Fake Threats Disrupt Learning, Spread Fear
• A tricycle swerving to avoid potholes collided with a van in Baybay City on August 3; the tricycle driver was hurt, but both parties later settled amicably.
• A tricycle swerving to avoid potholes collided with a van in Baybay City on August 3; the tricycle driver was hurt, but both parties later settled amicably.
• NBI probes armed civilians, police, and a government vehicle at an Albuera checkpoint. Director calls it “very alarming.” Probe seeks who authorized the operation and civilians’ involvement.
• Eastern Visayas prepares for November 2 BSKE as COC filing nears, while the Senate considers extending barangay and SK officials’ terms from four to five years.
• Abuyog, Leyte, established satellite rescue stations across its 63 barangays to place ambulances closer to remote communities, ensuring 24/7 standby and free emergency transport for indigent residents.
• Inside Tacloban City Jail, PDLs learn farming through a garden program, gaining skills in planting and selling vegetables for future livelihoods after release.
• Tacloban fishermen, led by Romelo Anade, seek a Writ of Kalikasan to halt the P4.48B causeway, citing muddy waters, declining catches, and unprovided EIA documents.
• Americares trains Tabango health workers locally in disaster response, including heat-related issues. The two-year project urges regular drills and local ordinances for sustained preparedness.
• Catbalogan City is in pursuit of a suspect who shot a construction worker in the head over a personal dispute.
• Dagami police arrested alias “Tarak,” 41, in a buy-bust and seized suspected shabu.
• Eastern Visayas plans random drug tests for drivers via LTFRB, LTO, PDEA, and LGUs. Fuel aid increased to P12, and cooperatives are encouraged to take out loans.