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Quintero was born in Tacloban City of the province of Leyte in the Eastern Visayas region of the country. His parents were Eduardo Quintero Sr. and Baldomera Torcelo. He was married to Tarcila Pariña with whom he had 3 children. For his elementary and secondary education he attended the Leyte Intermediate School and Leyte High School respectively.
Poverty incidence of Tacloban 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 10.90 2009 20.45 2012 9.75 2015 21.45 2018 8.08 2021 10.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Tacloban is the economic center of the entire Eastern Visayas, with an economy largely focused on agriculture, commerce, and tourism. Proximal to the city proper is the 237-hectare Eastern Visayas Agri-Industrial Growth Center (EVRGC), which was ...
[1] [2] They originated from provinces Leyte and Samar where the majority are of Waray background, later spreading into Luzon. Most of their criminal activities involved armed robberies, but various other gangs have also dabbled in kidnapping, carnapping, gun running, assassinations, gang warfare, and narcotics sale. Their bloody confrontations ...
The NBI described the arrest warrants, which served as the basis for the operation, as having been "maliciously obtained". It noted that Paul Olendan, whose perjured affidavit the warrant was based on, was in Leyte National High School in Tacloban at the time he claimed to have visited the Baybay Jail. The NBI added that there had been an anti ...
At the time of its sinking, the Doña Paz was sailing the route of Manila → Tacloban → Catbalogan → Manila and vice versa, making trips twice a week.. On December 20, 1987, at 06:30, Philippine Standard Time, the Doña Paz left from Tacloban City, Leyte, for the City of Manila, with a stopover at Catbalogan, Samar.
In 1942, the Romualdezes returned to Tacloban, and around that time, Imelda's father refused to let her go back to school. [49] When the Americans returned in 1944, she was eager to resume her studies at Leyte Progressive High School. She finished her first year at the provincial high school where she was also chosen Miss I-A; then in her ...
Tacloban City Government The Yolanda Shipwreck Memorial Park [ 1 ] or the Anibong Memorial Park , [ 2 ] colloquially known as the Yolanda Shrine , [ 3 ] is a memorial created from portions of MV Eva Jocelyn , a cargo ship which got beached at Barangay Anibong, Tacloban , Leyte in Eastern Visayas .
On November 7–8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan roared through Tacloban and the Eastern Visayas Region. The Tacloban Airport was effectively destroyed by winds averaging to 314 km/h (195 mph) and a 4.0-meter (13 ft) storm surge. The airport terminal and the control tower were utterly demolished, and the airport was rendered unusable.