Joint elements of three police units nabbed an unemployed resident of Virac in an anti-illegal drug operation last Wednesday. Sean Condrad Casamayor Vargas, 22, a resident of barangay Lanao, was…
Month: June 2025
Eight entrepreneurs finish business mentoring course
The year’s first batch of local entrepreneurs successfully completed a business mentoring course under the Kapatid Mentor Micro-Entrepreneurship (KMME)-Money Market Encounter (MME) program. Present during the blended graduation program last…
Tejereros of San Miguel wins search for Outstanding Abaca Farm Family
A farmer from barangay Patagan-Sta. Elena in San Miguel town and his family who have expanded their abaca farming into a diverse range of agricultural activities has won the honor…
OPEN LETTER TO ALL CATANDUNGANONS
What now, Catandunganons? Now that our 2025 midterm polls are over and the winners have been proclaimed, I would like to congratulate my kababayans for a generally peaceful election, the…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
AMAZING ROMANCE OUTING OF CHARO SANTOS AND DINGDONG DANTES
In the opening sequence of the latest film of director Irene Villamor, Teacher Betty (Charo Santos) is discussing Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot and how it was first received by…
Local maker forced to ‘import’ tiger grass from La Union:
Soft broom industry in trouble due to lack of gov’t assistance
The soft broom industry in Catanduanes is facing difficulties due to lack of government support and the effects of an increasingly hot climate, with Caramoran’s oldest existing “samhod” maker forced…