When the Water Falls, What Happens to Them?
• For Calbayog tour guide Jimmy Baleros, Tarangban Falls is a livelihood. He worries about how wind turbine projects and forest changes could affect those who depend on it.
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• For Calbayog tour guide Jimmy Baleros, Tarangban Falls is a livelihood. He worries about how wind turbine projects and forest changes could affect those who depend on it.
• Calbayog City ramps up disaster prep for Super Typhoon Bavi, with officials assessing readiness for heavy rains, strong winds, flooding, and other hazards.
• Calbayog Vice Mayor Rex Daguman inspected hotels to assess the city’s readiness as a MICE hub, aiming to attract regional conferences and large-scale events to Northern Samar.
• Calbayog City was reduced to a mere “witness” in a green energy deal hosting most infrastructure, sparking concerns over local autonomy and the true development costs.
• Mayor Uy warns developers of a 37-turbine wind project in Calbayog City, vowing to halt operations if any local life is endangered during construction, citing safety and equity concerns.
• A 49-year-old construction worker was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation on April 17, in Barangay Bagacay, Calbayog City.
• DSWD distributed P5,000 cash aid to 1,305 Calbayog City tricycle drivers on April 8 at the city sports center, helping transport workers cope with rising fuel prices.
• Calbayog’s LGU created a fuel subsidy program for tricycle drivers and operators to offset rising fuel costs, partnering with Petron stations after Mayor Uy’s March 17 talks.
• Calbayog City named Most Disciplined Contingent at EVRAA Meet 2026 for third straight year. Delegation of 888 represented the city across over 15 events.
• Calbayog Pan-as protected landscape is 20% developed, with over 1,013 hectares impacted. City council warns remaining dipterocarp forests are a “fortress under siege.”
Calbayog activates disaster preparations ahead of Super Typhoon ‘Bavi’ 
Calbayog Vice Mayor Checks Hotels, Pushes Plan to Turn City into Region 8’s Mice Hub 
The Price of a Spectator Seat: Calbayog’s Sovereignty in the Shadow of Wind Turbines 
Mayor Vows Stoppage of Calbayog Wind Project if a Single Life is Lost 
Man arrested in Calbayog Drug Operation 
DSWD Distributes Cash Aid to Calbayog Tricycle Drivers 
Calbayog LGU Covers Fuel Price Hike for Tricycle Drivers 
Calbayog Wins Most Disciplined Contingent for Third Year at EVRAA 2026 
Why the “Outside the Zone” Strategy Still Threatens Calbayog’s Last Frontier