A moderately strong earthquake with a magnitude measuring 4.6 jolted eastern Samar around 10:01 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). (Phivolcs) The epicenter of the quake was traced 18 kilometers (km) southwest of Hernani, eastern Samar....
TACLOBAN CITY – The construction of the P1-billion Spark Samar Sports Development Complex in Barangay Lagundi, Catbalogan City, Samar is under way with the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, July 20. SCALE model of the Spark Samar Sports Development Complex in Catbalogan City, Samar. (Photo...
An anti-personnel mine allegedly planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels exploded in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, July 19, killing a soldier and injuring five others who were on a community support program (CSP) that was supposed to bring development to a remote barangay. (File photo)...
Suspected communist rebels killed a rookie policeman when they ambushed a group of policemen conducting relief distribution in Gandara town of Samar on Saturday, July 16. Police Brig. Gen. Bernie Banac, director of the Police Regional Office 8, said the policemen were conducting humanitarian...
TACLOBAN CITY – Three members of the New People's Army (NPA), including an amazon, involved in the landmine explosion that injured seven soldiers in San Jorge, Northern Samar were killed in an encounter in Mapanas, Northern Samar last July 8. AN election campaign poster of former Vice President...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – Days after graduating with honors from senior high school (SHS), a 66-year-old grandmother from Catarman, Northern Samar said it is not too late to follow her lifelong dream of earning a college degree. NANAY Josie Balasta (left) with her daughter Rustia in her graduation....
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The government is strengthening its fight against the New People’s Army (NPA) in six conflict-stricken barangays in Palapag, Northern Samar with the deployment of 232 policemen who are part of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) team. The 232 policemen replaced...
TACLOBAN CITY – Four minors who confessed to being members of the Underground Mass Organization (UGMO) of the Kabataang Makabayan have withdrawn their support to the group affiliated with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Jiwaran, Jipapad, Eastern Samar. The minors aged 15 to 17, whose...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. strongly condemned on Wednesday, July 6, the landmine blast allegedly perpetrated by communist rebels in Mapanas, Northern Samar which injured seven soldiers. Personnel od the 20th Infantry Battalion, 8th Infantry Division of...
At least seven soldiers were injured, two of them were in critical condition, when communist rebels allegedly triggered anti-personnel mines along the roadside in Mapanas, Northern Samar on Tuesday morning, July 5, in what was described as a "cheap warfare." The Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Gov. Edwin Ongchuan has welcomed the law creating University of Eastern Philippines campuses in Allen, Victoria, and Lavezares. Authored by Northern Samar Rep. Paul Daza, Republic Act (RA) No. 11860 – An Act Establishing the UEP-Allen, UEP-Victoria, and...
A lone bettor from Eastern Samar won the P8.9 million jackpot of Mega Lotto 6/45 during Friday night’s draw, June 24. (Photo taken from PCSO’s Facebook Live) According to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), the winning combination was 28 - 10 - 16 - 03 - 25 - 13. It had a total...
