The Sangguniang Bayan of Virac will press ahead with its investigation of alleged irregularities in the payout of the P5,000 cash relief assistance for tricycle drivers, including claims that the…
Month: April 2026
New National Lifeline Subsidy Program:
6,000 indigent households now enjoying free electricity
Nearly 6,000 indigent households with consumption of 50 kilowatt-hours or less are enjoying 100 percent free electricity, thanks to the New National Lifeline Subsidy Program being implemented by the national…
NPC refuses to commit on resuming operations here
The National Power Corporation has not categorically agreed to an official request that it resume operations in Catanduanes until a new power supplier of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc.…
Despite DOE assurance:
Brownouts could still occur due to expiring EPSA, other issues
Despite the Department of Energy’s assurance of continued delivery of fuel for the diesel generators of Sunwest Water & Electric Co., fears remain that rotating brownouts could still occur by…
Bryce McIntyre:
Nets, Numbers, and the Nation: The State of Philippine Fisheries
The sea is the Philippines’ pantry. For a nation of more than 7,600 islands stretching across 2.2 million square kilometers of Pacific Ocean, fishing is not merely a livelihood —…
Sacerdos in Aeternum (a priest forever) | Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla:
The Way
“Lord, you will show us the path of life.” This cry from the Psalm is not only a prayer. It is the echo of every restless heart searching for direction…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
P100 million na barangaon sa Batalay DEO
Igua palan daang nag-abot na cien milyones na fondo sa Batalay District Engineering Office diyan sa San Isidro Village, Virac. Ini daa hari sa Calamity Fund kan DPWH y para…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
Island’s campus journalists in rare feat
Congratulations to the Catanduanes campus journalists for a successful campaign in the 2026 National Press Conference held in Ormoc City, Leyte recently. The delegation led by Dr. Gina Bonifacio-Pantino, Education…
What is FICELCO doing with the expiring EPSA?
In exactly 23 days from today, April 22, 2026, the Emergency Power Supply Agreement (EPSA) between FICELCO and SUWECO expires. And the agreement’s expiration without a new EPSA in sight…
SISAY KITA? ni tataramon:
Twin Massacres in 16th Century Batalay, Part 2
What may be called the Batalay saga of 1576 was a most dramatic event at the start of the Spanish regime in Catanduanes. It was composed of two mass killings…