A buy-bust operation led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) resulted in the arrest of a Virac welder last Sunday afternoon and the confiscation of two sachets believed to…
Month: March 2025
LGU initiative helping preserve Catanduanes’ endemic wildlife
Last March 17, 2025, another critically endangered reptile was released back to the sea under an initiative of the provincial government to protect and preserve the island’s endemic wildlife. Started…
BSP extols advantages of polymer banknote series
Officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) briefed representatives of local bank branches, government offices, local government units and other sectors last week on the security features of the…
Capitol urges vaccination of pets as animal bite cases nearly double
The Provincial Rabies Prevention and Control Committee has called on the animal lovers to be responsible pet owners and have their pets vaccinated against rabies amidst increasing cases of animal…
8 small business owners join KMME-MME mentoring program
Eight local entrepreneurs, six of them women, started online business mentoring classes last week As the first batch of the 2025 Kapatid Mentor Micro-Entrepreneurship (KMME)-Money Market Encounter (MME) program. The…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
ROWENA ARRIETA SHINES IN PPO CONCERT
Rowena Arrieta, the only Filipino Laureate of the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition made a successful comeback as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra last Friday, March 14, under the baton of…
2023 Annual Audit Report:
Panganiban payments for infra projects BAC honoraria lacked documentation
Disbursements made by the Panganiban municipal government in 2023 for payments for contractors as well as the honoraria of Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) were not supported with complete documentation,…
Price of pork rises to P370 as meat dealers scramble for limited supply
With the African Swine Fever (ASF) decimating hog populations in backyard farms, the price of pork at the Virac public market rose by 26 percent to P380 per kilo in…
TINGNAN NATIN | Jex F. Lucero:
NASAAN ANG PERA NG PHILHEALTH? ILABAS N’YO NA
Hinuli ang dating Pangulo ng Pinas na si PRRD pero lumabas na ang ipinagbibintangan ng lahat ay ang pangulo ng kasalukuyang admin. Samantala sa ICC naman ay kanya-kanyang pagtuturuan kung…
Skookum Chuck::
DU30 as Viewed through the Overton Window
The nation watched in awe just days ago as former President Rodrigo Duterte was hustled near midnight onto a chartered Gulfstream G950 at Villamor Air Base in Manila and flown…