More than a year after the machines were delivered, the Eastern Bicol Medical Center’s dialysis center is expected to begin operation in the second week of February. In a report…
Month: February 2023
CSC: Virac vice mayor responsible for implementing decision on ex-councilor
The Civil Service Commission has advised Virac Vice Mayor Arlynn H. Arcilla that her office is responsible for executing its decision on the appeal of former Councilor Ephraim Antonio Gianan…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA, 95 & MANILA CONNECTIONS
On a Tuesday morning, the world woke up to the news that the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida died on a clinic in Rome, Monday, January 16. She was 95. Also…
Two Pandan fishermen defy gale warning, fail to return
Despite gale warnings issued by PAGASA for more than a week now, two Pandan fishermen apparently ignored the advisories and went out to sea on Jan. 24, 2023. They remain…
Albay native nabbed in San Andres for rapes
A resident of Batong Paloway, San Andres is set to face eight criminal charges involving sexual offenses following his arrest last week by the police. Elements of the San Andres…
DILG orders barangays to conduct monthly road clearing operations
Monthly road clearing operations will now be conducted by barangays pursuant to a directive issued last week by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). In Memorandum Circular…
COMELEC signs up 2,650 new voters in Catanduanes
Turnout in the ongoing voter registration campaign of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) have tripled in the first three weeks of the year compared to a similar period in December…
Virac police seize 10 sachets of shabu from jobless man
A jobless resident of Bigaa, Virac yielded 10 sachets of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation mounted by joint elements of the Virac police, Catanduanes Provincial Intelligence Unit and the…
Rain, rain, go away…
Into each life, some rain must fall. This idiom, made into a duet in 1944 by The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny, and Ella Fitzgerald, means that bad or unfortunate…