TACLOBAN CITY – The chief of police of Dolores town, Eastern Samar province, 15 police officers, and a non-uniformed personnel (NUP) were relieved from their posts following a viral photo of them drinking inside the police station during their Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Police Lt. Col....
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 has launched an investigation into the alleged drinking session of police officers on duty inside a police station in Eastern Samar province. In a statement issued Tuesday, PRO-8 reiterated that the Philippine National Police (PNP) strictly prohibits...
CAN-AVID, Eastern Samar – Despite being battered by several typhoons this year, Can-avid, Eastern Samar still pushed through with the Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival on Monday. Now in its eighth year, the festival featured 13 giant lanterns made from recyclable materials such as plastic cups,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar and Eastern Samar provinces were placed under state of calamity following the widespread destruction caused by super typhoon ‘’Uwan’’ earlier this week. The Northern Samar provincial government announced on Thursday that Gov. Harris Ongchuan, chairman of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Gov. Ralph Vincent Evardone has directed all local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils in Eastern Samar to implement preparedness measures and conduct preemptive evacuations in high-risk areas for typhoon “Uwan.” These areas include coastal communities vulnerable...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Arteche, Eastern Samar on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its Earthquake Information No. 1, Phivolcs said the tectonic tremor transpired at 1:24 p.m. The agency reported that...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six individuals, including a child, who were reported missing in Guiuan, Eastern Samar while traveling from Homonhon Island to the mainland, were rescued Friday, Sept. 26. The victims were identified as Jonathan Macabenta, Marjorie Ballayog, James Benedict Badoc, Jeade Badoc,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Six individuals went missing in Guiuan, Eastern Samar while traveling from Homonhon Island to the mainland Thursday. The victims were identified as Jonathan Macabenta, Marjorie Ballayog, James Benedict Badoc, Jeade Badoc, Jaypee Samarro, and Ella Garado, a pregnant woman....
Typhoon Opong (international name: Bualoi) made its first landfall over San Policarpo, Eastern Samar at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, Sept. 26. PAGASA said the typhoon may make a second...
TACLOBAN CITY — Soldiers from the 63rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army raided a temporary New People 's Army camp in Barangay Magtino, Llorente, Eastern Samar, Monday. Recovered were two M16 rifles, one caliber .45 pistol, two long and five short magazines of M16 A1, one magazine...
BORONGAN CITY – House Minority Floor Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan and Eastern Samar Rep. Christopher Sheen Gonzales have asked the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate alleged ghost projects in the province. These projects were the P3-billion San Rafael rock-netting...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Authorities confirmed that the stash of suspected illegal drug found floating in the sea of Hernani, Eastern Samar on Thursday was cocaine. Laboratory analysis on Friday said that 3.6 kilos of cocaine in six black bricks labeled Coca Racing valued at P19 million was recovered by a...
