TACLOBAN CITY – The Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and the Municipal Peace and Order Council of Pinabacdao, Samar declared the municipality under a State of Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition (SIPSC) on Tuesday, April 8. The status was declared under...
TACLOBAN CITY – Matag-ob and other municipalities in Leyte and Samar were flooded by 18 hours of rain caused by the shearline on Thursday, March 20. RIVERS are monitored in Matag-ob, Leyte for flooding caused by the shear line. Matag-ob, Leyte Mayor Bernandino Tacoy said many farmers were...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police neutralized a notorious drug pusher in Calbayog City, Samar on Thursday, Feb. 20. The suspect was identified as Nex, 31, and a construction worker. THE body of Nex in the hospital. Nex had a long rap sheet with authorities. He was No. 1 in the regional priority target list...
TACLOBAN CITY – Governors Edwin Ongchuan of Northern Samar and Sharee Ann Tan of Samar pushed key road projects in Samar Island. TAN (left) and Ongchuan (center). (FB) Tan thanked Ongchuan for the strong collaboration and support for the proposed projects in a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 11....
TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People’s Army rebels were killed and an arms cache was seized in an encounter with the military in Barangay Santo Niño, Paranas, Samar, on Wednesday, Feb. 5. TROOPS killed two communist rebels and seized an arms cache in an encounter in Paranas, Samar on Feb. 5. ...
TACLOBAN CITY – Matuguinao, Samar Mayor Aran Boller condemned the death of a soldier in an encounter with the New People’s Army in the hinterlands of Barangay San Roque, Matuguinao recently. Killed-in-action was Corporal Bobby Barocaboc. He was deployed as part of the Alpha Company of the 19th...
TACLOBAN CITY - Suspected shabu valued at over P20 million was seized in a checkpoint in Catbalogan City, Samar on Monday, Jan. 27. Police nabbed three suspected drug couriers identified as Mark Balagot, Ace, and Manny, all from Libona, Bukidnon. They were onboard a pickup truck when they...
CATBALOGAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar recently rewarded P10,000 to each individual who surrendered loose firearms under the Balik Armas program. ON the table are loose guns surrendered to authorities. Gov. Sharee Ann Tan commended the Samar Police Provincial Office for their...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected gunrunner was killed and a civilian and three policemen were wounded in a buy-bust operation on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Pido Extension, Barangay East Awang, Calbayog City, Samar. Police identified the suspect as Ricardo Dealagdon, alias Edgar Nayanga, a member of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Samar Police Provincial Office has deployed over 300 personnel to ensure safe and credible elections this May in the first district of Samar. Police Col. Antonietto Eric Mendoza, Samar police chief, led a send-off ceremony for the Regional Special Operations Task Group-Leyte...
A big boulder damages this house in Sitio Mahaba, Barangay Basiao, Catbalogan City Samar following a rockslide incident that killed a two-year-old girl and injured three others on Dec. 29, 2024. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) A two-year-old girl died after being pinned to death when a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A notorious leader of the New People’s Army was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division in Barangay Cawayan, Catbalogan City, Samar on Dec. 13. The military identified the fatality as Artemio Solayao, alias Budil,...
