Without the help of residents as well as the Baras police and the Baras Water District, the Baras fire station could not have prevented the Feb. 17, 2022 fire in…
Month: February 2022
Seven of 10 marriages in 2021 held in church
Actual marriages in Catanduanes, included those contracted in church ceremonies, rebounded to pre-pandemic levels last year, according to preliminary marriage statistics released last week by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).…
Vaccination of kids vs. COVID-19 begins
About 300 kids aged 5 to 11 years old were vaccinated against COVID-19 last Monday at the Catanduanes State University vaccination center as the Department of Health (DOH) began the…
PSA Catanduanes to conduct Feb. 2022 Farm Price Survey
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Catanduanes will conduct the Farm Price Survey (FPS) this February 2022. The FPS, which is conducted monthly by PSA, aims to generate estimates on…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
NATIONAL ARTISTS SUPPORT VP LENI ROBREDO
It wasn’t a big surprise. Five National Artists on Valentine’s Day declared their support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo, who was described as the “only hope…
Catanduanes Negosyo Centers ease registration through BOSS
Hundreds of local business owners have been assisted in the first month of 2022 by the Negosyo Centers established by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Catanduanes provincial office…
It’s the voter’s choice, not the surveys’
With just two weeks into the campaign period for national posts, it appears that the presidential race is down to two horses. If one believes the surveys, the dictator’s unrepentant…
INSIDE PAGE | Fernan A. Gianan:
Cong. Sanchez making up for lost time
Congressman Hector Sanchez is in town for a much longer stretch than usual: 20 days to be exact. A day after he arrived, he went with officials of the DPWH…