The military recently arrested a ranking commander of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Samar while allegedly waiting for the turnover of the permit-to-campaign (PTC) and permit-to-win (PTW) fees collected from candidates in the province, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Friday.
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 Samar couple wanted another son and got more than they asked for.
Mothers should not die while giving birth. The Department of Health (DOH) made this statement Wednesday as it launched a P38.4 million public-private partnership (PPP) program with the private sector to lower the maternal mortality in Samar, one of the poorest areas in the country.
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook Samar island at 9:48 p.m. Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
A poet-activist detained for more than a year in Samar for possession of explosives was temporarily freed by the court to undergo medical treatment at the National Kidney Center in Manila.
A rare disease has stricken more than 200 people in two remote villages in a Samar town, according to a regional health official.
At least 100 more policemen will be sent to Samar, one of the areas tagged as an election hot spot in Eastern Visayas. Senior Superintendent Roel Acidre, head of police and community relations of the regional police, said the deployment of more policemen would help in the campaign to keep elections in the province peaceful.
A 5.5 magnitude quake felt in several areas hit Eastern Samar Thursday morning with aftershocks expected. The tectonic quake was recorded at 8:43 a.m.,138 kilometers northeast of Guiuan, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
The Office of the President (OP) has ordered Samar Gov. Sharee Ann Tan to answer a complaint accusing her of vendetta in the case of a whistle-blower who led a petition to unseat the governor and is fighting to reclaim the government position that he lost after exposing alleged corruption in the provincial government.
The governor of Northern Samar and its representative in Congress have beefed up their security after being declared “enemies of the people” by communist rebels.
A camp of the communist New People’s Army in Samar was seized Monday by government forces, the military said.
