TACLOBAN CITY – Three city councilors from the Liberal Party (LP) and one barangay chairman in Calbayog City resigned from their posts before the end of their terms on June 30. This was confirmed by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Samar Director Judy Batulan. A report...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and his wife, Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez have praised the enactment of a law that will see the creation of the Samar Island Medical Center (SIMC) in Calbayog City, Samar. House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and his wife, Tingog Party-list...
Calbayog, Samar is pink, former Interior secretary Mel Sarmiento said on Monday, March 28, in the latest string of endorsements for Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid. Former DILG secretary Mel Sarmiento and Vice President Leni Robredo (Screenshots from Robredo’s People Council via...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has mobilized a task force that will focus on the investigation into the killing of a Pampanga-based journalist who was repeatedly shot in Calbayog City in Samar. PNP chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos said Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) that was mobilized by...
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Guillermo Eleazar vowed Wednesday, June 11, that the organization will not coddle the seven police personnel who have been tagged in the March 8 slay of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino. PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN)...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda). The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda),...
