Again, the provincial government of Eastern Samar has been flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2023 annual audit report. Earlier, COA found that Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) personnel hired by Eastern Samar province were not only paid below the daily minimum wage,...
TACLOBAN CITY – From being one of the poorest provinces to being the first province to have implemented a "green lane" in the country, Northern Samar cited gains in streamlining business permits and licenses through its recent strategic investments. These include the Ocean Power Project in...
Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) personnel hired by Eastern Samar province were were not only paid below the daily minimum wage, but worse, their salaries were always delayed in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its annual audit report, COA said that when the audit...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) against exceeding the "statutory limitation" on disbursements for extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses (EME) or discretionary funds taken out of their collected real property taxes (RPTs). It cited the case of...
TACLOBAN CITY – The University of the Eastern Philippines in Catarman, Northern Samar, has implemented online classes starting Friday, April 5, due to extreme heat. Cherry Ultra, UEP president, issued a memorandum for the implementation of online classes for undergraduate, law, and...
TACLOBAN CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-8 Regional Director Edgar Tabacon has temporarily suspended the construction of a seawall on Lalawigan Beach in Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The order was in response to the city government’s request to halt the project in the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The plan to develop an ocean power project on Capul Island at the San Bernardino Strait in Northern Samar gained momentum with foreign experts on tidal energy arriving next week to conduct an assessment on the progress of the project that seeks to energize the whole-island...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will step up its cooperation with other countries in the campaign against illegal drugs following the discovery of at least 20 bricks of cocaine that were fished out off the waters of Arteche town in Eastern Samar last week. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean...
TACLOBAN CITY – A two-year-old girl is fighting for her life in a hospital here after she was mauled by at least four dogs in a farm in Barangay Timbangan, Calbiga, Samar. MAP of Samar with the town of Calbiga highlighted. The victim was found bathing in blood, her ears removed, and part of...
ARTECHE, Eastern Samar – A fisherman found suspected cocaine valued at P106 million on the sea of Barangay Tangbo here on Friday, March 8. COCAINE bricks worth P106 million were discovered on the sea of Eastern Samar on Friday, March 8. (Photo via Marie Marticio) Mayor Roland Boie Evardone...
ARTECHE, Eastern Samar – Twenty bricks of suspected cocaine were found floating on the sea in Barangay Tangbo here on Friday afternoon, March 8. TWENTY bricks of cocaine were found by a fisherman on the sea of Arteche, Eastern Samar on Friday afternoon, March 8. (Photo via Marie Marticio)...
TACLOBAN CITY – A “Libre Sakay” (free ride) app was launched on Monday, March 4, in Borongan City, Eastern Samar in line with the city government's smart city initiative. The app was launched alongside the unveiling of the Smart Technologies Innovation Center at the Eastern Samar State...
