Corporal Reycon Remedio (Photo courtesy of 8ID) A Philippine Army (PA) personnel was killed during an armed encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in San Jorge, Samar on Tuesday, May 14. A report released by the military on Thursday, May 16, identified the fallen trooper as...
TACLOBAN CITY – The military mourned the death of a 27-year-old soldier in a clash with the New People's Army in an upland barangay in Matuguinao, Samar on Saturday, May 4. THE town of Matuguinao is located in the northeastern part of Samar. Capt. Jefferson Mariano of the 8th Infantry...
TACLOBAN CITY – The province of Samar launched three new tourism circuits featuring cultural heritage and scenic sites on April 16. These are the Secret Kitchens of Samar Gastronomy Tour, Tandaya Trail 1, and the Mabaysay Cultural River Cruise in Barangay Binongtu-an in Basey. The Secret...
TACLOBAN CITY – A two-year-old girl is fighting for her life in a hospital here after she was mauled by at least four dogs in a farm in Barangay Timbangan, Calbiga, Samar. MAP of Samar with the town of Calbiga highlighted. The victim was found bathing in blood, her ears removed, and part of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 31-year-old woman was killed, chopped into pieces, burned, and dumped into the sea on Friday, March 1, in Tarangnan, Samar. A WOMAN was allegedly raped and killed and her body burned in Tarangnan, Samar on Friday, March 1. (Contributed photo by Rene Castino) Police...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 72-year-old woman died in a fire that razed four houses in Barangay 2, Catbalogan City, Samar on Tuesday, February 20. The victim was identified as Jovita Norombaba Lapara. Lapara went back to get her money and other important belongings from the second floor of her house....
TACLOBAN CITY – A mother and her three children were shot and wounded in their house before dawn on Saturday, February 10, in Calbayog City, Samar. Police identified the victims as Gemma Derio, 33, and her children aged 18, nine, and seven. Her four-year-old daughter was unharmed. Investigation...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay kagawad (councilor) and his passenger were killed in a collision between a tricycle and a pick-up truck in Barangay Bagolibas, Santa Rita, Samar, on Thursday, February 8. Fatalities were identified as barangay kagawad Joel Cabotin of Barangay San Isidro, Santa...
CALBAYOG CITY – Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. has ordered a manhunt against the Ampuan Criminal Group following an encounter on January 30 in Santa Margarita, Samar where three police officers were killed and four were wounded. READ:...
CALBAYOG CITY – Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. said on Friday, February 2, that he never asked anyone to resign, particularly President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. PHILIPPINE National Police chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. (right) on Friday, February 2, inspects...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 has turned over cash assistance to the families of the three police officers slain in an encounter with a criminal gang in Santa Margarita, Samar on Tuesday, January 30. POLICE Regional Office-8 chief Police Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Pawid turns over...
TACLOBAN CITY – Seven suspected members of a criminal gang were arrested following an encounter in which three policemen were killed and four others were wounded on Tuesday, January 30, in Barangay Mahayag, Santa Margarita, Samar. POLICE stand guard over suspected members of a criminal gang who...
