TACLOBAN CITY – The Padul-ong Festival in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, which celebrates the nativity of patron saint the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8, attracted tourists from various parts of the world. Highlight of the event was a dance competition and the parade of flotillas with the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two New People's Army rebels and 12 Yunit Militia members and supporters have surrendered in Eastern Samar. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, 802nd Infantry Brigade commander, expressed optimism that it will result in more surrenderers from the armed terrorist group. They yielded two M-16...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Vilma Germino of Can-avid, Eastern Samar lost P2 million worth of property in a fire that engulfed her house on Monday, July 17, in Barangay 7, Poblacion, Can-avid. Initial investigation revealed that the fire allegedly started from an electrical switch. When Germino...
TACLOBAN CITY – A former child warrior of the New People's Army in Eastern Visayas has sought justice over the deceptive recruitment employed by the communist guerrillas. Lailanie Capada, now 25, from Barangay Baras, Borongan City, astern Samar, filed a complaint against the Communist Party of the...
MATUGUINAO, Samar – After decades of being plagued by insurgency, the farthest municipality in the first district of Samar has celebrated a grand festival, featuring the town's products, tourist sites, culture, and talents. For over two weeks, the local government, in partnership with...
TACLOBAN CITY – An 18-year-old student died while 11 other students who were all females were hurt when a pickup truck rammed into them while they were waiting for a ride home along the national road in Barangay Naparaan, Salcedo, Eastern Samar on Wednesday, May 10. AN 18-year-old student...
BORONGAN CITY – A province-wide simultaneous coastal cleanup was conducted in Eastern Samar on Tuesday, May 9, as part of the Month of the Ocean celebration. Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone said Project Kalikasan Linisan Estehanon Aksyon Na (KLEAN) was launched pursuant to Presidential...
TACLOBAN CITY – Airissh Ramos of Eastern Samar topped the 2023 Miss Universe Philippines (MUPh) pageant national costume competition at the Leyte Normal University here on Thursday, May 4. Her costume was designed by John Hubert Capito and her Kataw handmade earrings were made by Jana...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the demand of the local government of Guiuan in Eastern Samar for the immediate removal of the Chinese vessel carrying 55,000 metric tons of nickel ore that ran aground in Barangay Sulangan, Guiuan on Tuesday, April 18, representatives from SMIT Salvage Pte Ltd. said...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan on Thursday, April 27, demanded the removal of a Chinese vessel carrying 55,000 metric tons of nickel ore that ran aground in Barangay Sulangan, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Kwan lamented that the vessel's removal has not yet started nine days after the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Over 1,000 graduating students from elementary and high school are expected to get a free graduation pictorial from amateur and professional photographers from the Borongan Digital Photography Forum in Eastern Samar this school year. A GRADUATING student from Cabay, an interior...
If an electric cooperative in the countryside is charging 30 percent higher than the rate of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), chances are there's something wrong. That's why House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan penned and filed House Resolution (HR) No. 846, which...
