‘Kind-hearted dentist’ shot dead in Calbayog City

04/17/2019

CITY OF CALBAYOG, SAMAR — The family of a slain orthodontist here remains clueless as to the motive behind the killing of their family matriarch, who was gunned down by unknown suspects on Monday, April 15, between…

11.5 kilos of stingrays from Samar seized in Pasil Fish Market

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Cebu City’s Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) confiscated 11.5 kilos of stingrays on Saturday dawn, March 23. Dr. Alice Utlang, DVMF head, said that the DVMF inspectors caught the stingrays at around…

Police eye drug war as possible motive for man killed in Pit-os ambush

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Was Joselito Junyo, the man who was killed in an ambush on Sunday, February 17, in Barangay Pit-os, Cebu City, a casualty of a drug war? Senior Superintendent Royina Garma, Cebu City Police…

Usman’s floods displace 282 families in N. Samar

Inquirer.net 12/29/2018

TACLOBAN CITY — Floods have displaced 282 families or 1,280 individuals in 12 barangays in Catarman, Northern Samar, due to heavy rains spawned by Tropical Depression “Usman.” The families have been staying in the town’s auditorium after…

11 trips to Northern Cebu, Eastern Samar grounded

Rosalie Abatayo 12/27/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 11 trips from Cebu City ports that are bound for northern Cebu and Eastern Visayas have been ordered cancelled this morning due to Tropical Depression Usman. Lite Shipping has announced the…

From ‘window-watching’ in Samar to Bangkok, Thailand

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/16/2018

BANGKOK— The Miss Universe bug bit Matthew Dotingco when he was seven years old. He watched it by the window of a neighbor’s living room withstanding the humid 8 a.m. weather in Barangay 1, Taft in Eastern…

60 SAF troops arrive in Samar to battle ‘lawless violence’

Inquirer.net 12/05/2018

TACLOBAN CITY – About 60 members of the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have arrived in Samar. Chief Supt. Dionardo Carlos, Eastern Visayas police director, said the SAF members were housed at…

12 rescued after motorbanca capsizes

Futch A. Inso 11/27/2018

Daanbantayan rescue personnel fished 12 persons from Lapu-Lapu City from their municipal waters after the motorbanca which they boarded on their way to Samar capsized. The accident happened around 9 a.m. on Tuesday at the vicinity of…

‘Samuel’ isolates E. Samar town; residents appeal for food, medicines

Inquirer.net 11/23/2018

TACLOBAN CITY — A town in Eastern Samar was rendered isolated after a landslide due to tropical depression “Samuel” hit the village that served as its entry point to a nearby town. Compounding the misery of the…

Duterte sends more troops in Bicol, Samar, Negros vs ‘lawless violence’

Inquirer.net 11/23/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the deployment of additional troops to different provinces around the country to suppress “sporadic acts of violence” allegedly committed by lawless groups. Upon Duterte’s directive, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed Memorandum Order…

TD ‘Samuel’ continues to move towards the Samar-Leyte-Dinagat area

11/20/2018

Tropical Depression ‘Samuel’ continues to move west northwest towards Dinagat Island in Surigao and the Samar-Leyte area in Eastern Visayas and is projected to make a landfall in these areas by this evening, the state-run weather bureau…

1K passengers still stranded in Northern Samar, Bohol ports

Inquirer.net 09/15/2018

TACLOBAN CITY — Thousands of passengers remained stranded in Northern Samar and Bohol as authorities barred sea travel due to Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: Mangkhut). At least 1,008 passengers bound for Luzon and Metro Manila could not…

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