This is not to set the record straight with regards to unfounded accusations being circulated by someone whose unbridled ambition fell woefully short of expectations. Simply put, there is nothing…
Month: July 2021
The 2020 COA Annual Audit Reports:
Caramoran LGU workers told to refund “illegal” cash assistance
Officials of the Caramoran municipal government have agreed to implement the Commission on Audit’s recommendation that personnel refund a P15,000 calamity assistance granted to them in December 2020 that was…
DPWH to tear down boundary arches along national highway
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has begun informing municipal mayors that it would remove all boundary markers, particularly welcome arches straddling the national highway, in compliance with…
P20 project boosts water supply in Caramoran – Cong. Sanchez:
Solar-powered water pumps being installed in all 11 towns
All 11 towns in Catanduanes will have their own solar-powered pumps to draw water from deep wells in realization of Congressman Hector Sanchez’s vow to improve the delivery of basic…
Recent brownouts blamed on nine defective gensets
Last week’s unscheduled and sometimes lengthy power interruptions have been blamed on nine defective generators of the Sunwest Water & Electric Co. (SUWECO), the largest power supplier of the First…
DILG urges LGUs to support Red Cross membership drive
Local government units nationwide have been enjoined by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to facilitate enrollment to the Philippine National Red Cross Membership Program. In Memorandum…
Islander in the City:
JOHN LLOYD CRUZ: LESSONS FROM ISOLATION
I’ve met John Lloyd Cruz countless times in presscons where I get to ask him assorted questions. Star builder and publicist Ethel Ramos would always introduce me thus: “The next…
Ex-Army soldier arrested over cache of firearm, 5 grenades
A concerned citizen’s complaint to the PNO’s E-Sumbong hotline led local police to arrest a dismissed Army soldier for possession of a firearm, five hand grenades and various ammunition in…
EDITORIAL:
A glimpse of the waste of COVID-19 funds
With this issue, the Catanduanes Tribune begins its regular feature of annual audit reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) of the transactions of the 11 municipalities and the province.…
Inside Page:
Abaca farmers to get promised assistance
The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is reportedly set to undertake next month the hydrographic survey of the proposed route of the undersea power cable to be laid between Presentacion in…