The Borongan candidates’ forum was held today at the Bishop’s Palace in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, featuring the candidates for mayor and vice-mayor of the city. Absent during the forum were Lakas-Kampi’s candidates Fe Abunda and Fidel Anacta, Jr., who are running for major and vice-mayor, respectively. Watch the replay of the forum in the [...]
The Bishop of Borongan ordained five new priests in the jampacked Borongan Cathedral yesterday. Bishop Crispin Varquez of the Diocese of Borongan ordained the following new priests: Dennis de Leon, Anthony Lugo, Dale Perez, Michael Jay Rebamontan, and Jay Romualdo.
I received an e-mail from Fhen a week ago regarding the 6th Lamiraw Regional Creative Writing Workshop which I’m posting below. They are now accepting applicants for this year’s workshop to be held on Nov. 4-7 in Calbayog City, Samar. If you’re interested in joining, click here to download the 6th Lamiraw Application Form. “6th [...]
I’ve taken a few select pictures of the 2009 Fiesta in Borongan, Eastern Samar, mostly of the prusisyon and the fireworks display courtesy of the hermano mayor, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hoffman (I’m not sure if I got the name right, though). To view the pictures I’ve taken, click on this link.
The 2009 Padul-ong Festival was held today at the Borongan Town Plaza wherein four schools competed for the P100,000 prize. The group from the Eastern Samar State University(ESSU)-Maydolong Campus bagged the top prize, followed by the Rayhak Han San Julian Group which won P75,000, with Sta. Fe National High School claiming the 3rd place with [...]
The issue about the condition of the roads in Eastern Samar continued to be the most discussed topic during yesterday’s forum between Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez and the Manila-based Eastern Samarenos. Participants continued to complain about the road situation in the province during the forum that talked about the Bishop’s pastoral work in the province, [...]
Diocese of Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez will once again meet with Eastern Samarenos based in Metro Manila tomorrow, 4pm at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ Media Center. There are no news about the agenda of the meeting yet. If all plans push through, you may be able to watch the meeting LIVE tomorrow [...]
The first-ever meeting of Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez with Eastern Samarenos based in Metro Manila was held yesterday afternoon at the CBCP‘s Media Center. The meeting’s purpose was to introduce the bishop to Eastern Samarenos, according to Msgr. Pepe Quitorio, who served as the meeting’s emcee. There was only a week’s notice before the meeting [...]
Among the headline-grabbing events that occurred in the Eastern Samar region in the year that is to end: (The lines quoted here are taken from the write-ups of Ced Solidon and Joey Gabieta to mention a few.)
The Iligan National Writers Workshop is accepting manuscripts in Waray on its 16th year this 2009. Aside from the eleven slots allocated for the non-Visayas applicants, five from the Visayas are available for writing fellowships to the INWW.