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FUNDING DEV'T PROGRAMS. Northern Samar Governor Edwin Ongchuan in this undated photo. Ongchuan on Friday (Nov. 19, 2021) called for a continued anti-insurgency drive through the development programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.(Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial government) TACLOBAN CITY - Northern Samar's provincial government has urged the central government to sustain the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-EL...

ROAD TO PROGRESS. Officials visit the remote village of Hitapian in Catubig, Northern Samar for an outreach activity in this Jan. 14, 2021 photo. The village is one of six former rebel-infested areas in Eastern Visayas identified as a recipient of Barangay Development Program. (Photo courtesy of DILG-8) TACLOBAN CITY - The province of Northern Samar has kicked off the development projects in six communities previously infiltrated by the New People's Army (NPA). The government earmarked PHP12...

2-day police operations yield 36 arrests

Sitting off the ring of fire, the Philippines is no stranger to seismic activity. One of the most disastrous earthquakes that shook the nation took place in 2012 after a magnitude 6.7 unfolded and led to the deaths of dozens of individuals and...

X Update Tue, 1 Jun 2021, 00:39 Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.5 just reported 72 km southeast of Mati, Philippines 4.5 quake 1 Jun 8:14 am (GMT +8) An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred in the morning on Tuesday 1 June 2021 at 8:14 am local time near Mati, Davao Oriental, Davao, Philippines, as reported by the United States Geological Survey. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at an intermediate to considerable depth of 152.8 km. The strength of the earthquake may have...

Published May 15, 2021, 12:49 PM Development projects have started in at least six barangays in Northern Samar that were identified as beneficiaries of the Barangay Development Program (BDP), an official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) disclosed Saturday, May 15. NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson and Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy (Screenshot from Zoom video) Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for social media affair...

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DA-Caraga culminates Filipino Food Month, showcases Pinoy cuisine Philippine Information Agency 04 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10 BUTUAN CITY, May 4 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Caraga conducted the Filipino Food Month culmination program highlighting the indigenous and local food source through a cooking competition. The participants of the cooking competition hail from the Rural Improvement Clubs (RIC) of Barangays Bobon, Tiniwisan, and Taligaman in Butuan City. The competition was divided...

SSO Logistics has helped Hamma gym A FAMILY-RUN Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) gym which reopened after the lengthy winter lockdown has been helped to a fighting start. Independent family-run MMA gym, HAMMA, based on North Road has reopened again this month after the long closure. Husband and wife Sean and Caroline Martin, who run the premises were delighted after being given support by a fellow family business in the town. Logistics and warehousing firm SSO Logistics Ltd, based at Fishwicks ...

The casualty was identified as Alberto Wales, 79, from Brgy. San Isidro, St. Bernard, Southern Leyte. Office of the Civil Defense Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion, said the victim died dur to severe head injury caused by a felled coconut tree. He was declared dead at Anahawan District Hospital. A fisherman identified as Louie Din, 40, from Brgy. Dao, San Jose, Northern Samar is still missing after he sailed to get supplies on the nearby island on April 16 with three other companions. Tw...