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9 unusual facts about Samar


Agathiyan

His elder daughter Karthika, host of Makkal Tv is married to Thiru, director of Theeratha Vilaiyattu Pillai and Samar.

Benjamin M. Bitanga

He upholds BLTBCo’s status as one of the country’s best transportation enterprises at present that services people from the southern part of Luzon and Leyte/Samar.

John R. Perry

He was awarded a second Legion of Merit for the development of the Leyte-Samar area into a large naval base and assisting in the planning and construction of an air station, air strips, a fleet hospital, the Navy Receiving Station at Tubabao, a Navy Supply Depot, an ammunition depot and a ship repair base at Manicani.

Marabut

Marabut, Samar, a municipality in the province of Samar in the Philippines

Motor Torpedo Boat PT 105

The vessel was placed out of service on 1 November 1945, and later stripped and scrapped at Samar, Philippines.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Calbayog

Samar and Leyte, two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines, which include the islands of Balicuatro, Batac, Biliran, Capul, Daram, Homonhon, Leyte, Manicani, Panaon, Samar and several smaller islands, make up the diocese of Calbayog, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Calbayog is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church named after its episcopal see, Calbayog City, a city on the western side of the province of Samar in the Philippines.

Samar-class offshore patrol vessel

Besides, the ships are provided with a BEL-made onboard day/night infrared surveillance system to detect elusive targets which can evade radar detection due to their small Radar cross-section (RCS) or higher sea state.

Radar : BEL 1xDecca 1245 for navigation; BEL 1xDecca 2459 for surface search TACAN; BEL FT13-s/m


Balangiga massacre

Samar was a major centre for the production of Manila hemp, the trade of which was financing Filipino forces on the island.

Bobby Jasoos

Bobby Jasoos is an upcoming 2014 Indian pacy dramedy directed by Samar Shaikh and produced by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha under the banner of Born Free Entertainment.

Budoy Marabiles

Billed by the show as the "M-16 of Samar", he is best known as the vocalist of the Cebu-based reggae band Junior Kilat, which is responsible for songs such as Original Sigbin (In Bisaya mythology, Sigbin is a mythical creature), K Fyne (Okay, Fine) and Ako si M-16 (I am M-16), which bagged the Best Song in the 2005 NU Rock awards sponsored by the Manila-based rock radio station NU 107.

Iota Nu Delta

Iota Nu Delta is involved with several national non-profit organizations, forming Multi-Year Partnerships with USO United Service Organizations, AID Association for India's Development, NMDP National Marrow Donor Program, SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together), and SAMAR (South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters).

Karam Apnaa Apnaa

Gauri and Samar take the three children and migrate to Kolkata.

Lavezares, Northern Samar

Access to Lavezares has two options: from Manila, a fourteen to fifteen hours of bus ride with Roll-on/roll-off vessels from Matnog, Sorsogon, to the port of Allen, Northern Samar, or taking a plane to Catarman and a jeepney ride to Lavezares both serving as the main transport facility towards this portion.

Loveman Noa

On the morning of October 26, 1901 Midshipman Noa, with an armed crew of six men, put off from the Mariveles in a small boat to watch for craft engaged in smuggling contraband from the island of Leyte to Samar.

On the morning of 26 October 1901, Midshipman Noa, with an armed crew of six men, put off from Mariveles in a boat to watch for small craft engaged in smuggling contraband from the island of Leyte to Samar When ready to return to Mariveles, they found the wind and the tide against them.

Micromacronus

The Visayan Miniature Babbler is found on the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran in the central Philippines, whereas the Mindanao Miniature Babbler is restricted to Mindanao only.

Nadunisi Naaygal

Samar (Veera Bahu), an eight-year-old motherless boy lives with his father in Mumbai who leads a colourful life indulging in orgy.

Ofelia M. Samar-Sy

Ofelia Manibog Samar-Sy, M.D., FPCP is a Filipino physician in Internal medicine and Cardiology, medical educator, researcher, businesswoman, and socio-civic leader, who is also deeply involved in humanitarian enterprises.

Palestine Olympic Committee

Samar Araj Mousa is a member of the Palestine Olympic Committee and also serves as the Athletics Director at Bethlehem University, the manager of the Palestinian Women's National Soccer Team, and the general secretary of the Palestinian Tennis Association.

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Ernest E. Evans, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient for action as commander of Destroyer USS Johnston off Samar Island, Philippines, 1944


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