Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo got a big boost to her campaign after receiving endorsements from 21 out of 24 incumbent mayors in Northern Samar. Northern Samar mayors raise Vice President Leni Robredo’s hands and endorse her presidential bid during the Team Leni-Kiko grand...
Vice President Leni Robredo has a load of promises to Samareños: roads, electricity, internet and mobile telecom services that will bring progress to an often-neglected region of the country. Vice President Leni Robredo waves to the crowd of Samareños during the Catbalogan People’s Rally on...
Despite the snowballing support for a Leni Robredo-Sara Duterte tandem in Mindanao, Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan believes he is still the rightful running mate of Robredo and no one else. Senator Kiko Pangilinan and Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau)...
TACLOBAN CITY – The province of Northern Samar decorated the façade of its administrative building with pink lights in a sheer show of support as the world celebrates the International Women’s Month this year. (Photo by the Provincial Samar Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) The provincial...
501 years ago in the Philippines, according to the notes of Magellan’s diarist ITALIAN CHRONICLER Antonio Pigafetta (Mariqui Romero) Here are direct quotes from Antonio Pigafetta, Italian nobleman and diarist of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who led an expedition of five ships, the...
A governor from a province that went "yellow" in 2016 is promising a huge win for the Bongbong Marcos-Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio tandem in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Samar province (Wikipedia) According to Samar Governor Reynolds Michael Tan, the province will deliver a 100,000-vote margin of...
TACLOBAN CITY - Two alleged leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-New People's Army (NPA) were killed during a police operation Wednesday morning in Brgy. Alejandrea, Jiabong, Samar. The fatalities were identified as Amado Adelantar alias 'Kumander Butil' or 'Ka Boy,' 69, and his...
Former senator and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero is the second top pick among the senatorial candidates for the upcoming May 2022 elections, according to a survey commissioned by Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone within the province. The survey showed 51.79 percent of...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Northern Samar Governor Edwin Ongchuan and Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid. In his statement posted on his Facebook account on Tuesday, Ongchuan said: “In consultation with our local leaders, and...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, March 14, thanked Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone, an ally of President Duterte and the vice president of the ruling party PDP-Laban in Visayas, for endorsing her presidential bid. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) The...
President Duterte on Monday, March 7, said in jest that members of the New People's Army (NPA) should be invited to the inauguration of government projects as a "retreat from fighting." President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the remark during his "Talk To The People" public...
TACLOBAN CITY - A newly freed person deprived of liberty was shot dead on the day of his release from the Calbayog City District Jail, Wednesday (Feb. 23). (Photo by Rommel Rutor) The victim was identified as Ruben Espelembergo, 34, based on the release paper that was retrieved from his belongings....
