TACLOBAN CITY – Three persons, including a three-year-old boy, were killed in a road accident on the national highway in Basey, Samar on Sunday, November 12. MAP of Basey, Samar. Investigation said a Sports Utility Vehicle driven by Nicolas Sandoval, 55, a resident of this city, was...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire hit three buildings, including the Commission on Elections’, in the local government unit compound of Santa Margarita, Samar on All Souls’ Day. The fire allegedly started from the abandoned office of the Department of Interior and Local Government and Liga ng mga...
TACLOBAN CITY – Residents in two upland barangays in Calbayog City in Samar encountered a delay in casting their votes after an armed attack against a soldier and Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) disturbed the scheduled voting on Monday, October 30. MAP of Calbayog City Voting...
TACLOBAN CITY – Calbayog City Mayor Raymund Uy announced on Friday, October 13, that only 43 barangays in the city remain as areas of grave concern in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. UY (FB) The Philippine National Police in Calbayog had earlier declared 60 out of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Seventy-two barangays in Samar have been tagged as areas of grave concern in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. SANTA Margarita in Samar has five barangays tagged as areas of grave concern. Calbayog City has 60 barangays and the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A candidate for kagawad or councilor in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was gunned down in Gandara, Samar, on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Roldan Pesidas, 43, candidate in Barangay Canhawan Gote, Catbalogan City, Samar. Initial...
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 47-year-old farmer fell and drowned in a water tank in Barangay Malonoy, Villareal, Samar, on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Vicente Tordillos Jr. Initial investigation said the victim was on his way home from a drinking spree and suddenly climbed on top...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairwoman was wounded in an ambush in Calbayog City, Samar on Monday, October 2. Police identified the victim as Susan Sumulong, 50, of Barangay Calocnayan, Seven Hills, Calbayog City. Initial investigation said Sumulong was on board a pedicab around noon...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 19-year-old student was wounded after his neck was slashed by a helper while he was sleeping at his teacher's house on Thursday, September 21, in Calbayog City, Samar. The victim was identified as Kenth Ashly Ferrer, a resident of Barangay Beloso in the island-town of Almagro,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Bothered by his conscience, a tricycle driver admitted to killing his live-in partner and their two children in a farm in Barangay Pupua, Catbalogan City, Samar, almost a month after the incident on August 30. Suspect Edito Candiz, 42, said he and his common-law wife,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman running for reelection in the barangay elections next month and her live-in partner were gunned down on Wednesday, September 6, in their home in Barangay Campeig, Santa Margarita, Samar. Police identified the victims as Vivian Morales Verano, 46, and her...
