TACLOBAN CITY – The three governors in Samar Island reiterated their commitment to peace during the Samar Island Peace and Development Partners Forum Wednesday, August 17, in Catbalogan City. The event also attended by national government agencies revisited the 2017-2022 Regional Peace and...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 32-year-old soldier was stabbed to death by his drinking buddy in Calbayog City, Samar, Friday, August 12. Police identified the victim as Private First Class Mark Dian Fuentes, assigned to the Army 19th Infantry Battalion based in Barangay Maduruto, Matuguinao, Samar....
TACLOBAN CITY - The national government has approved high-impact infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the coming years in Northern Samar province. This includes the construction of Laoang Bridges 2 and 3, which Northern Samar Governor Edwin Ongchuan has been pushing since he became...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 11, emphasized her support for peace-building and asked Samarnons not to engage with or support their “friends” in the rebel group New People’s Army (NPA). VP Sara Duterte is the guest speaker for Samar’s 181st anniversary celebration in...
THIS former NPA rebel surrendered eight firearms and received P676,00 in aid from the government. (Radyo Pilipinas Borongan FB) TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Eastern Samar received P676,000 cash assistance for yielding eight firearms to the government...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The local government of Lope de Vega, Northern Samar and the Philippine Army have extended assistance to 10 former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to encourage more rebels to surrender. TEN former New People’s Army rebels received assistance after surrendering to...
TACLOBAN CITY – Despite supporting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the May 9, 2022 elections, both Samar representatives preferred to join the minority bloc in House of Representatives. In a joint statement Tuesday, July 26, Samar Reps. Stephen James Tan and Reynolds Michael Tan said their...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the police in Northern Samar as government forces heightened their fight against communist terrorists in the province. The surrenderer, alias “Inday,” 41, male, of Pambujan, Northern Samar, surrendered to the 2nd...
TACLOBAN CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. cited the heroism of Police Patrolman Mark Monge who was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Jose de Buan, Samar Saturday, July 16. INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary visits the wake of...
A moderately strong earthquake with a magnitude measuring 4.6 jolted eastern Samar around 10:01 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). (Phivolcs) The epicenter of the quake was traced 18 kilometers (km) southwest of Hernani, eastern Samar....
TACLOBAN CITY – The construction of the P1-billion Spark Samar Sports Development Complex in Barangay Lagundi, Catbalogan City, Samar is under way with the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, July 20. SCALE model of the Spark Samar Sports Development Complex in Catbalogan City, Samar. (Photo...
An anti-personnel mine allegedly planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels exploded in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, July 19, killing a soldier and injuring five others who were on a community support program (CSP) that was supposed to bring development to a remote barangay. (File photo)...
