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Northern Samar

Location and boundaries

• Northern Samar is bounded in the north by San Bernardino Strait, in the east by the Pacific Ocean, in the west by the Samar Sea and in the south by Eastern and Western Samar.
• The province is an hour and 30 minutes by plane from Manila and 14 hours by land.

Infrastructure facilities

• Telecommunications
  • 5 telephone companies
  • 2 internet service providers
  • 25 radio stations
  • 1 government emergency telecommunications system
  • 1 telephone exchange
  • 23 public calling office

Cost of doing business

• Minimum daily wage

  Sector/industry	Rates (in US$)
  Non-Agricultural	3.46
  Agriculture
  Plantation with annual gross sales of P5M or more	3.08
  Plantation with annual gross sales of less than P5M	2.98
  Non-Plantation	2.00
  Cottage/Handicraft
  Employing more than 30 workers	3.02
  Employing not more than 30 workers	2.98
  Private Hospitals	3.38
  Retail Service
  Employing more than 30 workers	3.46
  Employing not more than 30 workers	3.38
  Business Enterprises with capitalization of not more than PhP500,000 and employing not more than 20 workers
  Non-Agricultural	3.26
  Agriculture Plantation	2.88
  Plantation other than sugar	2.88
  Sugar	2.76

• Power

  Classification	Rates (in US$)
  	0-10 kwh	Per kwh in excess of 10 kwh
  Residential	0.87	0.09
  Commercial	0.87	0.09
  Industrial	0.87	0.09

Potential investment areas

• Coco coir development (planters, geotextile, cocopeat & holiday decors)

Major tourist attractions

• Magasang Boulders and Rock Formations in the island of Biri
• Pinipisakan Falls
• Century-old church and watch tower in Capul
• Bito cave
• Hot spring in Rosario
• The rapids and waterfalls in Victoria