CATBALOGAN CITY – A company of elite Scout Rangers who saw in action in the Battle for Marawi in 2017 was deployed in Eastern Visayas to combat the New People’s Army. These additional troops from the 4th Scout Ranger "Masigasig" Battalion (4SRBn) were deployed to the 8th Infantry...
An alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebel died in an encounter with the military in Borongan, Eastern Samar on Saturday, Feb. 18. Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division Capt. Jefferson Mariano, chief of the 8th Infantry Division (8ID) public affairs office, said elements of the 78thInfantry Battalion...
TACLOBAN CITY – Nineteen New People’s Army rebels from Samar Island surrendered to the Police Regional Office 8 (Eastern Visayas) recently. One of them was alias ‘’James,’’ from Basey, Samar, who joined the communist movement to exact revenge after suffering abuse from the military....
TACLOBAN CITY – Sixteen policemen and non-uniformed personnel exchanged "I dos" in a mass wedding dubbed “Kasalan sa Kampo” in Camp Francisco Asidillo, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Valentine’s Day. The mass wedding was an initiative of Eastern Samar police director Col. Matthew Aseo....
TACLOBAN CITY – Officials of the province of Northern Samar inaugurated on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the newly completed San Roque Bridge 2 in Barangay Laoangan, San Roque, Northern Samar. THE newly-built San Roque Bridge 2 in San Roque, Northern Samar. (Northern Samar Provincial Information...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) is set to implement road projects worth a total of P350 million in Eastern Samar this year. Among these is the two-contract project in Barangay Magsaysay-Barangay Magongbong-Barangay Gap-ang in the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman from Calbayog City, Samar was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 31, for impersonating Gandara, Samar Mayor Warren Aguilar to scam money from individuals. The suspect was identified as Nicole Jann Babagay from Barangay San Policarpo. Reports disclosed that Babagay created a fake...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) could still not determine the exact identities of the seven Chinese individuals who were rescued off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar last Friday, Jan. 27. (Photo courtesy of PCG) It turns out that the Chinese individuals may not be simple fishermen as earlier...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now verifying the identities of the seven Chinese fishermen who were rescued onboard a distressed fishing vessel off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on Friday, Jan. 27. (Photo courtesy of PCG) “The Philippine Coast Guard Station Eastern Leyte provided...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian expressed his “sincere gratitude” to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for rescuing the crew of a Chinese fishing vessel damaged off Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, calling it a testament of the “millennium friendship and bayanihan...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued seven Chinese crew of a distressed fishing vessel in the sea of Suluan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, on Friday night, Jan. 27. The PCG Command Center received a distress call from FV Kai Da 899 due to damaged hull around 2:09 p.m. on Jan. 26....
TACLOBAN CITY – A 31-year-old woman was arrested for large-scale estafa in an entrapment operation in a restaurant in Palo, Leyte on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Authorities identified the suspect as Maria Francesca Macasojot, self-employed, single, and a resident of Canlapwas Poblacion, Catbalogan...
