A group of electric cooperatives has filed an urgent plea for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reconsider its recent decision to give the National Power Corporation to implement a…
Month: October 2025
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
MORE ON PROTECTED WITNESS AND STATE WITNESS
In our last edition, we tackled some of the salient provisions of Republic Act No. 6981, otherwise, known as “Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act”. We discussed the distinction between…
Bryce McIntyre:
Democracy for Sale: Political Corruption in South and Southeast Asia
The nicest thing one can say about political corruption in the Philippines is that the nation does not stand alone: The Philippines has plenty of company in the corruption swamp.…
(When floods rise and hope seems drowned, faith lifts us to the Cross of Christ.):
Faith in the Floodwaters
When the apostles felt the heavy weight of following Jesus, they turned to Him with a simple but powerful prayer: “Lord, increase our faith.” This was not a prayer for…
burabod | efren ETASOR sorra:
YA ANO MAN!
ya ano kung nagrapanak bastang nakabuhat; ya ano kung nabilho nakabutbut man sa tuho; ya ano kung nakatapuk masarig man pakatindog; ya ano kung nahulog nakanuod baga…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
Dagdagan an servicio sa aeropuerto
Cincuenta pesos na palan an bayad kan cada vehiculo o carruaje na makiparada diyan sa laog kan aeropuerto nin Virac kung mahatod o matagpo nin pasahero. Gabos daa dapat magbayad,…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
Atty. Tamayo seeks ouster of two PBMs
Atty. Ramil Joselito Tamayo, whose appointment by Gov. Patrick Alain Azanza as Attorney IV was rejected by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and recently rehired as job-order Community Affairs Officer, has filed…
No room for finger-pointing in the first 100 days
This October 8, 2025 marks the 100th day of the local chief executives who assumed office at noon of June 30, particularly the new governors and mayors. Reports will most…
Marijuana found by tanod near Virac beach
A barangay captain of a coastal village last week turned over a small cylinder containing suspected marijuana to the Virac municipal police station. In a report, police chief Maj. Kenneth…