The Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Sulangan, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines is a known pilgrimage site (panaaran). People visit the Parish to offer prayers in order to request the intercession of St. Anthony, and the other Saints, for various purposes, and to give thanks for requests answered. See related story here.
Borongan City and 10 municipalities are at risk of landslides in Eastern Samar according to a report by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
An official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has yesterday denied the existence of any mining operation in the island of Manicani, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The comment came after a senator said of a continued mining operation in the area. This is according to the report by Ranulfo Docdocan at the ABS-CBN news website. [...]
I came across a short blog post from the blog of the Heritage Conservation Society (HCS). The post basically laments on the loss of the original structure of the Borongan Cathedral in Borongan, Eastern Samar in favor of practical considerations such as tearing down walls to create space for more doors and the like. You [...]
by Karl Gaspar, CSsR Much has been written about the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and as the number approaches 10 million (and counting), more write-ups will appear everywhere. What I want to write about comes from a reflexive view of a Pinoy-in-pilgrimage who has encountered hundreds of them at every stage of my sojourn in [...]
The complete story can be read at the ES Reporter this coming week.
Today we visited Ando Island called Puro Hilaba off the northeastern coast of the City of Borongan. I was with friends. This trip was not a simple “barakasyon” or excursion. We went there to accompany a French girl named Melody who was having her two-month immersion in the City as part of her thesis writing [...]