School in Samar received desk computers from PLDT, Smart
TACLOBAN CITY- The Department of Education in Samar is thankful to PLDT and Smart for their donation of learning tools that are expected to boost quality education in the province.
PLDT and its wireless unit...
Kadayaw Festival bested other contingents for the 1st Ibabao Festival of Festivals
Part of N. Samar’s 58th founding anniversary
CATARMAN, Northern Samar- The ‘Kadayaw Festival’ of Pambujan town bagged the grand champion award at the first-ever Ibabao Festivals of Festival held last Sunday (June 18).
The Kadayaw Festival...
Prelate calls on government to hire more guards for Samar forests
TACLOBAN CITY – Bishop Crispin Varquez of the diocese of Borongan has called the government to hire more forest guards to protect the forest covers of Samar Island from illegal poachers.
Varquez, who made the...
Health workers rush to find 99K unvaxxed kids in E. Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY- With a week left before the end of the measles-rubella mass vaccination drive, at least 99,015 preschool children in Eastern Visayas have yet to receive the vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Prisoner escaped from jail facility in Northern Samar
ORMOC CITY-A person deprived of liberty (PDL) escaped from a jail facility in Laoang, Northern Samar on June 9.
The escapee, Ricky Mercado and a resident of Barangay san Jose, Catubig town and is facing...
Samar gov’t, ex-rebels sign pact to end insurgency
TACLOBAN CITY – The Samar provincial government and three peacebuilders’ groups consisting of former communist rebels signed a pact to completely eradicate insurgency in the province.
Governor Sharee Ann Tan, chair of the Samar provincial...