A man ranked No. 3 in Catanduanes police’s Provincial Most Wanted Person list in connection with seven counts of rape and sexual abuse has been arrested in Pampanga province after…
Month: February 2024
CA acquits accused in Virac illegal drugs case, blames police’s procedural lapses
Procedural lapses by the police team prompted the Court of Appeals to reverse the conviction of a Virac resident arrested in an alleged buy-bust operation in 2021 and order his…
Virac MTC one of top 10 Bicol courts with over 100% case clearance rate
Judge Myra S. Mangente of the Virac Municipal Trial Court was among the judges of first- and second-level courts recently commended by the Supreme Court for attaining the highest case…
PDEA, Capitol anti-drug abuse council awards 8 drug-cleared municipalities
With just six of the 315 barangays still affected by the drug scourge, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Administration (PDEA) Regional Office V last week commended the eight (8) municipalities declared…
Virac LGU to offer free issuance of Civil Registry certificates on Feb. 27
In line with the celebration of Civil Registration Month this February, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Virac will offer free issuance of civil registry certifications on February 27, 2024.…
Gov’t workers here urged to use GSIS Touch mobile app to access services
The Virac office of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) last week brought its campaign for the GSIS Touch mobile app to the provincial capitol in a bid to increase…
Province passed 9 of 10 governance areas in 2022:
PLGU Cat’nes confident of winning coveted Seal of Good Local Governance for 2023
Officials expressed high optimism last week that the provincial government of Catanduanes would be able to earn the prestigious Seal of Good Local Governance for 2023 after just missing out…
Despite downgraded El Nino threat, Capitol implements mitigation plans
The provincial government is currently implementing El Niño mitigation plans despite the recent downgrading of the drought forecast to dry spell condition this April-May 2024. This was reported by the…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
Philippine Star Columnist on Islander’s Second Book
(For this issue, I yield my column to writer-poet and Philippine Star columnist Jose Dalisay who wrote an introduction to ENCOUNTERS IN THE ARTS. Pablo Tariman and I met…
2022 Annual Audit Reports:
Payrolls of Bagamanoc officials, workers lacked DTRs, other supporting documents
(With the partial COA report on transactions at the Catanduanes State University as well as this article, the Tribune resumes its series of articles on audit reports covering local government…