Suspect in P2.2-M robbery arrested

Erwin Geromo Ralla was apprehended last July 1, 2020 after Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 43 Presiding Judge Lelu P. Contreras issued the warrant for his arrest under Criminal Case No. 7333, with bail recommended at P120,000.00.

Police nab 3 illegal fishers

At 4 P.M. of July 1, 2020, the seaborne patrol came upon Joven Fernandez Franco, 37, Jiar Teope Clavano, 32, and Erlie Velasquez Hallare, 34, all residents of the barangay, while engaged in illegal fishing in violation of Provincial Ordinance No. 008-2014.

Man found dead hanging from tree

The report identified the dead body as that of Romeo Evangelista Vitalicio, 52, a resident of Magsaysay.
According to the official report, Vitalicio engaged in a drinking spree at 10 A.M. that day with his friends who were identified as Andoy Bandola and Buroy Tulod.

PSA Catanduanes to conduct July 2020 LFS/APIS

The LFS is a nationwide quarterly survey of households that gathers data on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population.

Pandan kicks off Fiesta 2020 activities

Mayor Honesto Tabligan II told the Tribune that the fiesta activities began with a Holy Mass at the parish church last July 1, followed by the enrolment of Catanduanes State University (CatSU) students at the Senator Jose O. Vera Plaza until July 3.

64,411 already enrolled in public schools – DepEd

The total enrolment represents 77 percent of the 83,240 which enrolled for SY 2019-2020, DepEd Catanduanes’ information officer, Dr. Gina B. Pantino, said.

CSC: Pres. Morales didn’t resign from CatSU office

“…(I)t is the opinion of the undersigned that per Section 104 of the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointment and Other Human Resource Actions (revised in 2018), no complete and operative resignation took place during the last board meeting since the measures enumerated by the said section were not complied with,” Commissioner Dr. Aldrin A. Darilag stated in his June 29 letter to Morales.

Viga woman gets life term for Virac shabu buy-bust

Last week, Nikka “Mikay” Lopez Tojon, who is in her early 20s, was found guilty of the offense by Regional Trial Court Branch 42 Presiding Judge Lelu P. Contreras.

Fisherfolk warned vs. catching, selling crablets, ‘pregnant’ mangrove crabs

Under Fisheries Administrative Order No. 264 issued on Jan. 22, 2020, it shall be unlawful to catch, possess, transport, trade and sell mangrove crablets (langaw-langaw, kuto-kuto and “alien”) and mangrove crab juvenile, and mangrove crablets less than 12 centimeters in carapace width from the wild.
The same order covers gravid or female mangrove crabs which are considered pregnant or carrying eggs in cluster at its belly.

Alleged NPA rebel acquitted in 2005 killing of airport cops

In junking the charges against him, Regional Trial Court Branch 42 Presiding Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada said that the guilt of Jovelio “Joelle” de Quiroz Isuela as one of the four perpetrators in the gunning down of the airport policemen and the taking of their firearms was not proven beyond reasonable doubt.