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Month: March 2022
Electric bills to rise by at least 8% this month
Consumers will have to resort to energy-saving tips if they wish to reduce their electricity bills beginning this March 2022 as the National Power Corporation implements a 31 percent increase…
Barangay captains to hold provincial congress in ‘ritzy’ QC events venue?
The 315 barangay captains in Catanduanes have reportedly scheduled their 2022 Provincial Congress this March 16-18 in an expensive events venue in faraway Quezon City. Last Feb. 11, 2022, Liga…
Navy asks Capitol for assistance in acquiring land for Panay base
The Philippine Navy last week sought the help of the provincial government of Catanduanes in acquiring land for its proposed Forward Operating Base in Panay island, Bagamanoc. Captain Salvador Lavapie…
Limited F2F classes open in 90 schools
Limited face-to-face classes have started in 88 public schools and three private schools in the province of Catanduanes just a week after the COVID-19 alert level was lowered. Cabuyoan Elementary…
Fisherman accused of 1,487 counts of rape now in jail
The fisherman accused of 1,487 counts of rape looked like any other man in handcuffs at the Hall of Justice in Virac where the police had brought him after his…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
FINALLY, MY FIRST BOOK LAUNCH
My first book of poetry, Love, Life and Loss – Poems During The Pandemic, came out in December last year. I decided to have a book launching in the island…
RTC junks case in Chinese cemetery anti-drug search
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) has dismissed the illegal drugs possession case filed against a Virac man who allegedly yielded shabu in a house inside the Chinese cemetery last year.…
PSA Special Release:
2021 STATISTICS ON CATANDUANES WOMEN AND MEN
48.8% percent of babies born in 2021 were female There were 3,869 reported actual live births in Catanduanes for 2021. Of the total, 48.8% or 1,888 were female while 51.2%…
7 arrested in Pandan town for illegal fishing
Seven residents of Pandan were caught in the act of illegally fishing within the coastal waters of the town last week. A seaborne patrol of the Pandan police station led…