TACLOBAN CITY – To ensure enough nurses in Northern Samar, the Provincial Board has approved on third and final reading an ordinance giving scholarships to nursing students on Friday, September 15. The ordinance entitled An Ordinance Creating the Provincial Government of Northern Samar...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – Ten years after typhoon “Yolanda” or “Haiyan” barreled through Eastern Visayas and made its first landfall here, Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan is relaunching the town as one of the region’s top tourism destinations especially in historical and surfing...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – A New People's Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with soldiers in Catubig, Northern Samar, on Thursday, September 14. The unidentified communist guerrilla belonged to a band of 10 insurgents that the Philippine Army 20th Infantry Battalion engaged in a...
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 – 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...
TACLOBAN CITY – Nineteen out of the 20 barangay chairmen in Matuguinao, Samar, are running unopposed in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2023 in October. Mayor Aran Boller disclosed they have not met the 100 percent target of their Unity Assembly for the BSKE 2023 since...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police have launched a manhunt operation against a member of a gun-for-hire group in Samar who evaded arrest on August 31. Police Col. Peter Limbauan, Samar police director, identified the suspect as alias "Valentino," a newly identified member of the Wahingon Group, a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Provincial Youth Development Office (PYDO) of Northern Samar has been recognized as outstanding in youth innovations by the United Nations Association of the Philippines (UNAP) on Thursday, August 31. The award, conferred by UNAP during the International Youth Convention and...
TACLOBAN CITY – To boost economic growth, the local government of Silvino Lubos, Northern Samar expressed desire to cultivate high-value crops such as strawberries, lettuce, and grapes. "We are thrilled to share groundbreaking news with the public! The governor's plan to cultivate strawberries,...
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...
A Ukrainian male crew member of a cargo ship sailing off Palapag, Northern Samar was rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard after feeling unwell, the PCG said on Saturday, August 19. (L) Drozhzhyn Sergiy, 71, crew member of M/V UHL Falcon, is reacued by Philippine Coast Guard personnel onboard the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan has been awarded as the most outstanding governor in the Philippines at the 2023 Gawad Parangal in Davao City on Tuesday, August 15. ONGCHUAN (left) with fellow awardee Mayor Matt Florido of General Luna, Quezon. (FB) Ongchuan was awarded...
