing for this city to have its own congressional representative, citing its status as a highly urbanized city (HUC). However, Romualdez said he is ...

The Tacloban City Council has declared the city under a state of emergency, following the limited access to San Juanico Bridge. "This move aims to mobilize resources quickly and ensure public safety, ...

TACLOBAN CITY — The city council here declared a state of emergency on Thursday as transport of goods and medical supplies between Leyte and Samar provinces has been disrupted due to the limited ...

THE Office of the Vice President, through its Eastern Visayas satellite office, launched its OVP Libreng Sakay program in Tacloban City on Monday. "The OVP, in partnership with Uycinco City Tours Inc.

EVANSVILLE – Yet another large sinkhole has shut down yet another city street. According to a post on the City of Evansville's Facebook page, East Virginia Street just past North Willow Road ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — A massive fire broke out early Sunday, June 2, at the intersection of Mabini, Burgos, Real, and Aviles Streets in Barangay South, Ormoc City, Leyte, damaging several ...

Archaeologists have located Tharais, a lost Byzantine city featured on the 6th-century Madaba Mosaic Map in Jordan. The discovery, near El-’Iraq, was led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh. Excavations ...

The city of Lakewood has approved a $500,000 project to renovate a street end into a new public access point to Lake Steilacoom. It’s part of an effort to improve more than a dozen street ends ...

TRANSPORT WOES The center of the 2.16-km. San Juanico Bridge that links Tacloban City and Samar in this May 27, 2025 photo. The Tacloban City Council declared a state of emergency on May 29 as ...

The team used maps and field surveys to identify the site. Experts believe the lost city Tharais wasn’t just an agricultural village—it may have also been a spiritual hub. The Madaba Mosaic ...