Fr. Fernando Suarez — the healing priest — praying by the sea in the film’s finale. There are many things going for Joven Tan’s Fr. Suarez: The Healing Priest.…
Month: January 2021
Mayor Vico Sotto honors Pasig frontliners with Tariman poem
Mayor Vico Sotto. The City Government of Pasig headed by Mayor Vico Sotto will honor frontliners at Plaza Bonifacio today, Wednesday, Dec. 30 with a special marker containing the…
HE SAW RIZAL DIE
Happy New Year! Today is Rizal Day. While browsing through FB, I saw an account of one eyewitness to Rizal’s execution. His first-hand account was told to a journalist in…
Bato police raids Christmas tupada
Three persons were arrested in Bato town last week after the police raided an illegal cockfighting activity in barangay Binanuahan on Christmas Day. Police authorities said a team led by…
Caramoran farmer killed in Christmas Day stabbing
Caramoran police authorities arrested a 51-year old man in barangay Datag East less than three hours after he stabbed to death his own father-in-law for still unknown reasons. Barangay Chairman…
Local PNP condemns Tarlac shooting, relieves Buraga as Bato police chief
In the aftermath of the Tarlac shooting of two civilians by an off-duty police officer, the Catanduanes Provincial Police Office has condemned the incident and relieved from his post a…
Tricycle driver caught in Virac anti-drug sting
THE LOCAL POLICE’S UNRELENTIVE DRIVE against the proliferation of illegal drugs continues with last week’s buy-bust operation that netted a tricycle driver peddling shabu while plying his route in Virac.…
2019 COA Audit Reports:
With 2,487 JO/COS workers, Capitol told to limit manpower
The provincial government has been advised to limit the number of hired or rehired personnel after the 2019 audit showed that it had 2,487 casuals, nearly four times the number…
Village kagawad gets reclusion perpetua for killing farmer
The Regional Trial Court has sentenced a Virac barangay councilor to reclusion perpetua for hacking to death a sleeping farmer in March 2020. RTC Branch 43 Presiding Judge Lelu P.…
“It’s not the time for politics,” top 3 leaders tell barangays
TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES IN CATANDUANES, officials of Smart Communications recently visited the office of Gov. Joseph Cua (left), with whom they discussed the construction of new cellsites and the…