4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Facebook) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan is optimistic over the prospects of the proposed new Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) campus in Balangiga town. “We have very high hopes that...
The government of Eastern Samar said that it looks forward to more than P100 million in excise tax collections from mining companies. Eden Ivy Rose Balagasay, the province’s legal officer, said that the province has been coordinating with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to determine exactly...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez trumpeted on Thursday, Nov. 9, the benefits of two measures in the House of Representatives that aim to ensure quality and accessible education for his fellow...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Eastern Samar on Thursday, Nov. 2. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin) Phivolcs said the quake's epicenter was located 76 kilometers northeast of Hernani town. It was recorded at 2:50 p.m. with a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Eastern Samar Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) recently launched the Friends Rescued Engagement through their Families (FReE Families) project to gather the support and commitment of relatives of New People's Army rebels in their...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Red tide phenomenon has recurred in three bays in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, raising warning not to consume shellfish products in these areas, the Bureau of Fisheries Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Friday, October 6. These bays are Irong-Irong Bay in Catbalogan...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 17-year-old member of the New People's Army surrendered recently to the military in Eastern Samar. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, lauded the move of the young communist combatant. Vestuir identified the surrenderer as Marlon Sablawon...
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 – The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) condemned the recent killing of the chairman of Barangay Anagasi, Paranas, Samar by suspected members of the New People's Army. The victim, Tito Llamado, 59, was a reelectionist in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Juan, Sulat, Eastern Samar on Tuesday, September 19. Police identified the suspect as Carlo Aclado, a resident of Barangay San Juan, and a high-value target in Eastern Samar. A poseur-buyer purchased a...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – One-hundred sixty-five surfers from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are competing in the second leg of the 2023 NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour in Calicoan Island here from September 15 to 21. The competition sanctioned by the United Philippine Surfing...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – Ten years after typhoon “Yolanda” or “Haiyan” barreled through Eastern Visayas and made its first landfall here, Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan is relaunching the town as one of the region’s top tourism destinations especially in historical and surfing...
