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Smart provided the municipality with tents, event banners, and buntings for the setup of the week-long trade fair, and provided load cards as prizes for their activities.

TOXIN-FREE. A portion of Irong-irong Bay in Catbalogan City, Samar frequently been affected by the red tide phenomenon in the past. Bays in Eastern Visayas maintain their red tide-free status in the past two months as favorable weather prevails in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said on Tuesday (April 5, 2022).(Photo courtesy of BFAR) TACLOBAN CITY - Bays in Eastern Visayas maintain their red tide-free status in the past two months as favorable weather prevails i...

MANILA - The shear line affecting extreme northern Luzon and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao will bring rain showers over parts of the country Monday, the weather bureau said. A low pressure area (LPA) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) around 2 a.m. Monday. It was last tracked 970 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, and is embedded along the ITCZ. Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will prevail over Cagayan Valley, Apayao, and Ilocos Nor...

(PIXABAY) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday, April 4, continued to monitor a low pressure area (LPA) east of the country as it may bring rains over a large portion of Visayas and Mindanao in the next few days. Weather specialist Ald

(MANILA BULLETIN) The northeasterly surface wind flow and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will bring some rains over parts of the country in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Monday afternoon, April 4. The nor

NEW ROAD. Officials break ground for the Homonhon Island circumferential road in this March 19, 2022 photo. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has initially set aside PHP105 million to fund this project in Guiuan, Eastern Samar.(Photo courtesy of DPWH) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has initially set aside PHP105 million this year to build a circumferential road in the historic Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar. DPWH Secretary Roger Merc...

RELIGIOUS DESTINATION.The view of historic Suluan Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar in this March 19, 2022 photo. The site is one of the areas identified for pilgrimage tourism in Eastern Visayas.(Photo courtesy of Nayr Redz) TACLOBAN CITY -The Department of Tourism (DOT) is pushing for stronger pilgrimage tourism in the region even with the culmination of the year-long quincentennial commemoration on the world's first circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan. DOT Eastern Visayas Regional Direct...

WINNING VS. ASF. A piggery farm in Leyte in this undated photo. The Department of Agriculture said 19 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas are now free of African swine fever.(PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - At least 19 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas have been declared as African swine fever (ASF)-free after a year of battling the animal disease, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. After the ASF-free declaration for Abuyog, Leyte last year, and Ormoc City last month, 17 more areas...

501 years ago in the Philippines, according to the notes of Magellan’s diarist.

Just in time for the celebration of International Women’s Month, a group of mothers representing the 4 barangays of the island of Manicani – Banaag, Buenavista, Hamorawon, San Jose – gather together to draw attention to the economic condition in their communities, committing to protecting Manicani as they await the…