TACLOBAN CITY – An 18-year-old student died while 11 other students who were all females were hurt when a pickup truck rammed into them while they were waiting for a ride home along the national road in Barangay Naparaan, Salcedo, Eastern Samar on Wednesday, May 10. AN 18-year-old student...
BORONGAN CITY – A province-wide simultaneous coastal cleanup was conducted in Eastern Samar on Tuesday, May 9, as part of the Month of the Ocean celebration. Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone said Project Kalikasan Linisan Estehanon Aksyon Na (KLEAN) was launched pursuant to Presidential...
TACLOBAN CITY – Airissh Ramos of Eastern Samar topped the 2023 Miss Universe Philippines (MUPh) pageant national costume competition at the Leyte Normal University here on Thursday, May 4. Her costume was designed by John Hubert Capito and her Kataw handmade earrings were made by Jana...
TACLOBAN CITY – The body of a village councilor in Northern Samar who was reportedly slain by the New People’s Army sometime last year for not cooperating with them has been discovered by the military. THE remains of Barangay Epaw, Las Navas, Northern Samar Councilor Jaime Asinas who was...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the encounter between troops from the 803rd Infantry Brigade and members of the New People's Army which left seven armed rebels dead on Sunday, April 30, a wounded rebel surrendered to the 1st Northern Samar Provincial Mobile Force Company in Barangay Trangue,...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least seven suspected members of the New People’s Army were reportedly killed during a clash with the government forces in the hinterlands of Barangay Santander, Bobon, Northern Samar on Sunday, April 30. Reports disclosed that troops belonging to the 803rd Brigade of the...
Seven suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels died in an armed encounter with government forces in Bobon, Northern Samar on Sunday, April 30, the military said. (File photo via Manila Bulletin) Elements of the Philippine Army’s 803rd Infantry Brigade, 8 th Infantry Division (8ID) were...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the demand of the local government of Guiuan in Eastern Samar for the immediate removal of the Chinese vessel carrying 55,000 metric tons of nickel ore that ran aground in Barangay Sulangan, Guiuan on Tuesday, April 18, representatives from SMIT Salvage Pte Ltd. said...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan on Thursday, April 27, demanded the removal of a Chinese vessel carrying 55,000 metric tons of nickel ore that ran aground in Barangay Sulangan, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Kwan lamented that the vessel's removal has not yet started nine days after the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Forty-nine members of underground mass organizations (UGMO) withdrew support to the New People’s Army during the Holy Week in Northern Samar and Eastern Samar. Brig. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, Police Regional Office-8 chief, lauded their surrender which he said was the result...
TACLOBAN CITY – Over 1,000 graduating students from elementary and high school are expected to get a free graduation pictorial from amateur and professional photographers from the Borongan Digital Photography Forum in Eastern Samar this school year. A GRADUATING student from Cabay, an interior...
CALBAYOG CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos led the distribution of aid totaling P3 million to 1,000 women composed of solo parents, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens in Samar under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS)...
