TACLOBAN CITY — A lawmaker is calling for the creation of a Samar Island Region (SIR) to address widespread poverty and concerns of peace and order on the third largest island in the country. Rep. Marcelino Libanan of the 4Ps party-list group said he would file a bill in the House of Representative in response to the appeal of three bishops in Samar to have a separate region for Samar island. 'I will file the One Samar, One Region measure when our session at the House of Representatives resumes,' he said in a press conference on July 15.

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