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Posts Tagged ‘Borongan’

Tsunami from Chile earthquake hits Eastern Samar

By Ced Solidon • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: News

There were reports of the tsunami from the earthquake in Chile hitting the shores of Eastern Samar yesterday, including Borongan.
Some personal accounts from several Facebook pages reported that a huge wave almost covered the entire Borongan port. There were also videos of the waters reaching the Borongan sea wall, which sea water doesn’t normally reach [...]



Love Letter (Version 1)

By NikNok_Cepeda • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: Arts, Commentary, Features

(It was our encounter that brought me this feeling. A feeling that I cannot fully express due to the constraints imposed to me by the norms of society – ethics…)
dearest 26van,
i don’t go with stationeries to add some juice to this letter. no greetings that would make your heart scream. no formalities to please human expectations [...]



14 students struck by H1N1 virus in Eastern Samar

By Ced Solidon • Jul 10th, 2009 • Category: News

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 three are [...]



on my Mother’s 40 days… (A Son’s Regret)

By NikNok_Cepeda • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Features

life is indeed full of surprises one of them is death, it comes like a thief in the night. what is ask of us to do is not be vigilant but to make sure that we have loved and have shared that love…



Eastern Samar Road Watch (Borongan-Sulat Road Video)

By Ced Solidon • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Commentary, Videos

Below’s a video I recorded on my way to Sulat on April 22, showing areas where the road conditions are still in bad condition.
Most of the roads within the vicinity of San Julian have already been repaired, although I noticed that some of the newly-asphalted roads already show signs of damage. I reckon this is [...]



Bad Timing…

By NikNok_Cepeda • Feb 17th, 2009 • Category: Commentary

I was stranded in Cebu due to the cat and dog weather that was affecting the seas. The whole city at the instance gave me an air of festive mood. It was because of the Sinulog Festival that was brewing on its street. I can still feel the city’s jumping atmosphere until now even it [...]



Desperado…

By NikNok_Cepeda • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: Arts

(this is my first time to write a waray-waray poem or siday. So pls I would appreciate some comments to improve the way I deliver it. I just would like to acknowledge Mr.John Docena Simborios, your poetry triggered me to explore my own dialect. Thanks! Here it goes…)



Beating the Fever…

By NikNok_Cepeda • Nov 11th, 2008 • Category: Commentary, Features

Let me call it “D-Day” – November 05 2008 for this day will never be forgotten. The reason is simple it is because it was the day wherein an African-American was elected as the “world’s most powerful man” or simply put as THE President of the United States of America. This victory of a person [...]



Human Rights Group Accuses Military of Torturing and Killing 3 Civilians in Borongan

By Ced Solidon • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: News

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.