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Seawall now protects Guiuan residents from storm surges

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the 252-meter flood control structure to protect residents of a barangay in Guiuan, Eastern Samar from storm surge. DPWH Sec. Manuel Bonoan said the project cost P29.64 million and was built following the deadly storm surge triggered

The Philippines is one of the world’s worst offenders in marine plastic pollution with 0.28 to 0.75 million tons of plastic entering the oceans from the coastal areas in Manila Bay. The country uses almost 60 billion sachets a year. Economic growth, combined with enhanced production and consumption is leading…

Sandiganbayan (File photo) MANILA - The Sandiganbayan has convicted four Guiuan, Eastern Samar municipal officials to up to 8 years imprisonment for graft but cleared the mayor in connection with irregularities in the purchase of a fire truck worth PHP2.1 million without public bidding. The June 22 decision convicted municipal budget officer Esperanza Cotin, planning development officer Ma. Nenita Ecleo, and Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) members Felipe Padual and Danilo Colandog for their fail...

Emma Cordero shares her blessings in Quinapondan, Eastern Samar Singer-philanthropist Emma Cordero (also popularly known as "Emcor") has made it a "panata" (religious vow) to share her blessings from God with her townmates in Barangay Sta. Maragarita in Quinapondan town of Eastern Samar. Thus

PAF’s Black Hawk airlifts Covid-19 vaccines to isolated towns

TACLOBAN CITY – In support of the national government's campaign, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) delivered coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines using S70i Black Hawk helicopters to the historic islands of Suluan and Homonhon in Guiuan, Eastern Samar Thursday, June 16. The airlift was in response

RESILIENCE. A communal garden established by villagers in Salcedo, Eastern Samar. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here has tapped 162 residents in Salcedo, Eastern Samar to establish a communal garden and improve the existing water infrastructure in their communities. (Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here has tapped 162 residents in Salcedo, Eastern Samar to establish a communa...

TACLOBAN CITY -- A father and his three-year-old son died, while 14 others on board a pickup truck were injured after the vehicle failed to turn to a curve and instead fell to the side of the road along the national highway in Brgy. San Roque, Llorente, Eastern Samar recently. Lt. Ruben Pascual Cas

RED TIDE-FREE. A portion of Carigara Bay in Leyte. Bays in Eastern Visayas have remained red tide-free in the past three months as favorable weather prevails in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Monday (May 16, 2022). (PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - Bays in Eastern Visayas have remained red tide-free in the past three months as favorable weather prevails in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Monday. In a statement, the...