Month: April 2024
Virac LGU’s Summer Barakalan generates over P500-K in sales
In the limited period of two weeks, Virac-based micro and small enterprise exhibitors at the 11th Summer Barakalan Tourism and Trade Fair generated a total of ₱529,389.00 in cumulative sales,…
Rotary Club of Virac donates Mobile Clinic to Virac LGU, boosts health care delivery
Enhancing the capital town’s access to health care especially in remote villages, the Rotary Club of Virac has donated a state-of-the-art Mobile Clinic to the local government unit of Virac.…
UN Asst. SecGen visits Catanduanes to check preparations vs. El Nino, learn best practices
A top official of the United Nations and her team visited Catanduanes last week to discuss the local government units’ preparations on the El Niño climate crisis and learn best…
BFP officials still probing cause of midnight fire at Virac talipapa
Investigation is still ongoing with regards to the cause of the midnight blaze that razed six stalls and a semi-concrete building at the “talipapa” or wet market at barangay Bigaa…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
EYES
I believe My grandson has magic eyes When his looks wipe away The look of heavy burden In my psyche. It’s a miracle A day of ennui Turns into…
8 local entreps begin online KMME-MME mentoring course
For ty-eight (48) entrepreneurs from the Bicol region, including eight from Catanduanes, have begun their online business mentoring course as the first batch of the 2024 Kapatid Mentor Micro-Entrepreneurship (KMME)-Money…
Cat Island Express willing to donate prefab waiting sheds to local gov’ts
Unfazed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s criticism of its waiting shed along the Virac boulevard, the management of Cat Island Express said recently that it is willing to donate similar waiting…
Grade 12 victim bled to death 27 days after being raped:
One of two accused in 2019 Virac rape-slay arrested in Taytay, Rizal
More than four years after the case was filed in court, one of the two accused of rape with homicide over the sexual abuse and subsequent death of a 19-year-old…
TINGNAN NATIN | Jex F. Lucero:
ANG RESULTA NG MALING PANINIWALA SA ECLIPSE
Maliwanag na tinatakpan lang ang paghihirap ng mga Pinoy. Inilihis ng landas ang mga isyu, inilalagay ang mga isyu sa South China Sea at doon naka-focus ang lahat ng isyu,…