TACLOBAN CITY – A group of fishermen have benefited from mussel long-line farming in Barangay Baclayan, Daram, Samar. From being a seasonal source of income, it has become the primary and sustainable livelihood for 40 members of the Baclayan Mussel and Crab Fishers Association (BMCA). In 2020,...
CATBALOGAN CITY – Gov. Sharee Ann Tan has welcomed the surrender of 13 communist rebels in Samar to the 8th Infantry Division on Tuesday, Jan. 17. "We have reaped what we have sown. Our anti-insurgency campaign together with our End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) programs has proven to be...
RESIDENTS wade through a road in Jipapad town, Eastern Samar province flooded by incessant rain on Wednesday, Jan. 11. (Handout/Jipapad Mayor Benjamin Ver/AFP) TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Calbayog and the local government units of Gandara, Basey, and San Jorge in Samar have...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army assured assistance to the family of a soldier who drowned while on his way to help flood victims in San Isidro, Northern Samar. The Army mourned the death of Corporal Jerry Palacio of the 43rd Infantry Battalion (IB). "Our thoughts and prayers are with Corporal...
A military personnel was found dead on Wednesday, Jan. 11, after apparently drowning while on his way to the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDDRMO) in San Isidro, Northern Samar to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operation for flood victims in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipalities of Gandara and Basey in Samar have declared a state of calamity due to the damage caused by heavy rain and flood spawned by the shear line and low-pressure area (LPA) affecting Eastern Visayas. The Sangguniang Bayan of Basey, during its special session on...
TACLOBAN CITY -- At least 36 families were affected by a landslide due to days of torrential rain in Salcedo Ville, Barangay Tagbacan, Salcedo, Eastern Samar, before dawn on Wednesday, Jan. 4. It affected Blocks 9, 3, 2, and 1 of the housing project. No casualties were reported in the landslide...
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Northern Samar has approved the grant of gratuity pay to job order and contractual employees of the provincial government. About 2,416 employees will receive gratuity pay of up to P5,000 per job order or contractual employee who has been in the...
Heavy rains and flooding greeted residents of Northern Samar province on Christmas Day on Sunday, Dec. 25, due to a shear line affecting Eastern Visayas (Region 8). Josh Echano, head of Northern Samar Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said four fishermen went...
MAYOR Evardone (FB) TACLOBAN CITY – To revive the vanishing tradition of cooking "karan-ons" or local pastries usually served on special occasions, the municipality of Arteche, Eastern Samar province is holding the 2022 Karan-on Bazaar, a display of Arteche's local cuisine highlighting their...
ONGCHUAN (FB) TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan has condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) landmine attack in Barangay Quirino, Las Navas town on Sunday, Dec. 18, in which six soldiers from the 20th Infantry Battalion securing a government project were injured. "This inhumane...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six soldiers of the Army 20th Infantry "We Lead" Battalion (IB) were wounded in a landmine attack by the New People’s Army in Barangay Quirino, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Sunday, Dec. 18. Communist guerillas detonated anti-personnel mines (APMs) against the Mobile Community...
