NOTE: This article appeared in the Catanduanes Tribune five years ago. I am re-issuing it now here to commemorate Jose Rizal’s 164th birth anniversary. Let it be told again to…
Month: June 2025
Weekly Reflections:
10 Guides to a Fuller Life
Don’t Take Life Too Seriously Nobody gets out alive anyway—so laugh, and enjoy the ride. But live purposefully Mistakes Make Great Stories When life goes sideways, just think of…
Cybertrivia:
Funny military sayings
The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis. – From a post-war debriefing…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
Piritocracy sa DPWH Catanduanes
Kung nagpahayag na an matucaw na hade nin capitolyo na ipapasunod niya ang meritocracy sa pagpalaog nin tawo sa gobyerno provincial, iba man an estilo ni Cong Yoloyo y pag-iriba.…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
A small victory vs. dynamite fishing
Last week, officials of a coastal barangay in Virac last week turned over to the police a quantity of chemical mixture used by blast fishers in illegally catching fish. According…
Partisan politics could spell trouble ahead
As of last week, only two things were certain with regards to the June 30 turnover ceremony at the provincial government of Catanduanes: the program of activities and the presence…
Recidivist drug pusher nabbed in buy-bust op
A native of Virac who was once arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation was apprehended anew when he tried to sell the contraband to an undercover police officer last week.…
San Andres man wanted for rape arrested in Zamboanga Sibugay
A resident of San Andres town who has been accused of four counts of rape was apprehended last week in the Mindanao province of Zamboanga Sibugay, about 800 kilometers from…
Former NPA rebel receives free housing unit from NHA
A member of the New People’s Army in Catanduanes who surrendered to the government has been granted a housing unit to enable him and his family in starting a new…
Pacific Partnership 2025 completes disaster readiness training in Cat’nes
Over a hundred local emergency responders, reservists and rescue personnel from two government agencies in Catanduanes completed a series of disaster readiness trainings last week under the Pacific Partnership 2025…