Cocaine bricks were reportedly seized off the coast of Mina-anod in Llorente, Eastern Samar yesterday. According to authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the bricks could be a part of the 1 ton cocaine shipment from South America to Hong Kong.
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 [...]
Earlier today, I received an email from a person named Emerson Maitim. He was asking for help in looking for the relatives of a certain Jimmy Castillo Lim. Here are the details of his email: Hello: I would like to request assistance in locating the family of a friend. He was found dead earlier this [...]
Are you an unemployed registered nurse (RN)? You now have the chance of finding work by being a volunteer nurse in your municipality through the government’s Nurses Assigned in Rural Services (NARS) program. Here are some of the details of the program:
Several people who attended the meeting with Bishop Crispin Varquez last January met last Sunday to discuss the things that they can do to help improve the province’s current condition. A group was formed towards the end of the discussion, called the Eastern Samar Anti-Corruption Advocates or ESACA. The group aims to promote four values [...]
The first-ever meeting of Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez with Eastern Samarenos based in Metro Manila was held yesterday afternoon at the CBCP‘s Media Center. The meeting’s purpose was to introduce the bishop to Eastern Samarenos, according to Msgr. Pepe Quitorio, who served as the meeting’s emcee. There was only a week’s notice before the meeting [...]
GMANews.TV reports that a family of six were killed and another two were hurt in a landslide in Lavezares, Northern Samar last Saturday. The landslide occured at 1am when the family was sleeping. The victims are Edwin de la Cruz, his wife Gemma and their children Dina, Ina, Carla and Rowena. Another two people were [...]
Eastern Samar remains under signal no. 1 despite the movement of typhoon ‘Auring’ northward. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) advisory, the typhoon was 210km east of Catarman, Northern Samar as of 2am. Because the province is still under signal no. 1, PAGASA warned residents living in low-lying areas and [...]
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 [...]
The Bishops of Samar Island along with politicians and organizations condemned the killing of broadcaster Leo Mila in Catarman, Northern Samar on December 2. A resolution was drafted the next day during the 9th Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development (SIPPAD) condemning the murder. It was signed by the three bishops along with other [...]