The latest news and headlines from The Calbayog Journal.
CALBAYOG CITY - The anti-illegal drugs team of the local police force succeeded in arresting three out of the four suspected drug sellers during two buy-bust operations conducted separately in Barangays Obrero and Carmen on February 16, 2016.
CALBAYOG CITY – A group of armed men identified in police records as members of a private armed group (PAG) killed a farmer believed to be a former collaborator of the group’s activities.
TACLOBAN CITY - Two 10-wheeler heavy-duty dump trucks were given away by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) last week to two farmer organizations from Leyte’s sugarland area.
Tacloban City- National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) OIC Executive Director Manuel C. Roldan together with other key officials welcomed a group of Japanese guests on Saturday, 13 February 2016, at the NMP Training Complex, located at Brgy. Cabalawan, Tacloban City.
GANDARA, SAMAR- The dredging of the Gandara River in Gandara, Samar is facing derailment after the town's Sanggunian Bayan revoked its earlier resolution granting a certain Don Angelo C. Cubarrubias the permission to carry out the removal of silt from the said flow.
BORONGAN CITY - “Uswag Este”, a Waray term which means “Progress Eastern Samar” is a federation of nine fisherfolks organization in the province of Eastern Samar wherein members have benefited from rehabilitation of the livelihood which is being supported by the ACT Alliance members, namely: ICCO (Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation) , and Kerk in Actie (Church in Action), in partnership with RIGHTS Network. Boats that could sustain in the Pacific Ocean were donated.
CALBAYOG CITY – Triumvirate Construction Corporation (TCC) and PAGIBIG Home Development Mutual Development Fund signed a Memorandum of Agreement as partners in the development and provision of affordable homes to Calbayognons during the unveiling of Altura Villas Clubhouse and Mahogany Homes Park on February 16, 2016.
CATBALOGAN CITY- The apprehension of citizens over the possibility of flagrant vote-buying occurring again in the province of Samar during the May 2016 elections has spawned the formation of a citizens anti-fraud body called "Samar Vote 4Change."
CALBAYOG CITY- The Samar First District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways(DPWH) has announced the completion of almost all of the infrastructure projects undertaken in Calbayog City which were funded under the General Appropriations Act to the tune of over 1.4 Billion pesos.
