(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,...
CAN-AVID, Eastern Samar – Although constantly hit by typhoons, this town in Eastern Samar proved that Christmas is unstoppable as it staged the annual lighting of their Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival on Dec. 9. COLORFUL Christmas lanterns at the Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival in Can-Avid,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry Division said two of the six New People’s Army rebels killed in an encounter in Barangay Paco, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Monday were top leaders of the Subregional Committee Emporium of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with the 19th Infantry “Commando” Battalion in Barangay Paco, Las Navas, Northern Samar on Monday, Dec. 2. The casualties were members of the Subregional Committee Emporium, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee...
The recipients of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) in Samar (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) CALBAYOG CITY, Samar—The Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) pulled out all the stops in its final event of 2024 here, as over...
TACLOBAN CITY – Gov. Edwin Ongchuan suspended classes on all levels in Northern Samar on Friday, Nov. 15, as precautionary measure due to typhoon “Pepito” (international name “Man-yi”). Ongchuan said that Friday will remain a working day for provincial capitol employees to ensure that...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-8 has sent response teams to Oras in Eastern Samar and Catarman in Northern Samar on Thursday, Nov. 14, in preparation for tropical cyclone “Pepito.” Pepito entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday...
