The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is verifying reports that at least 18 fishermen went missing in Samar during the onslaught of tropical storm “Jolina.” (FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) This was bared by PCG Spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo, citing that the fishermen were reported missing in Sierra,...
A mother and her nine-month-old child were injured and thrown off the street after a car hit them when its driver reportedly fell asleep in Catbalogan, Samar. (PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO) According to the report, the victims had just disembarked from the tricycle when a car hit them in front of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) on Friday, August 20, after government troops stormed its bomb-making facility in Dolores, Eastern Samar earlier this week. Secretary Eduardo Ano (DILG photo)...
The military recovered Tuesday night, Aug. 17, the bodies of two more suspected New People's Army (NPA) communist rebels in the jungles of Eastern Samar a day after the strenuous 13-hour armed encounter in Dolores town. Dolores, Eastern Samar (Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army /...
The Philippine Army's 8th Infantry Division (8ID) pulled off a near perfect focus military operation against the New People's Army (NPA) in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Sunday, Aug. 16, which resulted in the killing of 16 communist rebels while no casualty was recorded on the side of the troops. Major...
At least 16 suspected communist rebels died in intense firefight between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People's Army (NPA) in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Monday, Aug. 16. (8th Infantry "Stormtroopers" Division / Facebook) The encounter happened around 4 a.m. at an alleged NPA hideout in Barangay...
Joint police and Coast Guard personnel recovered several handguns and high-powered firearms from four alleged members of a gun-running syndicate in Looc, Northern Samar. Joint authorities have recovered illegal weapons and firearms from four alleged gun-running suspects in Looc, Northern Samar, the...
Policemen assigned in Oras town of Samar added a twist in the conduct of their regular patrol after they decided to help a senior citizen sell ice drops. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said he learned of the good deed of the local policemen in a Facebook post of personnel from the 1st...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will be part of the establishment of an “iron fortified" rice processing plant in Laoang, Northern Samar to address the high incidence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in the province. Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued seven passengers, including three minors, from a distressed motorbanca off Capul Island, Samar on Thursday, July 1. In an incident report, the PCG said the rescued passengers departed from Rizal, Sorsogon enroute to Zumarra, Western Samar when their boat's...
MAYOR Evardone TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Roland Boie Evardone of Arteche, Eastern Samar confirmed Friday, June 18, that he has been infected with COVID-19. He is the seventh local chief executive in Eastern Visayas to have contracted the disease. The Arteche mayor, whose uncle is Eastern Samar...
An emergency evacuation was conducted for a Filipino seafarer, who fell from a five-meter-high elevator shaft off the waters of Marabut, Western Samar on Tuesday, June 15. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel conducted an emergency medical evacuation to Roland Campañero, who fell from a...
