The Provincial Zero Open Defecation (ZOD) Ordinance launched last week by the provincial government imposes penalties on violators of the provisions to ensure compliance with the sanitary requirements for ZOD.…
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Finally, a choice for land transportation users
For years now, members of the public from Bato and San Andres who have been regularly traveling to the capital town have been taking tricycles and jeepneys for their daily…
No. 9 Prov’l Most Wanted person arrested in Tayabas City, Quezon
Five years after failing to attend the Regional Trial Court’s promulgation of its decision on a rape case, a Bagamanoc resident has been apprehended in Tayabas City, Quezon province last…
Soneja elected as president of Prov’l Federated PTA officers
The San Andres municipal federated Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) president, Raul S. Soneja, has been elected as president and board chairperson of the Provincial Federated PTA organization for School Year 2023-2024.…
FICELCO keeps spot as one of 64 “Green” electric cooperatives
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has classified the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) as among the 64 “Green” electric cooperatives for the 2nd quarter of 2023. In the Bicol…
SK prov’l federation elections set Nov. 24
Eleven (11) Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) municipal federation presidents are set to choose their provincial federation officials this Friday, Nov. 24 at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall in Virac. Department of…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
IT’S A BUSY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR FOR TENOR ARTHUR ESPIRITU
(Conclusion) To be sure, Espiritu isn’t the first one to make a big splash in Europe. Soprano Evelyn Mandac sang with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in one Salzburg festival…
Wage order mandates P30 increase:
P395 minimum wage for Bicol workers takes effect on Dec. 1
By Dec. 1, 2023, all private establishments in the Bicol region will have to pay their workers an extra P30 per day to comply with the new minimum wage order…
30 barangays now practicing Zero Open Defecation (ZOD), gets P10-k incentive
Governor Joseph Cua last week awarded a P10,000 cash incentive to each of the 30 barangays which are now practicing Zero Open Defecation (ZOD) as he expressed hope the province…
Move to provide better services to riding public:
LTFRB defends grant of provisional authority to Cat Island Express buses
Calling on local transport groups to embrace change, the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) last week justified its grant of provisional authority to bus operator Cat Island Express…