Last Saturday noon, Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian and his brother, Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian, arrived by private plane to turn over cash and goods to the provincial government…
Month: December 2025
On the use of drifted logs and uprooted trees
In 2000, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources sought to encourage maximum and wise utilization of forest resources and allowed the orderly recovery and disposition of retrievable wood materials…
Catanduanes PNP scores 98% in handgun marksmanship training
Those with criminal intent who wish to encounter members of the local police will have to think twice after the Catanduanes Police Provincial Office achieved an outstanding 98 percent passing…
SIV resident nabbed for selling shabu to lawman
Five days after a successful mission in Calatagan Proper, the Virac Municipal Police Station scored again in the campaign against illegal drugs, taking down a 25-year-old resident of San Isidro…
Virac laborer caught in shabu sting operation
A 33-year-old laborer from Buyo, Virac was arrested last week after selling a sachet of shabu to a police officer masquerading as a buyer, the Catanduanes Police Provincial Office reported.…
UST Biochem honor grad earns UK master’s degree in forensic science
A Virac resident who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry has earned her master’s degree in forensic…
Farmers’ daughter 9th in Nov. 2025 nurses’ exam
Starting the review with her goal topping the board exam, a daughter of a San Miguel farming family did just that last week: sharing 9th place in the 2025 Philippine…
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Evolution of the House of La Inmaculada of Virac, Part 2
NOTE: This two-part series is adapted from my essay “History of the House of La Inmaculada of Virac” that appeared in the coffee table book “The Cathedral of Virac, Harong…
SP asks DENR to grant moratorium on use of drifted logs, uprooted trees
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has requested the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to temporarily allow the recovery and utilization of drifted logs and uprooted trees left by super…
Fish, vegetables still expensive Two weeks after typhoon Uwan
Despite the price freeze in effect after the national disaster calamity declaration, the prices of fish and vegetables in the capital town’s public market increased sharply several days after super…