Situated where the Philippines meets the Pacific Ocean, Guiuan had the look and feel of a tropical paradise – replete with surf camps, resorts and pristine white beaches. Its location on Samar ...

“It’s survival of the fittest.” In Guiuan, the typhoon ‘took everything out’ The typhoon first met mankind at Guiuan, a town of about 40,000 people on a peninsula that juts into the ...

The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) has raised the Operations Center (NDRRMOC) alert status to ...

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar—Perhaps no other place in Eastern Visayas has been endowed with so much tourist attractions than the ancient town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar. Not only is it rich in history ...

When Supertyphoon “Yolanda” ravaged the coastal town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province on Nov. 8 last year, Melojean Zulueta, 46, struggled to keep her sanity as she lost her husband ...

The town of Guiuan was the first to face the fury of typhoon Haiyan when it barrelled into the Philippines on Friday morning. The 275kph winds destroyed the municipal government office ...

She is alive because she was in Guiuan attending high school. EASTERN SAMAR, Philippines — Like many local government units in the areas devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), Guiuan had ...

Guiuan local officials and troops during the commemoration —PHOTO COURTESY OF KINNA KWAN Guiuan local officials and troops during the commemoration —PHOTO COURTESY OF KINNA KWAN Suluan Island ...