By MARIE TONETTE MARTICIO TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said that no cat or pig died from eating allegedly contaminated sardines or tamban in Santa Rita, Samar and this city. BFAR personnel in Samar collect seawater for red tide testing. (BFAR-8) Several cats and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army recovered high-powered firearms in the boundaries of hinterland Barangays Calingatnan and San Mateo in Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Tuesday, July 9. Found were a baby Armalite, five long magazines and four short magazines for M653, 248 rounds of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire hit the camp of the 78th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Lalawigan, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Sunday, July 7. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, stated that faulty wiring caused the fire. No injuries were reported as most of...
Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a moderately strong earthquake, measuring 5.0-magnitude on the Richter scale, struck Northern Samar on Sunday, July 7. Phivolcs recorded the tremor at 12:01 a.m. and located its epicenter 10 kilometers northwest of Lope...
President Marcos assured farmers, fisherfolk, and their families in Calbayog City, Samar that his administration recognizes the challenges they face in the agricultural industry and is ready to help address these problems. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. talks to the farmers and...
President Marcos has pinpointed the immediate rehabilitation of the deteriorated segments of Maharlika Highway in Samar province as one of the focuses of his administration in improving the region’s economy. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. delivers his speech during the distribution...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Office of the President will award the Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partner to the Northern Samar Provincial Economic Development and Investment Promotions Office in Malacañang on July 10. The recognition which falls under the category of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A member of a criminal gang was killed in a firearms buy-bust operation on Monday, June 24, in Sitio Tigbe, Barangay Capoocan, Calbayog City, Samar. The suspect was identified as John Elvis Estinopo, a member of the Magbutay Criminal Gang, and a resident of Barangay...
TACLOBAN CITY – In a bid to empower individuals to actively contribute to the preservation of crucial marine ecosystems, Catbalogan City in Samar conducted a seagrass planting activity on Sunday, June 16, at Buri Baras Beach. UY (FB) Mayor Dexter Uy emphasized that the hands-on environmental...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Arteche in Eastern Samar province is poised to become the center of seaweed production trading in Samar Island. Mayor Roland Boie Evardone said a total of P16-million worth of projects were officially turned over on Friday, June 14, for the Eastern...
TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar expressed optimism that it will once again receive the sought-after 2024 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) as part of its commitment to promoting good governance and ensuring the delivery of public service. The province, which received...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sulat and San Julian in Eastern Samar have been placed under Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition (SIPSC) on Tuesday, June 11, after no New People’s Army rebels have been sighted in the two municipalities for several years. Sulat Mayor Javier Zacate and San Julian...
