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.
We had a long weekend again. Since November 30, one of the ten regular holidays in the country, fell on a Sunday, the next day, Monday, December 01, was declared a holiday.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently declared Nov. 10 as a special non-working holiday in Eastern Samar. The holiday is for the celebration of the 43rd Foundation Day anniversary of the province. It is originally celebrated on on Nov. 9, but since it falls on a Sunday, it will be moved to the next day.
The 23 fellows for the 5th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop slated on November 5-7, 2008 at TTMIST, Calbayog City, Samar were named by Phil Harold Mercurio, the Lamiraw project coordinator.
Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 647, declaring the month of October as the National Statistics Month, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Regional Office 8, will sponsor a Siday contest, which will be aired daily over the DYVL Aksyon Radyo, Tacloban City, starting October 6 this year, every 7:30 A.M.
The highly-anticipated trip of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to Eastern Samar was cut short due to the storm ‘Pablo’ which hit the province today. Instead of proceeding to three scheduled events for the day, Mrs. Arroyo was only able to attend the wreath-laying ceremonies in Balangiga. Her trip to Arteche, where she was to inaugurate the [...]
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to go on an official trip tomorrow to Eastern Samar that will take her to almost the entire stretch of the province. Her first stop will be at the town of Arteche to inaugurate the Catumsan-Aguinaldo farm-to-market road. Aside from that, she will also conduct an aerial inspection of the [...]
The three Catholic Bishops of Samar island got together for the Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development (SIPPaD) forum in Catarman, Northern Samar last Sept. 19.