A Thanksgiving Mass at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral at 5:30 AM will kick off the provincial government’s celebration of the 9th Abaca Festival on May 26-30, 2025. This will be…
Month: May 2025
Did 11,880 undervotes determine gubernatorial race?
In the wake of the razor-thin victory of former Catanduanes State University president Dr. Patrick Alain Azanza over Vice Governor Peter Cua in the gubernatorial race, a recent social media…
Over 2,000 vacancies up for grabs at 9th Abaca Festival Job Fair on May 26
The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the Provincial Government of Catanduanes is pulling out all the stops for the “2025 Abaca Festival Trabaho Para sa Catandungueño Job Fair,” set…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
RICKY DAVAO, 63
Ricky Davao passed away first of May, just three weeks before he would have turned 64 on May 30. On the day he moved on, he was surrounded by…
DOLE ‘seizes’ FICELCO accounts to satisfy P7.7-M due in labor case
Three bank accounts of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) have been garnished or seized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in order to pay the benefits…
Barangay captains not as successful:
Majority of incumbent PBMs, councilors win another term
A clear majority of incumbent local officials won in the recent May 12, 2025 local elections, with the results not favoring barangay captains who aspired for higher posts. All seven…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
DEFAMATION
Defamation, which includes libel and slander, means the offense of injuring a person’s character, fame or reputation through false and malicious statements. It is that which tends to injure reputation…
Sacerdos in Aeternum (a priest forever) | Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla:
Mothers’ Day
I have not written anything about this important occasion, Mothers’ Day, in my past articles eversince I started writing. I did not want to write about it because my own…
Bryce McIntyre:
Are We Happy Yet?
Thank you for visiting Catanduanes Island. In order to serve you better in the future, please answer the following questions: On a scale of 1 to 5, how happy…