Easter Samar News Today

CEBU City’s Buhisan Dam has now dried up, while the Metropolitan Cebu Water District’s (MCWD) other surface water sources have also been producing just a fraction of their normal capacity amid the drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, translating to a loss of 63,000 cubic meters of water per day or 21 percent of the water district’s normal production.

"I look at the rain as a sign of blessing."

Funds for solar lighting of an off-grid community in Easter Samar were donated by a Supreme Court magistrate, his family and his staff last week. Oxfam

Ahead of the Labor Day celebration, residents of Manicani Island in Easter Samar gather together to write to President Rodrigo Duterte, hoping to catch the government’s attention about the jobs situation in the islands, or the lack of it. If most Filipino laborers will take advantage of the yearly celebration…

CATARMAN, Northern Samar - The UniTeam Alliance led by presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” opened their their campaign swing in Eastern Visayas, drawing another huge crowd for the leading candidates at a Friday rally. Marcos and his team members took turns addressing the crowd at the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP)…

 A total of 78 provinces and 178 component cities and municipalities are now under Alert Level (AL) 1. This after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Diseases (IATF) on Friday placed 20 more areas under the lowest AL in terms of the public health risk posed by Covid-19…

The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) on Tuesday appealed to travelers, including returning overseas Filipinos (ROF),  not to bring pork and other pork products as pasalubong this coming Christmas and New Year holidays to curb the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in the provinces. At a news conference, BAI…