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Lawmakers eye Samar Island Region creation
The Philippine Star
|October 06, 2025
Five Visayan lawmakers joined an initiative of House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan for the creation of a new Samar Island Region — seen as key to unlocking the island’s long-stalled growth and development.
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Libanan, in filing House Bill 4218, seeks to carve out Samar Island as a distinct administrative region, separating it from Eastern Visayas.
His initiative is coauthored by Reps. Christopher Sheen Gonzales (Eastern Samar), Stephen James Tan (Samar, First District), Reynolds Michael Tan (Samar, Second District), Niko Raul Daza (Northern Samar, First District) and Edwin Marino Ongchuan (Northern Samar, Second District).
This story is from the October 06, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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