Cutting through the mountains and hillsides of Samar from east to west, the 90-kilometer Ulot River—the longest river in the province—is a thing of beauty. Surrounded by verdant forest and ...

Epifanio Obidos, father of two and an ecotourism guide for visitors to Samar’s Ulot River, once worked to illegally cut and transport logs. He now helps promote Ulot River as a sustainable ...

SAMAR, Philippines – How did the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leadership become so vulnerable in a long-acknowledged rebel stronghold that they would end up in a boat being chased by ...

Torpedo president Eugene Igdameo said the engines are very helpful in their recovery after the pandemic restrictions prevented the visit of tourists who want to experience the extreme boat ride in ...

Elsewhere in Samar, there were reports of other caves ... It was a 30-minute paddle upstream the Cadac-an River to Sohoton National Park’s best-held secret, the Sohoton Natural Bridge.

“Because the rivers (in Samar) are navigable and deep, there is salt intrusion into the river and we cannot use salty water for irrigation,” Quiza explained. Because of these reasons, Samar ...

The occupants of the boat “came from a place in San Jose de Buan and used a commuter boat plying the river linking the town to San Jorge and Gandara,” also in Samar province. “Then they ...

The river ambulance is being turned over by the Department of Health Eastern Visayas to Maslog, a remote town in Eastern Samar. (Photo courtesy of DOH Eastern Visayas) BORONGAN CITY (PIA) — The ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — The town of Maslog, Eastern Samar got its first river ambulance to speed up the transport of patients from the remote areas to the nearest hospital. The Department ...