TACLOBAN CITY – A soldier from the 78th Infantry (Warrior) Battalion was conferred with the Wounded Personnel Medal (WPM) on Sunday, January 7. A SOLDIER from the 78th Infantry Battalion was awarded for gallantry in action in an encounter in Borongan City, Eastern Samar. He was wounded-in-action...
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People's Army (NPA) leader was killed in an encounter with the 78th Infantry Battalion in Barangay San Gabriel, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Saturday, January 6. The 8th Infantry Division identified the fatality as Martin Colima, alias “Maki,” “Seloy,”...
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Facebook) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has confirmed that Borongan Airport will receive P200 million in capital outlay for the upgrade of its aviation...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Borongan stepped up its commitment to protect the environment during the first-ever Forest Summit recently. The Borongan Forest Summit called for the conservation of the Samar Island Natural Park where majority of the city’s forestlands belong and sought...
BORONGAN CITY – Surfers and surfing enthusiasts from across the country joined the 2nd National Surfing Summit and Surf City Festival in this city. The National Surf Summit was held from December 2 to 3 alongside the annual Surf City Borongan competition to create a synergistic platform that...
BORONGAN CITY – A One Town, One Product (OTOP) hub showcasing Eastern Samar's delicacies and other native products opened on Baybay Boulevard here on Friday, December 1. THE city government of Borongan opens an OTOP hub on Friday, December 1. (Borongan City Information Office FB) The OTOP...
BORONGAN CITY – Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda here said that their hosting of the fourth leg of the NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour helped raise the popularity of this city as a surfing site and gave pride to the people. AGDA (FB) "The impact of this surfing competition in Borongan is...
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Borongan City in Eastern Samar issued a circular on Wednesday, Nov. 8, commemorating the 10th anniversary of super typhoon "Yolanda" as a call for healing, reconciliation, and hope. (Bishop Crispin Varquez / Manila Bulletin file photo) "May our collective memory...
TACLOBAN CITY – Borongan City Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda has been invited by the United Nations (UN) to the first-ever Local Climate Action Summit at the Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in December. AGDA (FB) The invitation recognizes the city government's efforts toward climate...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Roman Catholic Bishop of Borongan City in Eastern Samar defended the publication of a priest's dismissal from the clerical state by Pope Francis. Bishop Crispin Varquez said Fr. Pio Aclon’s dismissal through an Informationis Causa is not libelous nor slanderous. In his reply...
TACLOBAN CITY – An 83-year-old widow and her grandson died in a fire that razed their house on Sunday, September 24, in Barangay Tamoso, Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The victims were identified as Lourdes Abobo and Lloyd Alec Legion, 25. Initial investigation disclosed that the fire that...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Pope Francis has dismissed a priest from the Diocese of Borongan due to alleged involvement in sexual abuse of children. Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez announced on Sunday, September 17, that Father Pio Cultura Aclon has been removed from the clerical state. "He is, therefore, no...
