Chikungunya hits Maripipi Island
LGU declares state of calamity
TACLOBAN CITY- The island town of Maripipi in Biliran province is under state of calamity due to the outbreak of chikungunya which has affected 79 people.
This was disclosed by Dr....
Farmer group in remote Samar town gets nearly half a million assistance...
PAGSANGHAN, Samar – Some P465,000 worth of assistance were formally turned over on Monday, August 7 this year by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Samar Provincial Office to an Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization...
Tacloban: ‘Home of the happiest people in the world’ goes viral
TACLOBAN CITY— This city’s promotional campaign dubbed as “Home of the Happiest People in the world” has gone viral, currently racking up over 709,000 views after its campaign video was launched online on April...
Samar officials ask OPAPP to extend number of areas under Pamana program
CATBALOGAN CITY- Officials from the three Samar provinces are calling for the expansion of areas to be covered under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) program.
Areas identified under the Pamana program, which is being...
Cops with relatives running in this year’s village balloting are to be transferred, says...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police personnel who have relatives running this coming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election (BSKE) will be reassigned to other areas of the region.
Thus said police regional director B/Gen. Vincent Calanoga to...
Soldier, woman arrested in separate sting operations conducted by PDEA
TACLOBAN CITY- A soldier and a woman were among the arrested individuals during separate buy-bust operations conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and anti-illegal drug unit of the Philippine National Police in...