TACLOBAN CITY – A soldier and a police officer were honored for sacrificing their lives during and after recent clashes with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Las Navas, Northern Samar. Corporal Arcel Sicnoy of the Philippine Army (PA) and Police Executive Master Sergeant Harry Palao-ay of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – A police officer drowned after the boat he was riding capsized following crime scene processing in connection with an encounter in Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on Saturday, Aug. 2. The Northern Samar Police Provincial Office mourned the death of Police...
TACLOBAN CITY - Two consecutive encounters led to the death of eight suspected members of the New People 's Army and seizure of eight high-powered firearms in the hinterlands of Barangay San Isidro, Las Navas, Northern Samar, Thursday. The first firefight erupted at around 2:30 a.m. as...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was gunned down and his wife was wounded on their way home in Calbayog City, Samar on Wednesday. Police Lt. Col. Dinvir Revita, Calbayog City police chief, identified the fatality as Anastacio Catalan, 59, chairman of Barangay Tapae, Calbayog City, and the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Guiuan, Eastern Samar Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan has issued an executive order banning the entry and exit of live hogs, pork, and by-products from areas declared by the Department of Agriculture infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) to contain its spread and protect the local...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar Rep. Edwin Ongchuan has filed a bill seeking to amend Republic Act No. 7883 or the Barangay Health Workers’ Benefits and Incentives Act 1995. Ongchuan said House Bill No. 1785 aims to require all local government units to provide mandatory sponsorship of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Newly-elected Northern Samar second district Rep. Edwin Ongchuan has filed a bill institutionalizing the position of Local Economic Development and Investment Promotions Officer (LEDIPO) in all local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines. House Bill 602 seeks to amend...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police caught a fish vendor for allegedly shooting a 68-year-old man in Barangay Narra, Catarman, Northern Samar, on Monday, June 30, and apprehended him in just four minutes. Police Regional Office-8 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jay Cumigad lauded the four-minute response of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Philippine National Police chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III led the inauguration and turnover of the new Samar Police Provincial Office (SPPO) building in Barangay Pupua, Catbalogan City, Samar on Monday, June 30. The P29.1-million building was constructed on a two-hectare lot donated...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry “Stormtroopers” Division reported that seven New People’s Army rebels have been killed in Eastern Visayas, particularly on Samar Island. From May to June, five encounters led to the deaths of seven rebels and the recovery of nine firearms and other military...
TACLOBAN CITY – Secret Kitchens of Samar, a five-volume culinary book series, was awarded Best Book Series in the World and Best Regional Book in the World at the 30th Gourmand World Cookbook Awards during the Cascais World Food Summit in Estoril Convention Center in Portugal this week. It was...
From being a terrorism lair to promoting tourism, the municipality of Matuguinao in Samar aims to be declared insurgency-free by December. Mayor Aran Boller, now in his third term, said that they have institutionalized their local peace engagement to meet their target. “We have located at least...
