Coming all the way from the heart of Bicolandia, Sining Banwa Albay Performance Collective, Inc. (SB) joined hands with local literary group SurTe in providing relief assistance to typhoon victims…
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Red Cross’ M/V Amazing Grace makes first voyage, brings aid
The country’s first and only humanitarian vessel, the M/V Amazing Grace, finally docked at the shore of barangay Cabcab in San Andres town last Sunday, bringing vehicles for the local…
Virac man caught in police drug sting
Personnel from three police units arrested a jobless man from Virac who tried to sell a sachet of shabu to an undercover cop and then yielded nine more sachets in…
Nepotism raps filed vs. Caramoran mayor, councilor
Two residents of Caramoran have filed administrative complaints against their local chief executive and a member of Sangguniang Bayan over the promotion of a close relative in violation of existing…
Man who killed wife, hurt 2 kids was “mentally-ill”
IT WAS NOT A BOLO, but a slender “bahi” or wooden stick that the suspect in Sunday evening’s incident used to pummel his wife and two children inside their home…
Man sentenced to life in jail without parole for raping his daughter twice
A resident of Viga town has been meted the penalty of reclusion perpetua without possibility of parole after being found guilty of raping his own daughter in 2014 and 2015.…
Complaint filed vs. Pandan mayor for abuse of authority, illegal acts
A number of residents of Pandan town, including political opponents and Pandanons living overseas, have filed a complaint before the Ombudsman against Mayor Honesto C. Tabligan II for alleged abuse…
The 2019 COA Reports:
Limit sought on “uncontrolled” hiring of Job Order workers in Virac LGU
The Commission on Audit has recommended to the municipal government of Virac the formulation and adoption of written guidelines and policies in what it described as the “uncontrolled” hiring of…
Virac SB to ask DILG on status of “absentee” councilor’s seat
No less than the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Bayan of Virac has sponsored a resolution recommending to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) the declaration of…
LMP to meet with Gov. Cua on mayors’ typhoon relief concerns
Governor Joseph C. Cua has reportedly agreed to attend a forthcoming meeting of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Catanduanes Chapter to discuss the recent concerns of some…