Month: January 2025
Bryce McIntyre:
Changing Rainfall Patterns Call for Adjustments to Rice Farming Practices
Last year was the warmest since the Last Interglacial Period 125,000 years ago, when sea levels were 6 to 9 meters higher than they are today. One can only speculate…
DOST jumpstarts Virac’s transformation into a smart and sustainable community
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) last week turned over P1 million to the local government unit of Virac as it makes its first steps toward transforming the town…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
REMEMBERING A FORMIDABLE ILONGGO TENOR
This month is the 7th death anniversary of Ilonggo tenor Otoniel Gonzaga. He died in a Vienna hospital January 14. 2018. Tenor Arthur Espiritu, who received three standing ovations in…
OGCC: Capitol’s franchise tax on water districts “excessive, unjust”
The Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) has described as “excessive, illegal and unjust” a provision of the Revenue Code of the province of Catanduanes that imposed franchise tax…
MAOs want assurance on payment for hogs ‘depopulated’ due to ASF
With the provincial task force formally declaring an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Catanduanes, municipal agriculture officers last week said they want an assurance that hog farmers would be…
2023 Annual Audit Reports:
COA questions LGUs’ purchase of airline tickets from travel agencies
(1st of a series) Following adverse findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) on their 2023 transactions, local government units are now including the acquisition of airline tickets directly…
TINGNAN NATIN | Jex F. Lucero:
ANG HINDI PA SENADOR NANLOLOKO NA
Mga kandidato ko na hindi mga magnanakaw: congressman SAMMY LAYNES, governor PETER “BOSS TE” CUA, vice governor OBET FERNANDEZ, pbm FRED BENEDICT GIANAN, kagawad virac FRED GIANAN, mayor virac JOSEPH…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
PEPE AROUND THE WORLD
Last week, our discussion ended with the Pepe and Leonor’s sorrowful and tragic love story. Without a doubt, our national hero truly and wholeheartedly loved Leonor. She could have been…
Sacerdos in Aeternum (a priest forever) | Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla:
The Baptism of Jesus
The Baptism of Jesus is the most authoritative and indisputable epiphany as far as it is God the Father, himself, who vouches for and authenticates the identity of this Jesus…