TACLOBAN CITY – Three persons, including a three-year-old boy, were killed in a road accident on the national highway in Basey, Samar on Sunday, November 12. MAP of Basey, Samar. Investigation said a Sports Utility Vehicle driven by Nicolas Sandoval, 55, a resident of this city, was...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez trumpeted on Thursday, Nov. 9, the benefits of two measures in the House of Representatives that aim to ensure quality and accessible education for his fellow...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire hit three buildings, including the Commission on Elections’, in the local government unit compound of Santa Margarita, Samar on All Souls’ Day. The fire allegedly started from the abandoned office of the Department of Interior and Local Government and Liga ng mga...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Eastern Samar on Thursday, Nov. 2. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin) Phivolcs said the quake's epicenter was located 76 kilometers northeast of Hernani town. It was recorded at 2:50 p.m. with a...
TACLOBAN CITY – Residents in two upland barangays in Calbayog City in Samar encountered a delay in casting their votes after an armed attack against a soldier and Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) disturbed the scheduled voting on Monday, October 30. MAP of Calbayog City Voting...
TACLOBAN CITY – Calbayog City Mayor Raymund Uy announced on Friday, October 13, that only 43 barangays in the city remain as areas of grave concern in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. UY (FB) The Philippine National Police in Calbayog had earlier declared 60 out of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Seventy-two barangays in Samar have been tagged as areas of grave concern in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. SANTA Margarita in Samar has five barangays tagged as areas of grave concern. Calbayog City has 60 barangays and the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was arrested along with three barangay councilors and 12 civilians in Mondragon, Northern Samar, for perjury on Friday, October 6. Police identified the suspects as Arnel Domasig, 41, chairman of Barangay Talolora, Mondragon, and Barangay Talolora...
TACLOBAN CITY – A candidate for kagawad or councilor in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was gunned down in Gandara, Samar, on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Roldan Pesidas, 43, candidate in Barangay Canhawan Gote, Catbalogan City, Samar. Initial...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Samar Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) recently launched the Friends Rescued Engagement through their Families (FReE Families) project to gather the support and commitment of relatives of New People's Army rebels in their...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Red tide phenomenon has recurred in three bays in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, raising warning not to consume shellfish products in these areas, the Bureau of Fisheries Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Friday, October 6. These bays are Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan announced the dismantling of the last two active guerilla fronts in the province. ONGCHUAN (FB) “The CTG Front Committees 1 and 15 are now down to 36 remaining personalities and 64 firearms. This is a testament to the Nortehanons’...
