Nabbed in Maasin City for selling unstamped cigarettes
ORMOC CITY— A joint anti-smuggling operation led by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) resulted in the arrest of a couple and the seizure of thousands of pesos worth of unstamped cigarettes in Barangay...
Coast Guard rescues fisherman from half-submerged banca off Capul
ORMOC CITY— The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Station Northern Samar rescued a fisherman after his motorized banca became half-submerged in the waters off Capul, Northern Samar on Friday morning, February 6.
The rescued passenger was...
MacArthur farmers urge Pres. Marcos to stop iron sand mining over threats ...
TACLOBAN CITY — Farmers in MacArthur, Leyte are appealing to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to halt proposed iron sand mining in their communities, warning that the project could destroy farmlands, irrigation systems, and local...
Northern Samar to host GeoRiskPH training to boost disaster preparedness
TACLOBAN CITY — To enhance disaster risk assessment and strengthen evidence-based planning at the local level, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region VIII and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)...
BI arrests 2 Chinese nationals for immigration, ID violations
TACLOBAN CITY — Two Chinese nationals allegedly working and managing a regional e-bike trading business without proper immigration documents were arrested in a joint operation by government authorities in Barangay 91, Abucay here on...
Drunk man stabs five, including 2 police officers, in San Jorge, Samar
ORMOC CITY— A drunken man was arrested after stabbing five people, including two responding police officers, during a violent rampage in Barangay Sapinit, San Jorge, Samar on the evening of Wednesday, January 28, police...