EASTERN SAMAR, Philippines – Twelve municipalities in Eastern Samar were placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday, October 23, as torrential rain, flooding, and landslides caused by Severe ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook the province of Eastern Samar on Wednesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said ...

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Philippine official: Another 300 people dead on Samar Island as toll in storm onslaught climbs.

Typhoon Hagupit killed 27 people on the island of Samar in the Philippines, flattening homes, toppling trees and cutting power and communications. Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red ...

In another incident, three suspected rebels have been killed in a series of clashes with government troops in Northern Samar province in the central Philippines, the Philippine military said Monday.