Monsoons play an outsized role in world literature – notably in E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel “A Passage to India’. There, the Indian monsoon is a metaphor for the cultural divide…
Month: January 2025
Catanduanes police remembers heroic sacrifice of SAF 44, PCInsp. Max Jim Tria
The officers and men of the Catanduanes Police Provincial Office last week joined the family of the late Chief Inspector Max Jim Ramirez Tria, the SAF 44’s “Last Man Standing,”…
San Miguel tricycle driver faces shabu sale, possession cases
Criminal charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 have been filed against a tricycle driver from San Miguel town who was caught…
VAWC, Gender-Based Violence victims train on fish processing
Armed with newly acquired skills and provided with livelihood start-up kits, 20 victims of Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) have a good chance of becoming financially…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
REMEMBERING SAN PEDRO AND LEVI CELERIO
Some national treasures come to mind in the second month of the year. National Artist for Music Lucio San Pedro was born February 11, 1913. Moreover, fortuitous circumstances connived to…
2023 Annual Audit Reports:
LGUs urged: impose sanctions on personnel with unliquidated CAs
Seven local government units were found to still have unliquidated cash advances as of the end of calendar year 2023, the Commission on Audit’s audit reports for Catanduanes towns stated.…
Drinking water contaminated by feces:
Suspected typhoid outbreak in Virac sickens 21 residents
At least 21 residents of barangay Buyo in the capital town of Virac have been brought to local hospitals due to a suspected typhoid outbreak linked to drinking water contaminated…
TINGNAN NATIN | Jex F. Lucero:
MAY BUWAYA SA BATO RIVER
May nahuli na namang malaking buwaya sa parteng Tawi-Tawi at medyo ito kay Lolong, ang naunang malaking buwayang na nahuli noon.Pero sinamang-palad ito at pumanaw na. Pero may pumalit na…