Look: Guiuan church restoration nearly done
Church of Immaculate Concepcion, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. (Roel H. Manipon photo) The restoration of the Church of the Immaculate Concepcion of Guiuan, Eastern…
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REVIEW | Signal Rock: Smart and entertaining
In Signal Rock, Chito Roño takes us to the northernmost island of the entire Visayan archipelago — Biri Island, Northern Samar. Then he zooms us in on one of…
Samar police relieved
Philippine National Police chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde, on Monday ordered the relief of all personnel of the Lapinig Municipal Police Station in…
AFP assured of Duterte support
CATBALOGAN, Samar—Soldiers wounded in action can expect government support following President Rodrigo Duterte’s assurance through Special Assistant to the…
A century overdue
In 1902, American soldiers reduced the town of Balangiga, Eastern Samar into a “roaring wilderness” by killing every Filipino male old enough to carry a bolo…
Two wounded in NPA attack
Two police officers were wounded following an attack by members of the New People’s Army (NPA) on a makeshift police station in Lapinig, Northern Samar, early…
NPA rebel slain in Northern Samar
A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed during a clash between a communist band and Army forces in Northern Samar province on Saturday, the military…
Over P30B wasted on housing projects
MATERIALS used in the housing projects intended for victims of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” like this one in Eastern Samar were substandard, according to a…
Troops clash with NPA rebels in E. Samar
Soldiers from the 87th Infantry Battalion recovered one high-powered firearm after an encounter with CPP-NPA terrorists in Eastern Samar last July 23.
Duterte speech via satellite in 4 provinces
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will put up government satellite networks (GSN) in Sultan Kudarat, Samar, Pampanga and Isabela ahead…
Samar ‘misencounter’ report out soon
The joint investigation on the Samar “misencounter” being conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP)…
Real Madrid denies Neymar recruitment
BRAZIL’S forward Neymar celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Round of 16 football match between Brazil and Mexico at the…
Top cops relieved over ‘misencounter’
Two police officials were ordered relieved in the aftermath of the “misencounter” between Army troops and police operatives in Samar last Monday, Philippine…
6 cops dead in Army-PNP ‘misencounter’
Six members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were killed while nine others were wounded in an apparent “misencounter” between Army troops and PNP forces…