The 2020 COA Annual Audit Reports:

Panganiban bought dump trucks, MPV in midst of COVID pandemic

The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Panganiban municipal government’s purchase of two dump trucks and a multi-purpose vehicle in 2020 charged to the disaster response fund while the…

Three suspects in Virac shabu buy-bust have previous arrests

Three suspected drug pushers collared last week in Virac have previous arrest records, with one of them jailed for seven years before being freed by the Court of Appeals just…

Virac fishermen find grenade at riverbank

Investigators of the Virac police station are still looking into the identity of the owner of the hand grenade that two fishermen found at the bank of the river in…

Slain man’s cellphone to provide clues – PNP

Viga police authorities are hoping that the cellphone of a backhoe operator who was shot dead by riding-in-tandem gunmen last Friday evening would provide valuable information on the possible motive…

Man hacks nephew in abaca strippers’ feud

An abaca stripper is now recuperating from his wounds at Viga district hospital after he was hacked several times by his own uncle during a liquor-fueled quarrel. The town police…

Trigger-happy farmer nabbed over hot gun

A farmer who was reported to the police by neighbors for repeatedly firing a gun in his backyard has been arrested after a search of his house yielded a loaded…

OCD, disaster teams ask netizens to snitch on violators of COVID protocols

LEGAZPI CITY (PIA) — The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) here has teamed up with the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices in Bicol region’s six provinces in an effort…

Three towns here to implement Kalahi-CIDSS projects under Additional Financing modality

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan –Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS) increased its current coverage of Additional Financing (AF) from 37…

Catanduanes reached a total population of 271, 879 in 2020

Catanduanes recorded a total population of 271,879 as of May 1, 2020, based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (CPH), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) disclosed recently. According…

Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:

A HANDMAID’S TALE

The Supreme Court has affirmed the life term meted out on Anna Liza and Reynold Marzan, who had physically abused Bonita Baran, a housemaid from Baras, Catanduanes. In a 15-page…