TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry (Peacemaker) Battalion in a remote in Gandara and San Jorge towns, Samar province, on Sunday. The 8th Infantry Division has yet to identify the slain rebel. Recovered in the encounter site were...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 30-year-old police corporal was mauled and his service firearm was carted away by four individuals in a KTV bar in Barangay Talolora, Palapag town, Northern Samar province, before dawn on Thursday, Nov. 20. Police said the victim and two companions arrived at the bar where the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Rep. Edwin Ongchuan, Gov. Harris Ongchuan, and Biri, Northern Samar Mayor Antonio de los Reyes Jr. received the official declaration from the National Committee on Geological Sciences (NCGS) naming Biri Rock Formations as a National Geological Monument (NGM) in a...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar province was officially placed under a state of calamity following the widespread destruction caused by super typhoon ‘’Uwan,” the provincial government announced on Tuesday. The provincial government, in its official Facebook page, said that the declaration...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar and Eastern Samar provinces were placed under state of calamity following the widespread destruction caused by super typhoon ‘’Uwan’’ earlier this week. The Northern Samar provincial government announced on Thursday that Gov. Harris Ongchuan, chairman of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Gov. Ralph Vincent Evardone has directed all local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils in Eastern Samar to implement preparedness measures and conduct preemptive evacuations in high-risk areas for typhoon “Uwan.” These areas include coastal communities vulnerable...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Diocese of Legazpi condemned on Thursday the killing of radio broadcaster Noel Samar, who died after he was shot by an unidentified gunman on Maharlika Highway in Guinobatan, Albay, earlier this week. "We share in their grief and express our solidarity with all who condemn this...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — Albay Rep. Adrian Salceda has announced a P25,000 reward for anyone who can provide credible information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect behind the shooting of broadcaster Noel Samar. “The reward money will be turned over to the Philippine National...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Arteche, Eastern Samar on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its Earthquake Information No. 1, Phivolcs said the tectonic tremor transpired at 1:24 p.m. The agency reported that...
TACLOBAN CITY – The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) will embark on a two-week archaeological exploration of the San Bernardino Strait in Northern Samar to locate shipwrecks linked to the Manila Galleon Trade and naval vessels that sank during World War II. The exploration activity, to be...
TACLOBAN CITY — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Samar has declared a state of calamity due to damage caused by tropical cyclone “Opong.” The SP approved Resolution No. 18-113-25, Series of 2025, during the 14th regular session on Sept 30, to provide immediate response and much needed...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six individuals, including a child, who were reported missing in Guiuan, Eastern Samar while traveling from Homonhon Island to the mainland, were rescued Friday, Sept. 26. The victims were identified as Jonathan Macabenta, Marjorie Ballayog, James Benedict Badoc, Jeade Badoc,...
