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Samar
—  Province  —
Flag Seal
Map of the Philippines with Samar highlighted
Coordinates: 11°50′N 125°00′E / 11.833°N 125°E / 11.833; 125Coordinates: 11°50′N 125°00′E / 11.833°N 125°E / 11.833; 125
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Founded	1543, separated from Leyte in 1768; became Western Samar on June 19, 1965; renamed Samar in 1969
Capital	Catbalogan City
Government
• Type	Province of the Philippines
• Governor	Sharee Ann T. Tan (NUP)
• Vice-Governor	Stephen James T. Tan (NUP)
• 2nd District Representative	Milagrosa T. Tan (Lakas-Kampi)
• 1st District Representative	Mel Senen S. Sarmiento (Liberal)
Area
• Total	6,048.0 km2 (2,335.1 sq mi)
Area rank	12th out of 80
Population (2010)
• Total	733,377
• Rank	37th out of 80
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Density rank	62nd out of 80
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	2
• Municipalities	24
• Barangays	951
• Districts	1st and 2nd districts of Samar
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code
Spoken languages	Waray-Waray, English

Samar, formerly and also known as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catbalogan City and covers the western portion of Samar Island as well as several islands in the Samar Sea located to the west of the mainland. Catbalogan City and Calbayog City, two of the three cities on Samar Island, are located in the province of Samar. The province is bordered by Northern Samar and Eastern Samar. Samar is connected to island and province of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge, which spans the San Juanico Strait, the narrowest strait in the country. To the south is the Leyte Gulf.

Languages and Dialects[link]

Residents of Samar are mostly Waray, the sixth largest cultural-linguistic group in the country. 90.2% of the household population speaks the Waray language while 9.8 percent also speak Cebuano; 8.1% speak Boholano; 0.07% speak in Tagalog and 0.5% speak other languages. There are two types of Waray spoken in the province, Waray Lineyte-Samarnon which is spoken from the southernmost tip of the province up to the municipality of Gandara and Waray Calbayog which is an intermediate between the Waray of Northern Samar and the Waray of Samar and is spoken in Calbayog City, Santa Margarita, and in some parts of Tagapul-an, Santo Niño and Almagro. Cebuano on the other hand is spoken in some parts of the first district of Samar, mainly in Calbayog City, Almagro, Santo Niño and Tagapul-an English and Chinese languages are also spoken.

Climate and Rainfall[link]

Areas of the Samar province that are characterized by having no dry season with a very pronounced maximum rain period which usually occurs from December to January are generally along or very near the eastern coast, thus are open to the northeast monsoon. Municipalities in the southeastern part of the province experience this type of climate.

Those areas located in the northwestern part of the province have a more or less evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year.

Economy[link]

Fishing and agriculture are the major economic activities of the province. Economical Data

Geography[link]

Samar island occupies the eastern portion of the Philippines. It lies southeast of Luzon and occupies the northernmost section of Eastern Visayas. It is separated from Luzon on the north by San Bernardino Strait and from Leyte on the southwest by the narrow San Juanico Strait. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Leyte Gulf and on the west by the Samar Sea.

Topography[link]

Samar province is hilly, has some mountain peaks ranging from 200 to 800 metres (660 to 2,600 ft) high and narrow strips of lowlands, which tend to lie in coastal peripheries or in the alluvial plains and deltas accompanying large rivers. The largest lowlands are located along the northern coast extending up to the valleys of Catubig and Catarman rivers. Smaller lowlands in Samar are to be found in the Calbayog area and on the deltas and small valleys of Gandara and Ulot rivers. Slopes are generally steep and bare of trees due to deforestation. Run-off waters after heavy rains can provoke flooding in low-lying areas and the erosion of the mountains enlarges the coastal plains of the province.

Governance[link]

The province of Samar is composed of two (2) congressional districts, twenty four (24) municipalities and two (2) cities (Catbalogan and Calbayog). It has a total of nine hundred fifty two (952) barangays

Cities[link]

• Calbayog
• Catbalogan

Municipalities[link]

History[link]

The explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, first came to the island in 1543 and named it Las Islas Filipinas.

• 1596: Many names (Samal, Ibabao, Tandaya) were given to Samar Island prior to the coming of the Spaniards in 1596. The name Samar was derived from the local dialect “samad”, meaning wound or cut, which aptly describes the rough physical features of the island that is rugged and deeply dissected by streams. During the early days of Spanish occupation, Samar was under the jurisdiction of Cebu.
• 1735: Samar and Leyte were united into one province with Carigara, in Leyte, as the capital town.
• 1768: Samar again became a separate province in 1768.
• 1901: The Balangiga massacre occurred during the Philippine–American War.
• 1941: The invasion by the Japanese fighter and bomber planes in the province of Samar.
• 1941 to 1942: During the Japanese invasion in the Second World War, Filipino troops of the 91st Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army, and USAFFE (under the Visayan-Mindanao Force) were established, but they all fell to the invading Japanese forces. The general headquarters in Samar also fell to the Japanese. This resulted in the defeat of the Filipino troops of the USAFFE 91st Division.
• 1942: The occupying Imperial Japanese forces arrived in the province of Samar.
• 1942 to 1944: During the Japanese occupation, thousands of local Samareños - men and women - joined guerrilla groups in the province and helped local Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army units fight the Japanese Imperial forces which led to the latter's defeat and started the pre-Allied Liberation.
• 1942 to 1944: During the Japanese Occupation, the 4th, 9th, 93rd, 95th and 96th Infantry Divisions of the Philippine Commonwealth Army were re-established from 1942 to 1946 at the military general headquarters and military camps. The military unit organizations started the anti-Japanese military operations in the province from 1942 to 1945.
• 1942 to 1944: The 96th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was founded and established from 1942 to 1946 at the military general headquarters in the province of Samar, Eastern Visayas.
• 1942 to 1944: During the Japanese insurgencies and occupation, the Philippine Guerrilla Forces or PGF were established from 1942 to 1945 as a guerrilla resistance organization with headquarters in San Andres, Villareal, Samar.
• 1944: The Battle off Samar took place on October 24, 1944 as Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita's Center Force warships clashed with several allied naval vessels in a collision course. His forces sank escort carrier USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73), destroyers USS Hoel (DD-533) and USS Johnston (DD-557), and escort destroyer USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), but at a cost of his cruisers Chikuma, Chokai, and Suzuya. Despite having a tactical victory for the Imperial Japanese Navy, it did not alter the course of the entire Philippines campaign.
• 1944 to 1945: Combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth military forces, including recognized guerrillas, liberated the province of Samar and defeated Imperial Japanese forces. The local Filipino soldiers, under the USAFFE 91st and the 4th, 9th, 93rd, 95th and 96th Infantry Divisions of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and 9th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary, started the battles in Samar and fought against the Japanese troops.
• 1945: Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers under the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment of the United States Army began the Battle of Samar and aided the local Filipino soldiers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army 4th, 9th, 91st, 93rd, 95th and 96th Infantry Division and the Philippine Constabulary 9th Infantry Regiment, the local Samareño guerrilla resistance and the U.S. liberation military forces defeats and attacking the Japanese liberated the province of Samar.
• 1965: On June 19, 1965 the Philippine Congress along with the District's Congressman, Felipe Abrigo, approved Republic Act No. 4221 dividing the region of Samar into three divisions: North Samar, East Samar, West Samar. Each region adopted a new capital: Catbalogan (West Samar), Borongan (East Samar), and Catarman (North Samar).
• 1969: On June 21, 1969, under Republic Act No. 5650, Western Samar was renamed Samar with Catbalogan still as the capital.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Samar

• Official Website of the City Government of Calbayog
• Official Website of the City Government of Catbalogan
• Samar News.com—based in Catbalogan, it is a source of news and information on Eastern Visayas.
• Province of Samar—Profile of the Samar province
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 1995 Philippine Census Information
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information (1)
• 2007 Philippine Census Information (2)
• Local Governance Performance Management System

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	Masbate  Biliran / Samar Sea		Eastern Samar
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Trisha Krishnan
Trisha Krishnan at a special screening of Khatta Meetha.
Born	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 29)[1][2][3] Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[4]
Occupation	Film actress, model
Years active	1999–present
Website
www.trisha-krishnan.com

Trisha Krishnan (born 4 May 1983)^[4] is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest (1999), which marked her entry into filmdom. During her career, she has received three South Filmfare Awards,^[5] establishing her as one of the leading actresses of the South Indian film industry.^[6]

After her first appearance in the 1999 Tamil film Jodi, in a supporting role, she won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her first lead role in the 2002 film Mounam Pesiyadhe. She later rose to fame starring in the successful films, Saamy (2003) and Ghilli (2004) in Tamil cinema and Varsham (2004) in Telugu cinema,^[7] for which she secured her first South Filmfare Best Actress Award before getting the same award 2 more times for the critically acclaimed blockbusters Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) and Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule (2007). She made her Bollywood debut in the 2010 film Khatta Meetha opposite Akshay Kumar.^[8] She was seen in her career best performance in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) for which she won Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine and was nominated for Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award and many other awards.

An ardent animal lover, Trisha has been the Goodwill Ambassador of PETA.^[9]

Early life[link]

Trisha was born and raised in Chennai (then known as Madras) into a Tamil Iyer family, whose ancestors hailed from the Palakkad region of Kerala.^[10][11] She completed schooling at the Sacred Heart Matriculation School in Church Park, Chennai,^[4] and later pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) course at the Ethiraj College for Women (Chennai). She ventured into modeling and appeared in several print and television commercials.^[12][13] In 1999, she won the "Miss Salem" beauty pageant, and later the same year, the Miss Madras contest. She had also won the Miss India 2001 pageant's "Beautiful Smile" award.^[14][12]

Trisha had aspired to become a criminal psychologist initially, and resisted the thought of pursuing acting, as she wanted to complete her studies first. She also appeared in Falguni Pathak's music video Meri Chunar Ud Ud Jaye as Ayesha Takia's friend. She was later approached for an acting role in Tamil movie Lesa Lesa by Indian film director Priyadarshan, which marked the beginning of her professional career as an actress.^[12] During her college course, she had occupied herself with a tight shooting schedule, which made it difficult to continue with her education.^[15] However, she compensated by attending summer classes.^[12]

Film career[link]

1999–2003[link]

Soon after her pageant success, Trisha began her acting career in an uncredited role as Simran's friend in Jodi.^[16] The first project she accepted was the Priyadarshan-directed Lesa Lesa, with the promotional posters for the film, also creating an offer to star in the A. R. Rahman musical hit, Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003).^[17] However both the projects' releases were severely delayed, and her first release was Ameer's Mounam Pesiyadhe opposite Surya Sivakumar. The film became a moderate success at the box office and managed to gain credentials for Trisha, with critics claiming that she was "undoubtedly a refreshing new find, with sparkling eyes and appealing demeanour", also going onto praise the dubbing artiste, Savitha Reddy, who has since regularly dubbed for Trisha.^[18] Manasellam, her second project, saw her play a cancer patient; but the film went unnoticed despite positive reviews for the film and the actress.^[19]

Her subsequent release was the Hari-directed police film, Saamy with Vikram. She played a soft-spoken college-going brahmin girl and received positive feedbacks for her performance, with Sify's reviewer citing that she was "appealingly sensual" and looked "glamorous",^[20] and another critic writing that she looked "very pretty" and suited the role.^[21] The masala flick became the biggest blockbuster of the year,^[22] grossing 16 crores, and landed Trisha new offers, including several high-budget productions.^[23] Lesa Lesa, which was supposed to be her debut, released next.^[24] The romantic musical, based on the 1998 Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem,^[25] fetched generally positive reviews.^[24][26] Following Lesa Lesa, she appeared in Alai which proved unsuccessful at the box office.^[27] Then released her Enakku 20 Unakku 18 which was unsuccessful commercially but was a well noticed movie because of its music and visuals and helped her career^[28]

2004–07[link]

In 2004, she debuted in the Telugu cinema industry with M. S. Raju's romance-action film Varsham, which turned her into an overnight sensation. Critics lauded her performance as Sailaja, a middle-class girl who becomes a film star on her father's insistence; Jeevi from Idlebrain claimed that she was "beautiful" and a "big plus to the film", labelling her performance as "natural",^[29] while Sify noted that she had "transformed herself into a fine actress with immense screen presence".^[30] A critic from fullhyderabad.com praised her, citing that she had shown why Tamil Nadu was "busy building her a temple", further adding that she looked "so fresh and fine, you feel like gifting her to the roses".^[31] While the film was highly commercially successful, running for over 175 days theatres,^[32] being declared a "sensational hit" and becoming one of the highest-grossers of the year,^[33] Trisha was given the Telugu Filmfare,^[34] as well as the Santosham Award for Best Actress.^[35] She was also offered the same role in its Tamil remake Mazhai, which she however declined.^[36] Later that year, she enacted the female lead opposite Vijay in the action comedy film Ghilli. She essayed the character of Dhanalakshmi, a helpless girl, whom a kabaddi player tries to save from the clutches of an influential thug, who wants to marry her, with most critics agreeing that her performance was overshadowed by Vijay and Prakash Raj's in particular.^[37][38][39] The film eventually emerged the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year, celebrating a 175-days-run, too,^[40][41] and remains Trisha's biggest commercial success so far. She next appeared in a small role in Mani Ratnam's political drama Aayutha Ezhuthu, starring as part of an ensemble cast that included Siddharth, Madhavan and Surya. The film, despite favorable reviews, performed poorly at the box office, while she was again outshone by the three lead male actors.

In the following two years, Trisha had twelve releases overall, which all but one featured her as the female lead. She was part of two male-oriented action-masala flicks Thirupaachi and Aaru, directed by Perarasu and Hari, which both offered only limited roles for her,^[42][43] with the former becoming a major commercial success.^[44][45] In her second Telugu project, the sentimental drama Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, she starred alongside Siddharth. The film, being Prabhu Deva's directorial debut, opened to rave reviews, with Trisha receiving unanimous praise for her portrayal as the village girl Siri, which earned her three Best Actress prizes, including her second consecutive Filmfare Award and her first Nandi Award.^[46][47] Idlebrain noted that she was "just great. Her tender looks, innocent face and Telugu traditional costumes make her a treat to watch", further labelling her expressions and "naughty antics" as excellent,^[48] while Sify wrote of Trisha that she was "amazing as Siri [...] It is her career best performance and she has excelled throughout."^[49] The film eventually secured eight Southern Filmfare Awards, the most ever by any Telugu film,^[46] while also emerging highly successful at the box office.^[50][51][52] Trisha later went on to reprise the role in its Tamil remake as well. Her subsequent releases, N. Lingusamy's Ji and Aathi, which saw her pairing with Ajith Kumar and Vijay, respectively, were both critical and economical failures, while Aaru was a moderate success and was received well by critics.^[53] The successes of Varsham and Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana led to Trisha being casted in the third consecutive M. S. Raju film, with the producer stating that she was "one of the most talented and beautiful actress I have ever worked with", going on to draw comparisons to the works of Savitri, Nargis and Sophia Lauren.^[54] The film, Pournami, directed by Prabhu Deva again, featured her in the titular role alongside a star cast and bombed at the box office. Her sole Tamil release of 2006, Unakkum Enakkum, the remake of Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, where she acted opposite Jayam Ravi, did well at the box office. She starred in the Telugu film Stalin with Chiranjeevi, following which her Telugu film Sainikudu with Mahesh Babu was released.

Her next release was Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule where she was cast opposite Venkatesh. The film, Selvaraghavan's first Telugu venture, was a family entertainer and received good response especially from the family audience. Trisha's performance was critically acclaimed and won her accolades, eventually resulting in her third Filmfare win. In Kireedam with Ajith Kumar, Krishnan tried comedy and received rave reviews. Kireedam opened with high expectations and received good reviews from media and audience and was declared a success. Her 2008 films, Bheema and Kuruvi failed to succeed at the box-office.

2008–present[link]

Trisha at the special screening of her debut Bollywood movie Khatta Meetha in 2010

Krishna with Ravi Teja, opened to rave reviews, and became a blockbuster. Her other release Bujjigadu starring Prabhas, directed by Puri Jagannadh was released during Summer and made a decent run. However Radhamohan's Abhiyum Naanum became a super hit and Trisha was praised for her performance. King starring Akkineni Nagarjuna directed by Sreenu Vaitla was a December release and it became a blockbuster. In 2009 her film Sarvam with Arya did not do well and became just an average grosser.

Trisha had a major role, starring as a Syrian Christian Malayali girl Jessie, in Gautham Menon's 2010 Tamil romantic drama film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was a big commercial success at the box office.^[55][56] The film is based on a complicated relationship between a Syrian Christian Malayali girl and a Tamil Hindu assistant director, who falls in love with her, only to be met by her indifference and reluctance as they belong to different religions and her strict conservative family will never consent to their marriage. Her performance was well appreciated by critics,^[57] earning her the 2010 Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine.^[58] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff commented, "Trisha is a revelation. Shorn of her filmi make-up, she dazzles in Nalini Sriram's simple costumes."^[59] Sify remarked, "Trisha looks good and delivers her career best performance in a knock-out role."^[60]

Her 2010 Telugu release Namo Venkatesa, opposite Venkatesh, was a super hit. In the same year, she starred in Manmadhan Ambu with Kamal Haasan and R. Madhavan and it became an above average grosser.

Trisha made her debut in Hindi film industry with the Priyadarshan film Khatta Meetha, starring opposite Akshay Kumar. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics and Box Office India declared it an average performer at the box office.^[61] Her next release Theenmaar with Pawan Kalyan, which released in April 2011 became a blockbuster. Her latest release is Ajith Kumar's magnum-opus Mankatha which released on 31 August 2011 to positive reviews^[62][63][64] and has become one of her biggest blockbusters till date.^[65][66][67]

She also has signed up to do Bodyguard in Telugu opposite Daggubati Venkatesh.^[68] The film is a remake of the Malayalam Bodyguard. She recently signed a film opposite Vishal, Samaran, which is planned to be a 2012 release.^[69]

Other work and recognition[link]

In 2010, Trisha collaborated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in issuing a public appeal to domesticate stray dogs rather than craving for pedigreed foreign breeds.^[70] She was also the Goodwill Ambassador for the "Angel for Animals" campaign organized by PETA in 2010, encouraging people to adopt homeless dogs. PETA praised Trisha for her work, and sent her an appreciation letter highlighting her animal rescue work and efforts to encourage people to adopt Indian community dogs.^[71] In 2011, she won the 2010 NDTV Indian of the Year award under the Southern Star of the Year category.^[72]

Trisha replaced Rani Mukherjee as the brand ambassador of Fanta India. She is the brand ambassador of Scooty Pep+, for which she has replaced Preity Zinta. She is also the brand ambassador for Vivel Di Wills, a product by ITC Limited. In 2011, She replaced Asin in Fairever fairness cream commercial.^[73]

Controversies[link]

Trisha was the subject of a controversy in 2004 when a two and a half minute video clip allegedly of her taking a shower in the nude circulated over the Internet. She, however, denied her appearance in the clip, saying, "It was not me in the 2½ minute bathing video clip and someone who wants to malign my name has done this on purpose." In fact, the clip, which purports to have been shot from a hidden camera, makes it clear the subject, who often makes eye contact with the camera and engages in exaggerated pelvic gestures, knew she was being filmed. This makes it unlikely to be Trisha. In any case, she later filed a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner.^[74] Subsequently, the Editor of the Tamil weekly Netrikkan was arrested by Chennai Police for publishing the nude screenshots of the video in the weekly.^[75]

In 2010, she was involved in a drug scandal controversy in Hyderabad, when a report on a Telugu channel claimed that Trisha's name was included with other top celebrities in the list of clients of Chima Clement, a Nigerian drug peddler, arrested in Hyderabad. Her name featured in the list because the channel assumed fashion designer Sidney Sladen, a close friend of Trisha of African origin, to be the Nigerian drug peddler. She declared the scandal as an attempt to malign her name in the Telugu film industry. She also sued the channel for dragging her name into the scandal.^[76][77]

Personal life[link]

Trisha resides in Chennai^[11] with her parents and grandmother.^[4] Her mother tongue is Tamil,^[11] and she converses fluently in Hindi, French, and English.^[4][78] Her mother Uma Krishnan, had been offered various roles by several Tamil film makers and actors including Kamal Hassan, but turned them down, as she wanted to concentrate on Trisha's career. She accompanies Trisha on film shoots, events, and functions, and they have appeared together only in a commercial advertisement.^[79] About her relationship with her mother, Trisha remarks, "She has been the pillar of my strength and has stood by me like a rock through thick and thin.[...] Everyone in the industry and my friends know how close I'm to my mom."^[80]

Filmography[link]

Awards and recognition[link]

Filmfare Awards South

• 2005: Best Telugu Actress – Varsham
• 2005: Nominated, Best Telugu Actress – Athadu
• 2006: Best Telugu Actress – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
• 2008: Best Telugu Actress – Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule
• 2009: Nominated, Best Telugu Actress – Krishna
• 2009: Nominated, Best Tamil Actress – Abhiyum Naanum
• 2011: Nominated, Best Tamil Actress – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

Vijay Awards

• 2007: Favourite Heroine – Unakkum Enakkum
• 2008: Nominated, Favourite Heroine – Kireedam
• 2009: Nominated, Favourite Heroine – Abhiyum Naanum
• 2010: Nominated, Favourite Heroine – Sarvam
• 2011: Favourite Heroine – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
• 2011: Nominated, Best Actress – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

Other awards

• 2004: ITFA Best New Actress Award – Lesa Lesa
• 2005: Santosham Best Actress Award – Varsham
• 2005: CineMAA Award for Best Actress – Varsham
• 2005: Vamsee Film Award for Best Heroine – Varsham^[81]
• 2006: Nandi Award for Best Actress – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
• 2008: CineMAA Award for Best Actress – Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule
• 2009: Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress – Abhiyum Naanum
• 2010: NDTV Southern Star of the Year
• 2011: Edison Award for Best Actress – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
• 2011: Nominated, Stardust Award for Superstar of Tomorrow – Female – Khatta Meetha

References[link]