The premier organization of islanders abroad, the Catanduanes International Association, Inc. (CIA), celebrated its 34th Anniversary and 12th Grand Reunion recently in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Held last May 3-4,…
Month: May 2025
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
APPPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT
On May 22, 2025, at least 33 members of the President’s Cabinet or also known as the executive department secretaries tendered their resignation while the others are still listed as…
Bryce McIntyre:
Grain of Wrath: The Bittersweet Chronicle of Golden Rice
On July 31, 2000, Time magazine, a hugely influential newsmagazine based in the United States with four international editions and a weekly circulation of 4.1 million, published a cover story…
Weekly Reflections:
WORDS FOR THE UNWISE VOTER
“A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.” ― Theodore Roosevelt “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to…
Cybertrivia:
Food on Menus in China
Plaster with Coconut Juice Strange Flavor Noodles Spiced Salt Blows Up Pig Hand The Black Fryings the Breeze Ball Health Demolition Tofu Recipe Husband and…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
Igua daw nin laog an ibaton na hikot?
Pito palan na mga derotadong candidato an naghagad ning manomanong pagbilang kan mga balota kan nacaaguing eleksyon. Nasabotan ta man siguro kung ngata iyo ini an gustong mangyari ni Princess…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
Next CatSU president known by next week?
From dual citizen Bo Rodulfo comes this comment on the recent local elections in Catanduanes: “The political playbook that money and machinery as factors needed to win an election in…
The need to transform Catanduanes’ abaca industry
The celebration of the 9th Abaca Festival this week comes with a damper: abaca fiber production in the island has declined by 20 percent in the first quarter of 2025…
DILG to LGUs: Adopt cashless transactions for gov’t payments
In line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s push for digital transformation in government, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging all local government units (LGUs)…
CA affirms conviction of Baras man for rape of 5-year-old granddaughter
A resident of Baras, who was found guilty of statutory rape for sexually abusing his five-yea-old step granddaughter in 2021, lost his bid to overturn his conviction recently at the…