The Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development in Bicol warned the public against Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), a highly contagious viral disease primarily affecting children. The…
Month: August 2025
Catanduanes has highest rate of unemployment in RP at 8.1%
Eight thousand people in Catanduanes were out of work in 2024, with the island’s 8.1 percent unemployment rate the highest among the Philippines’ 82 provinces. This was reported last week…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LOLIT SOLIS
The showbiz news last July 3 was when Maria Lolita Arguelles “Lolit” Solis passed away at age 78. But surviving daughters say she was really 80 and was born in…
Unusual sea current in Soboc is “normal high tide occurrence”
The unusually strong sea current recorded by netizens in Soboc, Viga last Wednesday evening, about 12 hours after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that triggered a tsunami, was attributed by local disaster…
RC deck girder breaks into three pieces:
Doubts raised on quality of DPWH bridge construction
Serious doubts have been raised by engineers over the quality of the bridge being constructed along the Virac boulevard last week after one of its 27 reinforced concrete deck girders…