BORONGAN, Eastern Samar, Philippines — It tastes like fish but does not look like one. Popularly known as “pudpod,” this fish pancake has been part of the dietary choices of the island ...

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 2 was hoisted over parts of Eastern Samar, Samar, and Dinagat Islands on Sunday as Tropical Storm Agaton intensified, PAGASA said in its weather bulletin. The ...

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar (PIA) — Residents of Homonhon and Suluan islands in Eastern Samar who need emergency medical care will be ferried by a custom-built sea ambulance, which was recently acquired by ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will launch a free Tacloban-Eastern Samar roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) trip this month for ...

BORONGAN CITY (PIA) — On his first day in office as the newly elected representative of the lone district of Eastern Samar, ...

Manicani is a small island off the coast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It has a land area of 1.165 hectares and a population of over 3,000. With a rich biodiversity from mangrove species to rich marine ...

The island of Homonhon in Guiuan Eastern Samar was first sighted by Magellan in his voyage to the orient, one that led to his death in the hands of the men of Lapulapu in Mactan, Cebu. In the next ...

Delia Monleon, mayor of Jipapad, a town of 7,000 people in Eastern Samar province, said floodwaters were preventing people from getting to their homes there. "Our problem is power.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The farthest islands in Guiuan, Eastern Samar have gone 4 days without food. With all their boats damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), locals from these ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – Concerned citizens in Eastern Samar are demanding an end to all forms of mining-related activities in Manicani Island in Guiuan, including the continued hauling of ...

Officials of Eastern Samar province have appealed to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to stop a foreign vessel from loading chromite ore worth P61 million off Homonhon Island in Guiuan town amid ...

An aerial view of a demolished coastal town on Eastern Samar Island in Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, which ripped through Philippines over the weekend, has been described as one of the most ...