Tag: Leyte province
Rescuers search for survivors in villages hit by landslides in central...
The death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 28 while more than 17,000 people fled their homes in the central Philippines
Landslides, flooding kill at least 24 in wake of tropical storm...
More than 13,000 people fled to emergency shelters as the storm pounded the region, flooding houses, inundating fields, cutting off roads
Priest worries over ‘strings attached’ in vaccine offer from mining firm...
The mining company MacArthur Iron Sand Project Corp. plans to donate money to help the local government purchase COVID-19 vaccines
Despite criticisms, poor villagers in central Philippines pin hope on mining
Up to 300 villagers were hired as laborers, timekeepers, and kitchen staff, earning a minimum salary of about US$7 per day
Catholic priest in Leyte town appeals for stop to black sand...
To drum up the campaign against black sand mining, the priest of McArthur in Leyte led a motorcade around town