With the filing of certificates of candidacy concluded yesterday, we now have a list of some of the candidates for the 2010 elections in Eastern Samar. Note: The list was updated on Dec. 2, 2009, 5:37pm.
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 [...]
Here are some of the photographs I’ve taken during the Sulat fiesta celebration held at the Parish of the Holy Face of Jesus in Quiapo last July 31. If you have taken photos during the fiesta in Sulat, feel free to email them at info @ sinirangan.com. You will be fully credited for your contribution.
“The [Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)] will try to finish the rehabilitation of the [Eastern Samar] road network by the end of the year.” This was the statement given by the DPWH’s Eastern Visayas Regional Director Angelito Twano, according to the report by Cyrain Cabuenas of The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Visayas bureau. Twano [...]
Another P1.4 billion would be needed to repair some 75 kilometers of roads in Eastern Samar. This is according to a report by Joel E. Zurbano of the Manila Standard Today. In Zurbano’s report, the amount needed for the repair work in Eastern Samar’s roads will be divided into the following: P600 million for the [...]
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 [...]
Classes were suspended today in two elementary schools in Eastern Samar after 14 students tested for the H1N1 virus, popularly known as swine flu. This is according to the report by Cyrain Cabuenas of the Inquirer Visayas bureau. Eleven of the students study at the Eugenio Daza Pilot Elementary School in Borongan, while the other [...]
Parts of Samar facing the Pacific Ocean and the region’s higher interior terrain have the potential of providing the country with wind power, according to a publication by the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFDRI). The NFDRI’s “Wind Energy Resources Atlas of the Philippines”, lists the Samar region as one of the six major [...]
A boy was killed, several fishermen went missing, the power went out and properties were damaged as tropical storm Feria hit Eastern Samar last Tuesday. 1 dead, several missing A 7-year-old boy was reportedly killed Tuesday afternoon in Dolores, Eastern Samar after falling to the river due to the strong winds. Two fishermen from Hernani, [...]