Local health officials have reported at least 10 cases of Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease (HFMD), a contagious disease affecting children below five years old, in the towns of San Miguel, Bato and…
Month: June 2022
WHAT IS HFMD?
Hand-Food-and-Mouth Disease (HFMD) is caused by viruses that belong to the Enterovirus family (Coxsackievirus A16, Coxsackievirus 6, and Enterovirus 71). Young children have the highest risk for getting HFMD. Children…
Progreso in San Miguel is lone winner of DILG Seal of Good Local Governance
The mountain village of Progreso in San Miguel town became the first ever barangay in Catanduanes to win the coveted Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), the Department of the…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
A FILIPINA IN NEW JERSEY BALLET
As Ballet Philippines (BP) launches its 53rd season, one Filipina dancer of the company is bound to miss it. Denise Parungao, last seen in Swan lake and Giselle, passed auditions…
FICELCO scraps Baras-Gigmoto district election for lack of qualified candidate
With not one qualified consumer filing a bid for the board seat, the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) was forced to cancel the election for District I (Baras and…
Napocor finally pulls out, begins dismantling gensets in Cat’nes
With the expiration of its Phase-In-Phase-Out Agreement with the island’s electric cooperative, the National Power Corporation has began dismantling its generating sets at its two power plants. Engr. Edwin Tatel,…
PSA Catanduanes to conduct July 2022 LFS and 2022 APIS with rider survey on awareness on PCC and PCA
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will conduct July 2022 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) with rider survey on Awareness Survey on Philippine Competition Commission…
COVID-19 cases rise to 10, highest in past four months
Coronavirus cases in the province of Catanduanes rose to 10 last week, the highest since Feb. 26, 2022 when the last surge in new cases occurred during the first month…
The real work begins for elected officials
By noon tomorrow, June 30, 2022, all the newly elected provincial and municipal officials of Catanduanes will have assumed their respective posts. For the great majority of local chief executives…
INSIDE PAGE | Fernan A. Gianan:
Work now more difficult for local media
The Tribune wanted to report on the expenditures claimed by candidates in the May 9, 2022 local elections, notably those who ran for provincial posts as well as for mayor,…