I received an e-mail from Fhen a week ago regarding the 6th Lamiraw Regional Creative Writing Workshop which I’m posting below. They are now accepting applicants for this year’s workshop to be held on Nov. 4-7 in Calbayog City, Samar. If you’re interested in joining, click here to download the 6th Lamiraw Application Form. “6th [...]
I’ve taken a few select pictures of the 2009 Fiesta in Borongan, Eastern Samar, mostly of the prusisyon and the fireworks display courtesy of the hermano mayor, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hoffman (I’m not sure if I got the name right, though). To view the pictures I’ve taken, click on this link.
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.)
We had a long weekend again. Since November 30, one of the ten regular holidays in the country, fell on a Sunday, the next day, Monday, December 01, was declared a holiday.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently declared Nov. 10 as a special non-working holiday in Eastern Samar. The holiday is for the celebration of the 43rd Foundation Day anniversary of the province. It is originally celebrated on on Nov. 9, but since it falls on a Sunday, it will be moved to the next day.
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.
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.
The three Catholic Bishops of Samar island got together for the Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development (SIPPaD) forum in Catarman, Northern Samar last Sept. 19.
Here are some pictures and a video that I have taken during the fiesta in Sulat last July 31. Some of them were taken during the mass wherein Bishop Crispin Varquez was the main celebrant and seminarians from the Nativity of Our Lady College Seminary composed the choir. If you have video clips or pictures [...]
The Diocese of Borongan has two new priests: Fr. Rolly Tabo of Lalawigan, Borongan and Fr. Ruben Baquilod of Maydolong. I was able to attend Fr. Tabo’s ordination in Lalawigan on July 29, which was officiated by His Excellency Bishop Crispin Varquez. Varquez called Tabo his firstborn since he is the first priest he ordained [...]