GATEWAY TO SAMAR Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone, House Minority Leader Rep. Marcelino Libanan, Borongan City Mayor Jose Dayan Agda and Philippine Airlines (PAL) officials lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the inaugural flight of the PAL Cebu-Borongan-Cebu route. PAL's PR 2651 flight departed Mactan, Cebu at 11:05 a.m. and with 73 passengers on board, including Evardone and Libanan, landed at Borongan Airport at 11:55 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. The Cebu-Borongan-Cebu flights are scheduled every Monday and Friday with the turnaround flight departing Borongan at 12:30 p.m. PHOTO BY NESTOR ABREMATEA