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Bill to create 2nd Eastern Samar district

House minority leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has filed a bill seeking to create Eastern Samar’s second legislative district to provide...

Market vendor is new mayor of Dolores town

Tacloban City — For a market vendor to win against a physician in the mayoralty race in Dolores, Eastern Samar is like the biblical...

Samar mayors back Leni’s bid in May elections

Out of the 23 mayors in Eastern Samar, at least 19 of them are backing the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo in...

Taft Hydro completes 16-MW plant in E. Samar

Local company Taft Hydro Energy Corp. said Thursday it completed the commissioning works on its 16- megawatt hydropower project in Barangay San Rafael, Taft,...

Offers unifying governance: BBM-Sara tandem woos Eastern Visayas voters

Thousands gathered to show a warm welcome to UniTeam presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio,...

Taft’s hydro plant to start operations

Taft Hydro Energy Corp. said over the weekend the commissioning and operation of its 16-megawatt hydropower project in Eastern Samar will begin by the...

‘Jolina’ gains pace, threatens Samar

Tropical depression “Jolina” intensified into a tropical storm on Monday afternoon. At 4 p.m. yesterday, “Jolina” was estimated at 95 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar...

Losing support

"These people should just return to the fold of the law."   Last week, the Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division engaged the New People’s Army in...

3 troopers killed in NPA E. Samar attack

Tacloban City—An army personnel and two members of Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) were killed while six others were injured after they were...

‘Dante’ slightly weakens, leaves close to 2k passengers stranded

Tropical storm “Dante” slightly weakened while moving toward Eastern Samar, leaving at least 1,761 passengers stranded in various ports across Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas,...

CAAP probes metal debris in E. Samar

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines will still have to determine whether the metal debris found in Eastern Samar last Aug. 6 is...

Samar calling

"The warning came too late."     While Metro Manilans and denizens of other highly-urbanized areas were busy with their to-do lists last week in anticipation of...

5 dead, P80 million lost in Typhoon ‘Ambo’ wake

More than 70,000 people, all wearing face masks and assisted by disaster officials clad in personal protective equipment, were evacuated as powerful typhoon Ambo...

‘Ambo’ hits land 7 times; 140,000 flee

More than 140,000 people were forced into cramped shelters as Typhoon “Ambo” (international name Vongfong) hammered the Philippines on Friday, compounding the country’s battle...
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