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.
• 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.
• Police arrested a high-value drug suspect, ranked No. 8 on the regional target list, in a buy-bust in Zumarraga, Samar, on August 10.
• Samar board member Beethoven Bermejo Sr. criticizes power distributors for failing to explain high electricity bills, saying they alone have the database to justify costs.
• The 803rd Community Defense Center recognized and promoted officers and enlisted personnel of the 803rd Ready Reserve Infantry Battalion during a ceremony in Catbalogan City on July 18.
• Catbalogan police turned an active shooter drill at SMCC into a dialogue with students on bullying, cyberbullying, delinquency, and rights before the simulation.
• A 24-year-old motorcycle-for-hire driver was arrested on July 4 in Hinabangan, Samar, during a buy-bust for allegedly selling illegal drugs.
• A 24-year-old tricycle driver, alias “Rex,” was arrested on July 9 in Catbalogan City during a buy-bust; police tagged him as a High Value Individual.
• A 22-year-old businessman was arrested in Catbalogan City on July 9 after allegedly selling shabu to an undercover officer during a buy-bust operation.
• After seven decades, remediation finally begins at Samar’s ravaged Bagacay Mines, but questions remain if the Taft River Basin’s devastated landscape can still be salvaged.
• A farm-to-market road in Maslog ended a family’s grueling journey to market. Manang Lita and Karding now reach Dolores in under an hour, their produce fresh and their children’s futures secure.