The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has encouraged local government units still under community quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic to implement safety measures to ensure stringent…
Month: November 2020
2 new COVID-19 positives push island’s total to 112
Contrary to unfounded belief, super typhoon Rolly did not blow away the coronavirus in Catanduanes, with health authorities recording two (2) new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province. Patient…
Poe team sends relief goods to Bicol region
Sen. Grace Poe last week organized a team of volunteers to pack and send relief goods to victims of Typhoon Ulysses in three provinces in the Bicol region. Volunteers from…
The 2019 COA Audit Reports:
Virac LGU has no data on RP tax credits due to taxpayers
(Part 2) The Commission on Audit’s review of financial statements has shown that the Virac municipal government did not report or disclose the amount of real property tax credits…
Modular, online classes will remain suspended for now
There will be no modular or online classes for now until the damage brought by super typhoon Rolly and typhoon Ulysses on school facilities and resources, as well as…
M I L A G R O !
panghambog na laguerta magayon na mga orkidya mga piling masitas pa bubong na maluya kahoy buda nipa sana anong itumang sa maisog na panahon? bagyong pagkakinusog hagubuhub na nakabungug anong…
Gatilios na ngani, sige pa an politica
Nagpoon na an campanya para sa 2022 national and local elections. Kan nacaaguing semana, nagvisita si Senador Bong Go, guyod an artistang si Philip Salvador asin bitbit an mga amo…
A rare look at the eye of a typhoon
Oldtimers remember the time when the eye of typhoon “Sening” passed over Virac in the morning of Oct. 13, 1970. After the winds of the eyewall passed, then came clear…
A necessary evil in any calamity’s wake
It is a reality that whenever a calamity occurs in a certain place in this disaster-prone country, the nation’s main media entities soon come flying in and with them publicity-hungry…
Man found guilty of sexually assaulting son’s live-in partner
The Regional Trial Court has recently found a San Andres man guilty of sexually assaulting the live-in partner of his own son in April 2019. RTC Branch 43 Presiding Judge…