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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
The town of Balangiga, Eastern Samar has yet to retrieve their church bells taken by American soldiers during the Philippine-American war more than a century ago.
To this day, they have yet to receive updates on the Philippine government's effort to retrieve the bells, said Balangiga Mayor Viscuso S. de Lira ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Representatives of the Eastern Samar's Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) will visit Homonhon Island in Guiuan this week to verify reports of illegal mining operations there.
In the past, a mining company called Heritage Resources and Mining Corp. (HRMC) conducted mining operations in the chromite-rich island for 25 years. Its contract, ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Eastern visayas caught a man posing himself as a doctor Wednesday.
The suspect was identified as 35-year-old Randy Gebana, a native of Oriental Mindoro. Operatives of the NBI learned that he had been illegally operating a medical clinic at the village of Lugay in ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
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Here are some pictures and a video that I have taken during the fiesta in Sulat last July 31. Some of them were taken during the mass wherein Bishop Crispin Varquez was the main celebrant ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Nakarawat na hin entri an Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino o KWF ngan an mga Panrehiyong Sentro ng Wikang Filipino para ha Gawad Komisyon 2008.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
The Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (TTMIST), Calbayog City, is now accepting applications for the 5th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop to be held on November 5-7, 2008. The theme for this year’s Workshop is "An pagsurat [sin] siday pagparig-on san aton pinulungan" (Free translation: To write poetry ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
The Diocese of Borongan has two new priests: Fr. Rolly Tabo of Lalawigan, Borongan and Fr. Ruben Baquilod of Maydolong.
I was able to attend Fr. Tabo's ordination in Lalawigan on July 29, which was officiated by His Excellency Bishop Crispin Varquez.
Varquez called Tabo his firstborn since he is the ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
The Forum is an avenue to know week-by-week which are the most important issues in Eastern Samar right now as well as other lighter topics for discussion. Aside from that, it gives the visitors the chance to discuss it on this blog. Also, the readers have the power to decide ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A friend of mine, Dennis Cabacaba, passed away last night due to a motorcycle accident in Surok in Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
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