CAN-AVID, Eastern Samar – Despite being battered by several typhoons this year, Can-avid, Eastern Samar still pushed through with the Lamrag Giant Lantern Festival on Monday. Now in its eighth year, the festival featured 13 giant lanterns made from recyclable materials such as plastic cups,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Northern Samar and Eastern Samar provinces were placed under state of calamity following the widespread destruction caused by super typhoon ‘’Uwan’’ earlier this week. The Northern Samar provincial government announced on Thursday that Gov. Harris Ongchuan, chairman of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Gov. Ralph Vincent Evardone has directed all local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils in Eastern Samar to implement preparedness measures and conduct preemptive evacuations in high-risk areas for typhoon “Uwan.” These areas include coastal communities vulnerable...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Arteche, Eastern Samar on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its Earthquake Information No. 1, Phivolcs said the tectonic tremor transpired at 1:24 p.m. The agency reported that...
TACLOBAN CITY – Six individuals, including a child, who were reported missing in Guiuan, Eastern Samar while traveling from Homonhon Island to the mainland, were rescued Friday, Sept. 26. The victims were identified as Jonathan Macabenta, Marjorie Ballayog, James Benedict Badoc, Jeade Badoc,...
TACLOBAN CITY - Six individuals went missing in Guiuan, Eastern Samar while traveling from Homonhon Island to the mainland Thursday. The victims were identified as Jonathan Macabenta, Marjorie Ballayog, James Benedict Badoc, Jeade Badoc, Jaypee Samarro, and Ella Garado, a pregnant woman....
Typhoon Opong (international name: Bualoi) made its first landfall over San Policarpo, Eastern Samar at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, Sept. 26. PAGASA said the typhoon may make a second...
TACLOBAN CITY — Soldiers from the 63rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army raided a temporary New People 's Army camp in Barangay Magtino, Llorente, Eastern Samar, Monday. Recovered were two M16 rifles, one caliber .45 pistol, two long and five short magazines of M16 A1, one magazine...
BORONGAN CITY – House Minority Floor Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan and Eastern Samar Rep. Christopher Sheen Gonzales have asked the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate alleged ghost projects in the province. These projects were the P3-billion San Rafael rock-netting...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Authorities confirmed that the stash of suspected illegal drug found floating in the sea of Hernani, Eastern Samar on Thursday was cocaine. Laboratory analysis on Friday said that 3.6 kilos of cocaine in six black bricks labeled Coca Racing valued at P19 million was recovered by a...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fisherman recovered 5.4 kilograms of suspected floating cocaine in the sea of Hernani, Eastern Samar, on Thursday, Aug. 14. The 52-year-old fisherman discovered the contraband while fishing before noon. He turned over the item to the Hernani Municipal Police Station. Six blocks...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire gutted the house of Llorente, Eastern Samar Mayor Christine Cardona in Llorente on Thursday morning, Aug. 7. Initial investigation disclosed that Cardona was traveling when the fire broke out. The caretaker said the fire originated at around 11 a.m. from one of the...
