Two development projects funded by the Spanish government have been approved for implementation in Catanduanes through the Fundacion de Religiosos para la Salud (FRS) in partnership with Caritas Virac. This…
Month: February 2026
DOH Bicol intensifies call for voluntary blood donors
The Department of Health Bicol Center for Health Development is intensifying its call for voluntary blood donors in response to the growing demands for blood supply. In a press conference…
Man nabbed in Virac buy-bust was recently released from jail
The Virac resident arrested last week in a drug buy-bust operation recently served time in prison for a similar offense, the Tribune learned. Joebert Gianan Sorrera, 47, who was identified…
DILG reiterates ban on use of gov’t vehicles during weekends, holidays
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has reiterated the strict prohibition on the use of government-owned motor vehicles during Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, except when such use…
PSA Preliminary Birth Statistics 2025:
Seven out of ten babies born to unmarried parents
More than 70 percent of the 3,404 live births in the province of Catanduanes last year were born to mothers who were not married, the preliminary birth statistics released by…
Suspect leptospirosis cases on the rise due to flooding
While not a single case of leptospirosis has been confirmed in Catanduanes, the number of suspected cases has doubled to 16 last year, with three deaths attributed to its symptoms,…
2024 COA Annual Audit Reports:
Auditors flag university’s P37-M procurement of goods, supplies
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged a total of P37 million in the Catanduanes State University’s procurement of goods and supplies in 2024 for violation of the provisions of…
SP sidesteps gov’s bid for authority to enter into MOA for NGA projects
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has yet to grant Governor Patrick Alain T. Azanza’s request for authority to enter into separate Memoranda of Agreement with four national agencies for the implementation of…
Isabella A. Vargas:
Is Old Tech Cool Again?
We crave the obsolete, not the futuristic. Think wired earphones, point and shoot cameras, the digicam trend, physical books and magazines, dumb phones, film filters on photographs. These are pieces…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
DEVELOPMENT IN CHILD ABUSE CASES
In interpreting Section 5(b) of Republic Act No. 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, the bar and the bench had been relying on…