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...
Eight mayors from Eastern Samar have added their voice to the growing list of local officials backing the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo. Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during the campaign sortie in Sorsogon City on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Photo from...
TACLOBAN CITY - The Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Eastern Samar unanimously passed a resolution withdrawing its support for all presidential and senatorial candidates who are against the inclusion of its funds in next year's national budget. Governor Ben...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) on Friday, August 20, after government troops stormed its bomb-making facility in Dolores, Eastern Samar earlier this week. Secretary Eduardo Ano (DILG photo)...
The military recovered Tuesday night, Aug. 17, the bodies of two more suspected New People's Army (NPA) communist rebels in the jungles of Eastern Samar a day after the strenuous 13-hour armed encounter in Dolores town. Dolores, Eastern Samar (Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division, Philippine Army /...
The Philippine Army's 8th Infantry Division (8ID) pulled off a near perfect focus military operation against the New People's Army (NPA) in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Sunday, Aug. 16, which resulted in the killing of 16 communist rebels while no casualty was recorded on the side of the troops. Major...
At least 16 suspected communist rebels died in intense firefight between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People's Army (NPA) in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Monday, Aug. 16. (8th Infantry "Stormtroopers" Division / Facebook) The encounter happened around 4 a.m. at an alleged NPA hideout in Barangay...
Policemen assigned in Oras town of Samar added a twist in the conduct of their regular patrol after they decided to help a senior citizen sell ice drops. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said he learned of the good deed of the local policemen in a Facebook post of personnel from the 1st...
MAYOR Evardone TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Roland Boie Evardone of Arteche, Eastern Samar confirmed Friday, June 18, that he has been infected with COVID-19. He is the seventh local chief executive in Eastern Visayas to have contracted the disease. The Arteche mayor, whose uncle is Eastern Samar...
(PAGASA) The center of tropical storm "Dante" (international name "Choi-wan") has made landfall over Sulat, Eastern Samar at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 1, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its 10:30 p.m. tropical cyclone update. PAGASA...
