TACLOBAN CITY – A Swedish man shot and wounded his wife before killing himself in front of the police in Sitio Maliko-Liko, Barangay Dampigan, Santa Rita, Samar, on Wednesday, March 30. Police identified the victim as Lenny Kindrud, 41. Investigation said that Lenny and her husband, Connie...
TACLOBAN CITY – The family of Darlene Luzelle Uy, a 22-year-old student from Samar State University who went missing on Wednesday, March 22, has offered a P250,000 reward to whoever can provide information about her whereabouts. DARLENE Uy Uy, a student-teacher at Catbalogan I Central...
A 22-year-old student from Samar State University (SSU) has been missing since March 23. Darlene Luzelle R. Uy, who practices as a student teacher at Catbalogan I Central Elementary School in Catbalogan City as part of an academic requirement, was last seen by her co-practice teachers around 3 p.m....
TACLOBAN CITY – Seven New People’s Army rebels have surrendered to the 87th Infantry "Hinirang" Battalion in San Jose de Buan, Samar this week. Five were members of the Yakal Platoon, Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) Browser, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee (EVRPC) and two were militiamen....
TACLOBAN CITY – A soldier and a New People’s Army rebel were killed in an encounter in Barangay Geparayan de Turag, Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar, on Monday, March 20. Col. Efren Morados, 803rd Infantry Brigade commander, said troops were responding to a tip from a concerned civilian regarding...
If an electric cooperative in the countryside is charging 30 percent higher than the rate of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), chances are there's something wrong. That's why House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan penned and filed House Resolution (HR) No. 846, which...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture in Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) distributed cash assistance to over 2,100 farmers in Northern Samar from March 15 to 16. Beneficiaries from the municipalities of San Roque, Bobon, Silvino Lobos, Mapanas, and Victoria were given P5,000 each. The money was...
TACLOBAN CITY – Borongan City in Eastern Samar has declared an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease after 123 cases were logged since January. John Kelly Cainday, Borongan City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) epidemiology officer, expressed alarm over the rapid increase in HFMD...
TACLOBAN CITY - A man who has been recently released from prison has been declared missing after he allegedly jumped from a Roll-on Roll-Off (RoRo) vessel while en route to Allen, Northern Samar. The man was identified as Niño ‘Nono’ Chavez, 33, a resident of Catbalogan City in Samar. Reports...
THE Korea International Cooperation Agency on Monday, Feb. 20, launched a program to adolescent pregnancies in Southern Leyte and Samar in Tacloban City. (Marie Tonette Marticio) TACLOBAN CITY – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and national government and United Nations (UN)...
A bettor from Lavezares, Northern Samar won the P63-million jackpot prize for Super Lotto 6/49 in the evening draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Sunday, Feb. 19. Courtesy of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office The lucky digits were 47-46-35-25-15-04. PCSO also advised...
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...
