Red tide up in Samar and Eastern Samar – BFAR

Joey Gabieta 06/23/2024

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.…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Earthquake rocks Samar, tremors felt in Cebu

CDN Digital 11/20/2023

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…

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake hits Samar

Adrian Parungao 10/27/2023

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…

Cholera cases up slightly in Eastern Visayas

10/14/2023

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…

Mother gets 42 years for peddling minor daughters to online sex predators

Ador Vincent Mayol - Senior Reporter / @inquirervisayas 05/27/2023

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…

Boy dies after cut coconut tree fell on him in Northern Samar

Robert Dejon 04/12/2023

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…

#AmangPH: Signal no. 1 raised in some parts of the Visayas

CDNDigital 04/11/2023

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…

12-year-old girl found dead in Samar after disappearing for 5 days

Joey Gabieta, Robert Dejon - @inquirerdotnet 10/10/2022

TACLOBAN CITY — A 12-year-old girl was found dead in a grassy area in Basey, Samar on Sunday afternoon, five days since she went missing. The decomposing body of Jelieca Lacaba was found by Arnulfo Agulla in…

Video of professor babysitting student’s child goes viral

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 09/28/2022

CEBU, Philippines— Professor Andres Sequito from the Samar State University warmed netizens’ hearts with a video of him carrying the baby of his student inside his class. According to uploader Ezza Permaci, teacher Andres Sequito rendered “yaya”…

San Juanico Bridge turns purple to honor Queen Elizabeth II

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 09/12/2022

TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Visayas’ iconic San Juanico Bridge, which connects Leyte and Samar Islands, turned purple on Sunday night to honor Queen Elizabeth II who died on September 8. Samar Gov. Sharee Ann Tan, in a…

PH tarsier spotted in Tacloban for 1st time

Joey Gabieta @joeygabietaINQ - @inquirerdotnet 08/12/2022

TACLOBAN CITY—The Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (DNSM) of the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) has confirmed the presence of the Philippine tarsier in the forests of this city. In a social media…

DOE not convinced on NGCP’s ‘lightning’ reason as cause of recent Visayas blackout

Mae Fhel Gom-os 09/09/2021

  MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — An official of the Department of Energy (DOE) said they did not officially accept the statement of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) that lightning caused the blackout which affected…

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