The first and only team blog about the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. With news, literature and a lot more.
Eastern Samar governor Ben Evardone is now the government’s local government adviser.
The announcement was made by yesterday President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the oath-taking ceremonies of the new officers of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines.
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A human rights group, Katungod-Sinirangan Bisayas, claims that the military tortured and killed 3 civilians in a remote barrio in Borongan last Sept. 3.
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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.
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Paglalakaton ko ini nga dalan
tipahirayo ha imo
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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.
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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 Catumsan-Aguinaldo farm-to-market road and her Cabinet meeting in Calicoan Island in Guiuan were both canceled.
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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 Arteche network road project which will link the provinces of Eastern, Western and Northern Samar.
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A showcase of what Eastern Visayas has to offer can be seen at the Bahandi Regional Trade Fair in SM Megamall which runs from Sept. 26-30.
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Here are some photos of the fiesta in Hernani, Eastern Samar this year. Enjoy!
Photos are courtesy of Carlo of hernanieasternsamar.blogspot.com
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Here are some photos of this year’s fiesta in Borongan, Eastern Samar. Majority of the shots were taken during the Pdul-ong festival on September 7. Check out the gallery below for more photos.
Photos courtesy of Dianne Tiozon.
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