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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Borongan City and 10 municipalities are at risk of landslides in Eastern Samar according to a report by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
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 ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
An official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has yesterday denied the existence of any mining operation in the island of Manicani, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The comment came after a senator said of a continued mining operation in the area. This is according to the report by Ranulfo Docdocan ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
I came across a short blog post from the blog of the Heritage Conservation Society (HCS). The post basically laments on the loss of the original structure of the Borongan Cathedral in Borongan, Eastern Samar in favor of practical considerations such as tearing down walls to create space for more ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
by Karl Gaspar, CSsR
Much has been written about the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and as the number approaches 10 million (and counting), more write-ups will appear everywhere. What I want to write about comes from a reflexive view of a Pinoy-in-pilgrimage who has encountered hundreds of them at every stage ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
The complete story can be read at the ES Reporter this coming week.
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Today we visited Ando Island called Puro Hilaba off the northeastern coast of the City of Borongan. I was with friends. This trip was not a simple "barakasyon" or excursion. We went there to accompany a French girl named Melody who was having her two-month immersion in the City as ...
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