With the number of coronavirus deaths nearly doubling and new cases for the first week of March matching that for the entire previous month, health authorities last week pinned the…
Month: March 2021
Islander in the City:
TWELVE MONTHS OF A CRUEL YEAR
Another year of lockdown is over Twelve months of unspeakable surprises And weary weeks of isolation. Close to twelve months Of wearing assorted masks And frenzied washing of hands…
San Andres tops DILG road clearing validation
Among the 11 municipalities, San Andres scored the highest with 97.46 points in the results of the Road Clearing Validation conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government…
Eight women entreps in KMME Batch 1
In consonance with the celebration of Women in History Month, the first batch of the Kapatid Mentor ME (MKKE) Online 2021 in the Bicol region consist of 48 women entrepreneurs,…
Three bets seek CatSU presidency
Three candidates, including the son of a former president, have filed applications for the presidency of the Catanduanes State University with a Search Committee set to submit the rankings to…
No side effects so far; 579 already vaccinated
None of the 579 frontline health care workers already vaccinated against COVID-19 in Catanduanes have so far developed any side effects, the Department of Health said last weekend. DOH provincial…
All 11 towns on track for Step 1 registration of Nat’l ID system
With data collectors exceeding their targets in six towns, the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) is right on track of completing Step 1 of the registration process in the province of…
Council trims ‘fat’ off Virac garbage management plan
Members of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Council recently removed what it deemed as unnecessary expenditures in the proposed Solid Waste Management Plan for 2021 of the Virac municipal government.…
DENR team set to close towns’ open dumpsites
A team from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to arrive this March 21, 2021 to implement the closure of…
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WHO guidelines on treating COVID-19 dead
Last week, my brother-in-law based in Canada, Rev. Fr. Benedicto “Dick” Tugano IV, shared an interesting story. He said he was surprised when a family contacted him to preside over…