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  1. ADB funds P500-M bridge feasibility study

    ADB funds P500-M bridge feasibility study

    The ADB has committed ₱500 million for a feasibility study of the proposed 20-kilometer Sorsogon-Samar Transport Crossing, which could provide a permanent road…

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  2. TWO community-based women’s associations in Daram, Samar are turning seawater into a new source of livelihood through solar salt production, expanding beyond their traditional fish-drying activities.

    Daram women turn sea into salt

    Women’s groups in Daram, Samar are turning seawater into salt through BFAR’s solar salt technology program, creating an additional livelihood while supporting…

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  5. EASTERN Samar Gov. Ralph Vincent Evardone briefs President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on the history of the Felipe Abrigo Memorial Hospital in Guiuan, which was totally destroyed by super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ in 2013. Also in photo are former Gov. Ben Evardone and Dr. Marian Isiderio, provincial health officer. The reconstructed hospital was funded by the national and provincial governments and the Korean government.

    Marcos inspects rebuilt Guiuan hospital

    President Marcos inspected the reconstructed Felipe Abrigo Memorial Hospital in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, which is set to open to the public on October 7.

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  7. EASTERN Samar Lone District Rep. Christopher Sheen Gonzales and 4Ps Partylist Rep. Marcelino Libanan

    Eastern Samar seeks first family court

    A bill filed in Congress seeks to establish Eastern Samar’s first Family Court to handle cases involving child abuse, domestic violence, adoption, custody,…

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  8. 4 insurgents surrender, heavy weaponry seized

    4 insurgents surrender, heavy weaponry seized

    Four alleged New People’s Army guerrillas surrendered to military forces in Eastern and Northern Samar, leading authorities to recover six firearms from two…

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  9. Right to care ordinance passed

    Right to care ordinance passed

    Northern Samar has approved a Right to Care Ordinance allowing adults to designate a trusted person to make medical decisions when they cannot communicate.

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  10. Eastern Samar fire victims receive aid

    Eastern Samar fire victims receive aid

    Twenty-eight fire-hit families in Maslog, Eastern Samar receive relief goods, building materials and financial assistance from the provincial government.

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  16. DOH nurse Kelvin Castro is seen resting on the waiting shed before the concrete slab collapsed and hit him hard on the head. The photo was taken only a few minutes before the tragedy occurred.

    Nurse killed as waiting shed collapses

    DOH nurse Kelvin Castro, 35, died after a cracked concrete waiting shed collapsed and crushed him while he was waiting for a boat after a vaccination drive in…

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  17. RESCUE experts from the Bureau of Fire Protection regional office were deployed to help arrest a suspect in the theft of electrical wires at the San juanico Bridge who attempted to elude arrest by climbing up the braces and girders of the bridge.

    Thief nabbed stealing wires

    Police arrested a suspected scrap buyer allegedly caught stealing electrical wires from the San Juanico Bridge in an effort to protect the vital Leyte-Samar…

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  18. A graph shows the decline in poverty incidence in Northern Samar. The provincial government on Thursday welcomed the record-low poverty rate, saying the improvement provides a strong foundation for sustaining and expanding its poverty-reduction programs.

    Northern Samar poverty drops sharply

    Northern Samar’s poverty incidence fell to a record-low 12.5 percent in 2025, with nearly 12,000 fewer families classified as poor, according to PSA data.

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