This Friday, April 12, 2024, according to sources, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is again calling to a dialogue a group of van operators who are against the operation of the Cat…
Month: April 2024
The elephants inside DPWH Catanduanes office
The members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan had officials of the DPWH Catanduanes District Engineering Office squirming in their seats last week during the provincial board’s regular session. PBM Josevan Balidoy,…
Motorcycle falls into dry creek bed, 3 hurt
Three persons, all of them apparently not wearing safety helmets, were injured in Virac last Saturday when their motorcycle plunged off the road and into a dry creek bed. The…
2 men hacked, stabbed in Caramoran, Gigmoto
Two men were injured in separate violent incidents in Caramoran and Gigmoto towns last Saturday evening, the Catanduanes Police Provincial Office said. In the first incident that occurred at 7:50…
CA: Accused in Virac slay liable only for homicide
The Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling finding a Virac barangay kagawad guilty of killing a 64-year-old worker in 2020 but held him liable only for the…
Virac drug sting nets construction worker
A construction worker was arrested last week in an anti-drug operation after handing over two sachets of suspected shabu to an undercover police officer along Imelda Boulevard in Rawis, Virac.…
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‘CECILE LICAD SHOULD BE NAMED NATIONAL ARTIST FOR MUSIC’ – PRINCESS NEMENZO
Even as the good reviews are pouring in from both audience and cultural cognoscenti, National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario did a unique tribute to Cecile Licad with a poem…
Cat’nes’ 2022 agri-fishery growth due to ‘rebound’ from typhoon Rolly
It appears now that there is nothing to crow about Catanduanes’ placing second among 81 provinces in terms of economic performance in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (AFF) in 2022 although…
SP honors Carmen Camacho for her legacy as RP’s Kundiman Diva
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan took advantage of the Holy Week vacation of kundiman diva Carmen Camacho last week to present her with a resolution honoring her musical legacy. In a brief…