Leyte,officially the Province of Leyte,is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region occupying the northern three-quarters of Leyte Island. Its capital is the city of Tacloban,administered independently from the province. Leyte is thus north of Southern Leyte,south of Biliran,and west of Samar Island. To the west across the Camotes Sea is the province of Cebu.
Northern Samar,officially the Province of Northern Samar,is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catarman and is located at the northern portion of the island of Samar. Bordering the province to the south are the provinces of Samar and Eastern Samar. To the northwest,across the San Bernardino Strait is Sorsogon;to the east is the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean and to the west is Samar Sea.
Eastern Samar,officially the Province of Eastern Samar,is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan. Eastern Samar occupies the eastern portion of the island of Samar. Bordering the province to the north is the province of Northern Samar and to the west is Samar province. To the east lies the Philippine Sea,part of the vast Pacific Ocean,while to the south lies Leyte Gulf.
Samar,officially the Province of Samar,formerly named Western Samar,is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Catbalogan. It is bordered by Northern Samar,Eastern Samar,Leyte and Leyte Gulf,and includes several islands in the Samar Sea. Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge.
Samar is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines,with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas,which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided into three provinces:Samar,Northern Samar,and Eastern Samar. These three provinces,along with the provinces on the nearby islands of Leyte and Biliran,are part of the Eastern Visayas region.
Catarman,officially the Municipality of Catarman,is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 97,879 people.
Calbayog,officially the City of Calbayog,is a 1st class component city in the province of Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 186,960 people.
Allen,officially the Municipality of Allen,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 25,228 people.
Biri,officially the Municipality of Biri,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 11,274 people.
Capul,officially the Municipality of Capul,is a 5th class island municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 12,323 people.
Lapinig,officially the Municipality of Lapinig,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 11,844 people.
Palapag,officially the Municipality of Palapag,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 34,034 people.
San Jose,officially the Municipality of San Jose,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 17,641 people.
The legislative districts of Northern Samar are the representations of the province of Northern Samar in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.
Catbalogan,officially the City of Catbalogan,is a 5th class component city and capital city of the province of Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 106,440 people.
Waray is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines,native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native language of the Waray people and second language of the Abaknon people of Capul,Northern Samar,and some Cebuano-speaking peoples of western and southern parts of Leyte island. It is the third most spoken language among the Bisayan languages,only behind Cebuano and Hiligaynon.
Eastern Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines,designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands,Samar,Leyte and Biliran. The region has six provinces,one independent city and one highly urbanized city namely,Biliran,Leyte,Northern Samar,Samar,Eastern Samar,Southern Leyte,Ormoc and Tacloban. The highly urbanized city of Tacloban is the sole regional center. These provinces and cities occupy the easternmost islands of the Visayas group of islands.
Typhoon Kammuri,known in the Philippines as Typhoon Tisoy,was a powerful typhoon which impacted the Philippines in early December 2019. Kammuri,which means crown or Corona Borealis in Japanese,the twenty-eighth named storm and sixteenth typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season,Kammuri developed from a tropical wave situated a couple hundred kilometers south of the Mariana Islands. From November 25 to 27,the system tracked westward at a steady pace and rate of intensification,first making minor impacts in Guam. On November 28,the system intensified into a typhoon as environmental conditions became marginally conducive for significant development. From November 29 to December 1,Kammuri was unable to strengthen to previous estimates due to its near stationary movement as a result of weak steering currents,upwelling itself consequently. On December 2,the system tracked westward at a much faster speed of 19 km/h (12 mph) and rapidly intensified over warm Philippine Sea waters,before making landfall in the Bicol Region of the Philippines at peak intensity as a category 4-equivalent typhoon.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Eastern Visayas on March 23,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Northern Samar.
Jose "Jun" L. Ong Jr. is a Filipino politician from the province of Northern Samar. He was the former Governor the province from 2013 to 2019. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992 and 2019 to 2022.
