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 [...]
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 [...]
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase’s article at the Leyte Samar Daily Express reports that Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone is still undecided whether to seek a seat in Congress or a third term in the 2010 elections. Evardone said that he wants to focus on the more pressing issues of the province instead of the coming [...]
Among the headline-grabbing events that occurred in the Eastern Samar region in the year that is to end: (The lines quoted here are taken from the write-ups of Ced Solidon and Joey Gabieta to mention a few.)
Just when you thought he’s already out of the limelight, former Eastern Samar Congressman Marcelino ‘Nonoy’ Libanan is back with two trophies Aliw Awards for Best Instrumental Artist and Best Concert Collaboration. Read more about it in his blog.
The perpetrators of the highway robbery last week in Barangay Campidhan in San Julian, Eastern Samar took away under 20,000 pesos in cash, 5 mobile phones and the life of a college student. This article by Fr. Cyrain Cabuenas tells the story of the incident that occured around 11 am on Nov. 23. Interviews described [...]
I was browsing the web this afternoon when I came across Elbert B. Cainday’s piece entitled ‘Road of Contention’. It is about the row between the camp of Cong. Teodulo ‘Doloy’ Coquilla and the provincial government about the rehabilitation of Eastern Samar’s portion of the national road. Here’s a quote from the piece:
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.
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 [...]
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, however, expired March this [...]