TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army lauded local communities for providing vital information that led to the recent recovery of an arms cache belonging to the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the hinterlands of San Jose…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— On a solemn day at the St. Isidore the Farmer Chapel in Catbalogan, Samar, a young boy’s simple act of faith touched the hearts of everyone present. Nine-year-old Mako, a resident of the town,…
Two suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops in Samar on Friday morning, according to the Philippine Army.…
TACLOBAN CITY—The Department of Tourism in Eastern Visayas (DOT-8) is eyeing northern Samar and eastern Samar as emerging diving destinations following a regional assessment that documented promising underwater attractions in both provinces. DOT, together with Applied Technical…
ropical depression Verbena has damaged two transmission lines that serve the provinces of Samar, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said Monday. …
TACLOBAN CITY — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Eastern Visayas has warned the public not to eat, collect or sell all types of shellfish in two bays and the coastal waters in Samar.…
Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, November 20, 2023. Earthquake rocks Samar, tremors felt in Cebu A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked several…
MANILA, Philippines — The Province of Samar was hit by a magnitude 4.2 earthquake on Friday morning, October 27, 2023, the state seismology bureau reported. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the epicenter…
TACLOBAN CITY – Cholera has so far killed nine persons while 3,683 others fell ill in Eastern Visayas from January to September this year. The number was four percent higher than the 3,556 cases recorded in the…
CEBU CITY—A 40-year-old mother will be spending the next 36 to 42 years in jail for peddling her two minor daughters to online sex predators. Estela, a pseudonym, pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of child…
ORMOC CITY — A 14-year-old boy died after he was hit by a coconut tree that was cut down by a man in Barangay San Miguel, Lavezares town, Northern Samar on Monday, April 10, 2023. Billy Joe…
Tropical Cyclone wind signal no. 1 was raised in some areas in Eastern Visayas as Tropical Depression #AmangPH accelerates while moving westward towards the coast of Catanduanes, according to the latest bulletin from Pagasa. As of 10…
