Rookie cop gets medal for fighting Samar private armies
TACLOBAN CITY- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recognized the bravery of a junior police officer who was wounded during a hot pursuit operation against alleged members of private armed groups in Sta. Margarita,...
Farm business school launched in Biliran
CAIBIRAN, Biliran – Not even a bad weather nor a 6.5 magnitude earthquake could stop the more than 30 farmer-members of three agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) from attending the launching of the first...
Philvocs reports over 1,000 aftershocks after magnitude 6.5 quake
PALO, Leyte – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) has reported more than a thousand aftershocks three weeks after the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that rocked Leyte last July 6.
As of July 27,...
SFDEO hastens road and drainage project in 7 barangays
CALBAYOG CITY-The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)- Samar First District Engineering Office, Calbayog fast tracks its construction/rehabilitation of roads and drainage projects in seven barangays within the municipality of Sta. Margarita amounting...
Catarman policemen survives ambush by the NPA
CATARMAN, Samar- Two police personnel of the Catarman Police Station survived an ambush by suspected members of New People’s Army in Jiabong, Samar on Wednesday (July 26).
The policemen, PO1 John Cervantes and PO1 Ralph...
Ormoc mall fire damage placed at P190 million
ORMOC CITY- The damaged due to a fire incident that engulfed the Gaisano Capital here was initially placed at P190 million.
The damage is expected to increase as the losses incurred by tenants of the...