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• The planned wind farm in Calbayog’s protected forest has sparked outcry. Critics question the DENR’s swift approval, alleging a lucrative “user fee” motivates the agency more than environmental protection or local consent.
• A decade after Typhoon Yolanda, Tacloban City’s economy surged 8.2% in 2024, fueled by a services and tourism boom. Leaders must now ensure this robust, post-disaster growth becomes sustainable and inclusive for the entire region.
• The DPWH’s Samar 2nd District Engineering Office is marking National Children’s Month by launching an internal campaign against online sexual abuse of children, urging staff to become community advocates for child safety.
•Judge Carmela Pasquin, 41, died in a Cebu motorcycle accident on Oct. 22. Known for her integrity and modesty, she was remembered as a judge who chose to commute, embodying a life of simple, principled public service.
• The abrupt 48-hour closure of the vital San Juanico Bridge has triggered a crisis in Tacloban, with Mayor Romualdez demanding transparency over the P7 billion repair cost and the urgent engineering study justifying the shutdown.
• Calbayog residents and advocates question a wind project’s approved ECC, fearing it will destroy the protected Pan-as Hayiban landscape. They criticize the DENR for favoring the corporation and demand leaders who prioritize environmental resilience over corporate interests.
• The 81st-anniversary commemoration of the Leyte Gulf Landings honored WWII heroes while Governor Petilla warned of a new war against corruption, saying that the fight for true freedom continues today.
• Residents and officials in Calbayog clash over a wind turbine project inside the protected Pan-as Hayiban Landscape, fearing irreversible environmental damage to its watershed and forests.
• Despite a massive scandal over billion-peso “ghost” flood control projects exposed by the President, public fury has not led to arrests, highlighting a stark justice gap where the powerful go free.
• Usapang Peyups revisits the Bud Dajo massacre under General Leonard Wood, contrasting his colonial policies with Quezon’s independence fight, explored through 2025 films “Quezon” and “Cinemartyrs.”
Green Deception: A Wind Farm’s Assault on Calbayog’s Forest 
A Blueprint for Resilient Growth Must Not Be Wasted 
DPWH Samar 2nd DEO Takes Stand Against Online Child Exploitation 
In Memoriam: Judge Carmela Pasquin (Oct 10, 1984 – Oct 22, 2025) 
A Bridge in Peril, A Public in the Dark: The Need for Transparency on San Juanico Bridge 
Silence becomes complicity: The city council must speak on Calbayog’s wind farm issue 
Corruption betrays wartime sacrifice 
All quiet in rest of the Philippines 
‘The Bud Dajo massacre, Quezon and the Filipinos’ struggle for self-determination’