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Posts Tagged ‘balangiga’

Eastern Samar tourist destinations soon to be on the map – literally

By • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: News

Soon, the tourist spots in Eastern Samar will be more accessible to those seeiking to go there, thanks to a collaboration between a map-making company and two government offices. The Business World reports that the United Tourist Promotions, the publisher of EZ Maps, will soon feature a map with the major tourist destinations in Samar [...]


Balangiga, Eastern Samar Awaits Return of Church Bells

By • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: News

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 in an interview with [...]