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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
As Typhoon Ompong entered Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday (September 12), the state weather bureau has issued a gale warning prohibiting small vessels to travel in affected areas in the Visayas. Ompong, with a…
At least six policemen were killed in a misencounter with the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) in Sitio Lonoy, Barangay San Roque, Santa Rita, Samar at around 9:20 a.m on Monday, June 25.…
TACLOBAN CITY – Two village officials in Samar and Biliran who were on the narco list of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) won their reelection bids during the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Pomar…
On their fourth year to participate in the Sinulog Festival, Tribu Katbalaugan of Catbalogan City, Samar will tell the story of environmental sustainability and the role of human beings in nature preservation. Catbalogan City Tourism, Culture,…
CATARMAN, Northern Samar — Four soldiers were wounded in an ambush here on Tuesday night by alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA). The soldiers belonging to the 20th Infantry Battalion were heading to Catbalogan City…
STATE prosecutors have formally charged the mayor and treasurer of San Sebastian, Samar, for failing to pay the town’s taxes to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Former Mayor Arnold Abalos and municipal treasurer Virginia Uy face one…
BALIKATAN 2017 American and Filipino soldiers joined forces to build a large room that can serve as a classroom and shelter during disasters in Guiuan town in Eastern Samar, a region often hit by typhoons. The activity,…
