Several boys looking for fish bait got the shock of their lives last Sunday morning, July 7, 2024, when they found the decomposing body of an unidentified man under the…
Month: July 2024
Caveat emptor, caveat venditor
Almost everyone who has a smartphone and has spare cash has probably bought something online using any or both of the popular ecommerce sites in the Philippines. Some may have…
Two men nabbed in Virac buy-bust
In a joint operation, four police units apprehended two men, including a native of Cavite province, after one of them sold a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover police…
Shabu buy-bust nets const’n worker
A construction worker was arrested after yielding a sachet of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Cabugao, Bato recently. Elements of the Bato police station together with the Provincial Intelligence…
Virac’s nat’l most wanted person arrested in Cavite
A native resident of Virac accused of five (5) counts of rape committed 11 years ago and listed as a National Most Wanted Person was arrested last week in Cavite…
Const’n worker dies in motorcycle crash
Less than a week after a motorcycle accident claimed the life of a gamefowl handler in Virac, a similar mishap led to the death of a construction worker in Bagamanoc.…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
MSJO INVADES EUROPE ANEW
Filipino musicians are making news in Europe in July! The Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) under Jeffrey Solares is headed for Budapest (June 30), Salzburg (July 2) and Prague (July…
Australian gov’t, PDRF donates emergency communications gear to Virac, Dugui villages
By the time the next super typhoon strikes Catanduanes, three mountain villages of Virac will no longer be entirely isolated, thanks to emergency communications equipment donated by the Australian government.…
SP asks co-op, power firm to submit plan to end brownouts
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has requested the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) and its lone power supplier, Sunwest Water & Electricity Co. (SUWECO) to submit a comprehensive plan to end…
A. Teves Enterprises one of 15 Bicol MSMEs in Tokyo Fashion Goods Expo
One of the local clients assisted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Catanduanes provincial office, A. Teves Enterprises, joined other Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from the…