IN GANDARA, SAMAR Two killed, 2 hurt in shooting; police to file raps vs 6 suspects
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–Charges are set to be filed by the police against six suspects in a shooting incident at a river in Gandara, Samar Thursday (August 17)…
IN CALBIGA, SAMAR DAR turns over P1.3M-worth of agri inputs to farmers group
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Tuesday (August 8) turned over P1.3 million-worth of farm machineries and equipment, with hybrid seeds and organic fertilizer,…
44 ROTC athletes of Reg. 8 join 1st Phl ROTC Games
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–The 8th Regional Community Defense Group (8RCDG), under the Philippine Army’s Reserve Command of the 8th Infantry Division, had sent 44 athletes of the Reserve…
IN NORTHERN SAMAR 4 terrorists yield, lead troops to arms cache
By Miriam G. Desacada A total of four members of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army terrorists group surrendered to two government troop units, both based in Northern…
Criminality, insurgency discussed at RPOC-EV’s 3rd quarter meeting
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–Criminality, peace and order, and insurgency in Region 8 were among the major concerns discussed in the 3rd quarterly meeting of the Regional Peace and…
AS PHL OUTSTANDING GOVERNOR N. Samar Gov. Ongchuan gets 2023 Gawad Parangal award
By Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–Governor Edwin C. Ongchuan of Northern Samar announced to the media of Eastern Visayas that he received the Most Outstanding Governor of the Philippines recognition…
Calbayog City cop shot dead; drugs link eyed
by Miriam G. Desacada Calbayog City–Illegal drugs have been eyed among the possible motives in the killing of the 46-year-old police officer of the Calbayog City Police Station in Samar…
AFTER NEARLY 2 DECADES Troops exhume remains of man tortured, killed by NPA terrorists
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City-‘Sympathies from the military and the public poured on the family of a slain Nortehanon civilian whose remains were located and exhumed from a makeshift…
P1.3M cash, contrabands seized in greyhound ops at Tacloban jail
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City-The discovery and confiscation of nearly P1.4M cash, cellphones and other contrabands hidden inside the inmates’ cells of the Tacloban City Jail during a greyhound…
Dona Paz tragedy claimants warn of posers falsely processing claims
by Miriam G. Desacada Tacloban City–The issue of the still undistributed claims of the heirs of the victims in the Dona Paz tragedy (December 20, 1987) is yet unresolved and…