CALBAYOG CITY—The images of the 1980s evoke a quaint picture—mysterious, almost magical—for an urban place. A breathtaking view of the sea, clear rivers that invite a trek up to its source, hills that ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Mayor Ronaldo Aquino of Calbayog City, Samar province was on the way to the birthday celebration of his son after playing tennis on Monday (March 8) when his sports ...

CALBAYOG CITY, Samar— Matters of the arts and culture are serious business in this city—so serious that the city government is spending good money for its preservation, popularization and ...

It is easy to connect Calbayog City in western Samar with people in the seven arts. Distinguished filmmaker Chito Roño is from this place. So is visual artist Raul Isidro. Calbayog became a city on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The chief of the Calbayog City police has been removed from his post in connection with the killing of Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and the supposed attempt of the head of the ...

CATBALOGAN CITY (PIA) — After attending an emergency meeting with the Samar Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the Calbayog City Mayor Uy organized stakeholder and inter-agency ...

IT is good news that the government is pushing for more renewable energy projects. Yet, from social media, I learned that in Calbayog City, Samar province, there’s a “No to wind energy power project” ...

MANILA, Philippines — A political rival of slain Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino allegedly tried to implicate him as a protector of a policeman supposedly involved in drugs, a witness at a Senate ...

Calbayog City was recognized as the Best Implementer of Ecological Solid Waste Management in Region 8 at the 25th Signing Anniversary of Republic Act No. 9003, held on January 27, 2026, in Quezon City ...

Samarnons staged an indignation rally in Calbayog City on Tuesday morning, March 23, to condemn the March 8 killing of Mayor Ronaldo Aquino in Barangay Lonoy. Mayor Aquino, along with his driver ...

CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR, Philippines — At least 15 inmates and one convicted detainee, facing various heinous charges, managed to escape from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Sub-provincial ...

The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Calbayog City has geared up its preparations for the start of limited face-to-face classes on November 15. Four schools in the city form part of ...