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Bagacay Fire Razed PHP20,000 Worth of Properties

CALBAYOG CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) estimated Php20,000.00 worth of property loss after a fire partially razed a residential house on October 04, 2015 in Purok 3 of Barangay Bagacay.

Bagacay Fire Razed PHP20,000 Worth of Properties
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Brgy. Victory Massacre Witness Names Culprits

CALBAYOG CITY- A witness to the September 15, 2015 strafing of a house in Barangay Victory, this city, that killed 5 people, two of them children, and wounded two others, one of them a seven year old, reportedly identified by name the persons responsible for the crime.

Brgy. Victory Massacre Witness Names Culprits
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Suspected "Shabu" Found in Matobato House

CALBAYOG CITY – Six heat-seat sachets of varied sizes containing different quantities of suspected “shabu” as well as a surgical scissors and three pieces of used lighters were found and confiscated from a residence in Purok 3, Barangay Matobato on the night October 03, 2015.

Suspected "Shabu" Found in Matobato House
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One Dead, Three Hospitalized in Vehicular Accident

CALBAYOG CITY – Four males, in late teens reportedly under the influence of intoxicating liquor, figured in a vehicular accident involving two modified motor bicycles that fell off Minlawaan Bridge, along Maharlika Highway in Barangay San Policarpo, this city at around 10:30 on the night of October 04, 2015.

One Dead, Three Hospitalized in Vehicular Accident
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Hundreds of Unused Banca for Yolanda Victims Deteriorating

TACLOBAN CITY- Hundreds of unused small outrigger boats earmarked as a gift to typhoon Yolanda victims who lost their livelihood to the November 8, 2013 catastrophe remain untouched and are deteriorating at the roadside in Brgy. Candajug in Palo, Leyte over three months after they were fabricated.

Hundreds of Unused Banca for Yolanda Victims Deteriorating
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DAR Turns Over P72M Worth of Farm Equipment

TACLOBAN CITY – Over a hundred agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) throughout Eastern Visayas received farm equipment after the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) turned over last week 184 common service facilities (CSFs) amounting to P72 million.

DAR Turns Over P72M Worth of Farm Equipment
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SP Allows Gov. Tan to Borrow Php 800 Million from LBP

CATBALOGAN CITY- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the ordinance which authorizes the Samar provincial government to borrow Php 800 Million from the Land Bank of the Philippines in spite of the opposition of one of its members due, reportedly, to flaws and deficiencies in its passage.

SP Allows Gov. Tan to Borrow Php 800 Million from LBP