Weekly Reflections:

Welcoming the New Year

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. Buddha   Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo…

Cybertrivia:

January 1 in world history

45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.   1600 –…

Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:

Daculang proyecto sa Bigaa

Igua palan nin nabotod kan Kapaskuhan duman sa Tibang, San Andres. Naglalangoy-langoy daa an sarong bakasyonista sa dagat kan tabagon nin nin darakulang lungso sa tahaw nin dagat y dae…

Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:

“Burabod” finally runs dry…

The last time I saw Tio Efren “ETASOR” Sorra alive was Thursday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2023, at his humble “payag” in Valencia, Virac He was on his wheelchair, about to…

A bit more needed vs. chronic kidney disease

Last Saturday evening, “Burabod” writer Efren “ETASOR” Sorra passed away in the loving embrace of his children. His death at 84 came just four days after he directed the Neo-Catechumenate’s…

THE BEST OF 2023 IN THE ARTS

It was the year the performing arts came back with a vengeance after the uncertain years of 2020, 2021 and 2022. The year also saw the changing of the guard…

PNPA “SILANG-PAGLAOM”

PBBM renames Bicol camp in honor of Sr. Insp. Max Jim Tria

SAF 44 hero Sr. Insp. Max Jim Ramirez Tria and four other Bicolano war heroes and former police officers were honored last week by Malacanang, with Philippine National Police (PNP)…

Catanduanes delegation to 2023 Batang Pinoy, Philippine National Games upbeat despite missing athletics medal

The small Catanduanes delegation to the recent 2023 Batang Pinoy (BP) and Philippine National Games (PNG) were in good spirits in their return to the island despite enduring hours waiting…

PDRRMO Command Center will have “eyes” along highway from Virac to Bato, San Andres

By the time the Command Center of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office is finished this year, it will have “eyes” along the nearly 30-kilometer stretch of the…