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...
The government now seeks to attract more foreign and domestic visitors in Protected Areas, such as the over 335,105.57 - hectare Samar Island Natural Park (SINP). “Those who crave adventure and prefer places off the beaten track will find SINP as their ideal place," says Zenaida R. Baisa,...
CAMP FRANCISCO S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Police arrested a suspected illegal recruiter tagged as the seventh most wanted person in Central Luzon in Barangay San Saturnino, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Thursday, Dec. 8. The suspect, Arnel Norombaba, 44, married and a resident of Barangay...
CAN-AVID, Eastern Samar – Despite bearing the brunt of tropical cyclones and reeling from the effects of the pandemic, this town held the 5th Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival on Friday, Dec. 10. Hundreds of residents and people from nearby municipalities lined the streets leading to the town...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded a 5.9-magnitude earthquake offshore of Northern Samar on Friday afternoon, Dec. 9. Phivolcs said the quake struck 105 kilometers (km) northeast of Mapanas, Northern Samar at around 2:33 a.m. Its instruments...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos led the distribution of over P9 million in assistance to around 3,000 individuals from Samar province on Thursday, Dec. 1, in Santa Rita, Samar. SEN. Marcos (Photo via Marie Marticio) The assistance was coursed through the Department of Social Welfare and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Borongan, Eastern Samar and Philippine Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for flights between Cebu City and Borongan. PHILIPPINE Airlines executives present an airplane model as token of appreciation to Borongan City officials following the...
