TACLOBAN CITY – The provincial government of Northern Samar through the Provincial Agriculture and Veterinary Office is taking significant steps to prevent swine mortality from African Swine Fever in the province. Dr. Jose Luis Acompañado, the Provincial Veterinarian and officer-in-charge...
TACLOBAN CITY - Suspected shabu valued at over P20 million was seized in a checkpoint in Catbalogan City, Samar on Monday, Jan. 27. Police nabbed three suspected drug couriers identified as Mark Balagot, Ace, and Manny, all from Libona, Bukidnon. They were onboard a pickup truck when they...
TACLOBAN CITY – A priest died in a collision between a motorcycle and a sports utility vehicle in Barangay Naubay, Llorente, Eastern Samar on Wednesday, Jan. 15. GALO (Diocese of Borongan FB) Police identified the victim as Alejandro Galo, 66, custodian of church properties in the Diocese...
CATBALOGAN CITY – The provincial government of Samar recently rewarded P10,000 to each individual who surrendered loose firearms under the Balik Armas program. ON the table are loose guns surrendered to authorities. Gov. Sharee Ann Tan commended the Samar Police Provincial Office for their...
TACLOBAN CITY – A suspected gunrunner was killed and a civilian and three policemen were wounded in a buy-bust operation on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Pido Extension, Barangay East Awang, Calbayog City, Samar. Police identified the suspect as Ricardo Dealagdon, alias Edgar Nayanga, a member of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Samar Police Provincial Office has deployed over 300 personnel to ensure safe and credible elections this May in the first district of Samar. Police Col. Antonietto Eric Mendoza, Samar police chief, led a send-off ceremony for the Regional Special Operations Task Group-Leyte...
(Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) After nearly a week-long search operation, authorities have finally found the body of the missing crew of MV Jerlyn Khatness, a cargo ship which sank off Lavezares, Northern Samar last Dec. 30. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the remains of the...
A big boulder damages this house in Sitio Mahaba, Barangay Basiao, Catbalogan City Samar following a rockslide incident that killed a two-year-old girl and injured three others on Dec. 29, 2024. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) A two-year-old girl died after being pinned to death when a...
One person died while another was missing when a cargo ship transporting cement sank off Lavezares, Northern Samar on Monday, Dec. 30, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said. MV Jerlyn Khatness was manned by a 15-member crew when it submerged due to rough seas around 2:30 p.m., according to a...
TACLOBAN CITY – Search and rescue operations are underway for five of 15 crew members of cargo vessel MV Jherlyn Khatness that submerged in the sea of Barangay Balicuatro, Lavezares, Northern Samar on Dec. 30. Ensign Bryhl Amay, Coast Guard Station Northern Samar acting commander, said the vessel...
TACLOBAN CITY - The construction of two multi-million infrastructure projects, the P163-million Maslog and Jipapad Road (Phase 1) and the P30-million Panic-an Bridge in Maslog in Eastern Samar, is seen to boost the campaign against insurgency in the province. The 2.4-kilometer Maslog and Jipapad...
TACLOBAN CITY – A notorious leader of the New People’s Army was killed in an encounter with the 46th Infantry Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division in Barangay Cawayan, Catbalogan City, Samar on Dec. 13. The military identified the fatality as Artemio Solayao, alias Budil,...
