TACLOBAN CITY – Due to the temporary weight restrictions on the San Juanico Bridge, the local government of Guiuan, Eastern Samar is working on solutions to address looming transportation issues. Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan created the LGU Guiuan Task Force San Juanico through Executive Order...
TACLOBAN CITY – To sustain the momentum of surf tourism, the local government of Guiuan and the Department of Labor and Employment have implemented the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program that gives surfing schools in Calicoan Island access to a fund worth P747,108 to purchase lesson boards and...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 33-year-old employee of a mining site was killed in a lightning strike on Monday, June 10, in Barangay Cagusu-an, Homonhon Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The victim was identified as Aljon, 33, in charge of equipment monitoring at the mining site, and a resident of...
The government of Eastern Samar said that it looks forward to more than P100 million in excise tax collections from mining companies. Eden Ivy Rose Balagasay, the province’s legal officer, said that the province has been coordinating with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to determine exactly...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – One-hundred sixty-five surfers from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are competing in the second leg of the 2023 NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour in Calicoan Island here from September 15 to 21. The competition sanctioned by the United Philippine Surfing...
GUIUAN, Eastern Samar – Ten years after typhoon “Yolanda” or “Haiyan” barreled through Eastern Visayas and made its first landfall here, Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan is relaunching the town as one of the region’s top tourism destinations especially in historical and surfing...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the demand of the local government of Guiuan in Eastern Samar for the immediate removal of the Chinese vessel carrying 55,000 metric tons of nickel ore that ran aground in Barangay Sulangan, Guiuan on Tuesday, April 18, representatives from SMIT Salvage Pte Ltd. said...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan on Thursday, April 27, demanded the removal of a Chinese vessel carrying 55,000 metric tons of nickel ore that ran aground in Barangay Sulangan, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. Kwan lamented that the vessel's removal has not yet started nine days after the...
