Pambujan Farmers in the Inquirer

Two farmers turned vendors from Pambujan were featured in last Tuesday's Special Report in the national daily broadsheet, Philippine Daily Inquirer. Rodolfo Socorro and Leo Surio, both from Pambujan, told tales of despair in the city. You can read the PDI article entitled "How to get the poor out of Dante’s inferno" here.

Northern Samar Provincial Legal Officer Shot Dead

Northern Samar Provincial Legal Officer, Atty. Eduardo Potot, was shot dead this afternoon in his rented residence in Brgy. Dalakit, Catarman, Northern Samar. Atty. Potot just arrived from his office at the provincial capitol, also located in Brgy. Dalakit. The victim’s neighbors said they saw Potot arriving in his car and heard him blowing the car horn, while waiting for his household staff to open the gate to the house. The neighbors said they later heard four to five gunshots after which they saw two unidentified men casually jogging away from the area. As of press time, it was not yet known what is the angle that the police are looking into with the assasination of Atty. Potot.