With the onset of the rainy season, the Department of Health Bicol Center for Health Development (DOH Bicol CHD) has strongly advised the public to practice preventive measures against dengue…
Month: June 2025
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
PORTRAIT OF SHAMAINE CENTENERA-BUENCAMINO AS MOTHER CECILIA
She has logged fifty years in acting in various roles from theater to film and teleseryes and believe it or not, even ballet (as Giselle’s mother Berthe). One first saw…
Turnover rites, oathtaking set June 30 at the Capitol dome
All incoming elective officials of the provincial government of Catanduanes are expected to participate in the oathtaking and turnover ceremonies this June 30, 2025 at the Capitol dome, following last…
San Andres denies request for P1-M in wages of 85 JO workers
Officials of the San Andres municipal government have denied the request of former Mayor Leo Z. Mendoza that 85 job-order workers who were terminated last month be paid their wages…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
APOLINARIO MABINI
Unlike Apolinario Mabini contemporaries, Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo whose lives and heroism have been told and reiterated through several biopics, movies and short films, and that of…
Bryce McIntyre:
“Boil Some Bitter Gourd Leaves and Call Your Albularyo in the Morning”
In a rural Philippine province with limited access to health care, the local albularyo is a commonly accepted fallback position. An albularyo is an herbalist-slash-faith-healer in the Philippines, a nation…
Sacerdos in Aeternum (a priest forever) | Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla:
Pentecost: Gifted to Give
Last Sunday, in the Pentecost event, the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples and transformed them in the most remarkable way imaginable. It was so spectacular and magical that the…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
Bawal na an mga Dayanara Torres y Marites
Bako palan na sarabay an pagpasumpa kan mga ganador sa nakaaguing eleksyon.’ Naenot na an elegidong gobernador na si Doc Pat na nagsumpa sa atubangan kan capitan nin Tucao, an…