As the people were getting ready to dance on the eve of the fiesta celebration in Hinabangan town in Samar province, a single gunshot rang out and hit the guest of honor, Mayor Reynaldo Uy of Calbayog City. Not even Uy’s bullet-proof vest and a bunch of bodyguards could save him.
So young yet so familiar. While candidates in Samar are getting younger, their names look and sound old. In Catbalogan City, the 29-year-old daughter of incumbent Mayor Coefredo Uy is running for mayor against her brother-in-law.
A “juvenile” Philippine Eagle (Pithecphaga jefferyi) was recently sighted and photographed at the 3,720-hectare Taft Forest Wildlife (Philippine Eagle) Sanctuary in Taft, Eastern Samar, which is in the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP).
A “juvenile” Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) was recently sighted and photographed at the 3,720-hectare Taft Forest Wildlife Sanctuary in Taft, Eastern Samar, which is in the Samar Island Natural Park.
Palo, considered the seat of Catholicism in Leyte, is an enchanting Christmas village with colorful blinking lights and other holiday symbols festooned in the town’s plaza, houses and offices.
It all started with a World Bank (WB) report about the high cost of labor and low rates of mechanization, which contributed to high palay production cost in the Philippines.
Tacloban residents and visitors were treated to two colorful but competing festivals held two days apart in the run-up to the city’s main fiesta celebration in honor of its patron, Senior Sto. Niño, on June 30.
Two new cities in Eastern Visayas are striving hard to be worthy of becoming a metropolis. Baybay City in west Leyte province is expected to become the next economic center of Eastern Visayas. Several businessmen and investors have shown interest in Baybay especially with its new 9-hectare reclamation project which will become the city’s new commercial center.
It was a seven-kilometer walk under the searing sun for 9-year-old Yanyan Paloma and his five friends from their house in Barangay Malapoc Norte to reach Maasin City’s latest attraction—its first zoo.
Farmer Felix Baron is proud of his work. Baron, 69, helped rehabilitate a farm-to-market road in his village in Anahawan town, a fifth-class municipality (annual income: P15 million-P25 million) in Southern Leyte.
Describing it as the best way for the youth to appreciate Northern Samar’s glorious past, the provincial government is putting up an exhibit on its rich history and culture.
In this year of the Water Dragon, expect more irrigation water for rice fields in Eastern Visayas, according to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
Why do people flock to the ancient town of Palo in Leyte, the seat of the Catholic hierarchy in Eastern Visayas? There are a lot of reasons. The main streets are decked with well-lighted Christmas trees and other décor items. The park is ablaze with dazzling lights and displays lanterns of assorted sizes and “belen” (Nativity Scene).
