Last week, PENRO Catanduanes granted our request for information on their investigation into the brush fire allegedly caused by kaingin in the mountain above Parongpong island, the largest of the…
Month: August 2024
Questions and more questions
Last Monday morning, Aug. 12, 2024, during the flag-raising ceremony at Camp Crame, PNP chief Gen. Rommel Marbil announced that police officers are now prohibited from holding umbrellas for very…
CA: No need to present informant as witness in buy-bust op hearing
There is no need for an informant in a buy-bust operation to testify during trial, the Court of Appeals ruled recently as it junked an appeal by a Virac resident…
Virac LGU’s campaign vs. stray dogs in full swing, catch brought to shelter
Five months after inaugurating the island’s first animal shelter, the municipality of Virac has launched a campaign against stray animals, with a task force going around barangays and bringing their…
Three deaths among 293 suspect dengue cases in June-July period
The last eight weeks have seen suspected dengue cases in Catanduanes surge by 293, with three of them reportedly succumbing to the deadly mosquito-borne infection. Data from the Provincial Health…
Azanza, regents scored for deferring oathtaking of elected USC president
Student leader Virgiio Cortado Jr. last week lashed out at Catanduanes State University President Patrick Alaine T. Azanza and the Board of Regents for deferring his oathtaking as elected president…
Parongpong brushfire razed 14 hectares
Last week’s brushfire at Parongpong, the biggest of the Palumbanes group of islands off Caramoran town, burned a total of 14 hectares of grassland. This was reported by the Provincial…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY TO LOWER DEPTHS
How low can an innocent young man go as he confronts his dark destiny? Sheron Dayoc’s film, The Gospel of the Beast which opened the 20th edition of Cinemalaya at…
Slightly higher salary increase for SG 10-12:
4% pay hike being prepared for gov’t workers under 1st tranche
Pending the issuance of a budget circular, concerned local officials in Catanduanes are already preparing the release of the 1st tranche of the salary increase of government works announced recently…
TINGNAN NATIN | Jex F. Lucero:
HINDI NEGOSYANTE PERO SA ABROAD NAG-AARAL ANG MGA ANAK NG PULITIKO
Noong una ang laki ng lamang ni Trump kay Biden, lampaso talaga ika nga at kaya nga ang ginawa ni Biden iniwan na lang ang magpresidente at ibigay na lang…