Month: June 2020
DTI: No to “PM sent”
“If a customer is asking for the price, sellers shall not reply with “PM sent” or “PM is the key”, instead, the actual price shall be posted along with the photo of the product,” it said in a statement.
Reclusion perpetua for Payo farmer for illegal possession of explosive
The verdict issued by RTC Branch 42 Presiding Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada against Jonathan Cid Soledad, 24, came six months after the police found a hand grenade and a loaded gun inside his house on Nov. 14, 2019.
Pol’s driver gets life term, P400k fine for shabu cache
Also ordered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) to pay a fine of P400,000 was Sherwin Apostol Dañas, 47, a resident of Gogon Sirangan, where joint elements of the PDEA, Virac police station and the Catanduanes police intelligence branch found three sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride weighing 13.0376 grams and valued at P60,000 during the raid on July 13, 2019.
SB Virac rejects plan of LGU, PRA to prepare vs. storm surge
The negative vote was primarily based on the PRA’s responsibility of integrating, directing and coordinating all reclamation projects for and in behalf of the national government, despite its having assumed as part of its mission the promotion of a coastal defense strategy on the most vulnerable coastlines along the eastern seaboard of the Philippines.
New 3-storey, police HQ to rise inside Camp Camacho
The other Monday, Governor Joseph Cua, Police Provincial Director Col. Paul Abay, DPWH District Engineer Gil Augustus Balmadrid, DILG Provincial Director Uldarico Razal Jr. and former Virac Mayor Samuel Laynes, representing the contractor, attended the groundbreaking for the new headquarters along with other local officials and police officers.
Sanchez’s 11 water projects survive DPWH budget cuts
According to an official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Catanduanes Engineering District, a total of P63.5 million had been allotted under the 2020 national budget for the construction of water systems in the towns of Bato, Caramoran, Pandan, San Andres, San Miguel, Viga, Virac and Bagamanoc as well as a Level II water system in Obi, Caramoran.
Bagamanoc’s 1st COVID-19 case in quarantine since June 1 arrival:
Race is on to trace Bicol #87’s close contacts on ferry voyage
Majority of the patient’s fellow passengers on the ferry are said to be truck drivers and helpers numbering less than 20, a source told the Tribune. Four others are allegedly other Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs) bound for Virac and Bato towns.
Police considers falsification, disobedience raps vs. OFW
During the joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), Police Provincial Director Col. Paul Abay said the case against patient dubbed as Cat-2 is still being investigated particularly the authenticity of the Quarantine Certificate he presented.
LGUs mandated to take care of “mild” COVID-19 patients
In a statement on the issue of quarantine protocol surrounding the handling of Bicol #82, Governor Joseph C. Cua sought the patience and understanding of the public after hospital officials drew flak from netizens for the non-admission of the San Miguel Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) at the Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC).