2 TF Kapatid linemen from Iloilo, Negros test positive for COVID-19

PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS PROVING TO BE DIFFICULT to implement in the celebration of the Misa de Aguinaldo in different churches in the Diocese of Virac especially when heavy rains begin…

DA blames typhoons, relief efforts for ASF spread here

SOME QUARTERS ARE CLAIMING that, despite the DA regional office’s initial findings, signs of ASF infection in the local hog population began showing up before the trio of storms slammed…

Thousands of hogs set for mass killing in 5 ASF-infected towns

PORK SHORTAGE COULD OCCUR in the island in the next few weeks if the viral disease spreads to the rest of the 11 towns as there is an existing ban…

ANG DAAN NA PAROL

sarong daan na parol ang tinayud ko sa kahoy sa atubangan ning harong nakapa-saringoy sa ga-aragi ta pirmi ining ga sayaw sa namumugtakan na hardin na dating panu ning kaburakan…

Nameste an mga orig

Labi na daang treintang orig an natigbak sa Isla Maogma dahil sa dae pa naisihan na helang. Segun sa mga nacaisi, posibleng doble pa an bilang kan mga napeste ta…

Albay cornered DPWH’s QRF?

The province of Catanduanes, along with four other Bicol provinces, missed out on the chance to get a share of the Quick Response Fund (QRF) of the Department of Public…

Lessons from Rolly and Task Force Kapatid

From the 80 percent originally targeted by the Department of Energy for the restoration of electricity in the province of Catanduanes, the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) has now…

Entertainment:

THE PERILS OF ONLINE RECITALS

  By Pablo A. Tariman On this virtual recital, soprano Jasmin Salvo appeared stunning in yellow gown framing her petite figure. It was a most challenging recital program that needed…

Islander in the City :

THE YEAR THAT WAS

Island sunset by Alvin Ravalo. Another sunrise hopefully will bring deliverance.   by Pablo A. Tariman   This is the year As it flashes in the windmills Of my memory.…

Viga man hacks uncle over grudge

A criminal charge for slight physical injuries has been filed against a man who attacked his own uncle with a knife the other week over a personal grudge. Christopher Resurrecion…