Last Monday morning, Governor Patrick Alain T. Azanza reiterated his administration’s strong stand against mining in the province of Catanduanes during the commemorative program for its 81sth founding anniversary. He…
Category: Editorial
Taking advantage of loopholes
In an editorial in 2023, the Tribune opined that for the Church and its army of environmentalists zealously guarding the Bicol region’s largest remaining forest reserve, the fight against mining…
FICELCO’s unresolved issues at ERC, NEA
The First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO), with its P18/kilowatt-hour rate the highest in the country, is navigating uncertain waters. Just last Oct. 5, 2026, the Sangguniang Bayan of Bato…
Governor Azanza is no lame duck
“I’m only here for three years. I don’t desire to be re-elected as governor because God gave me three years. And for me, I will only look at the three…
Happy days of dredging are here again
Sometime in 2001 at the start of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s nine years in Malacanang, somebody in the Department of Public Works and Highways had the bright idea of allocating…
Water, water nowhere and not a drop from the sky
With drought affecting Catanduanes and two other Bicol provinces for the third straight month, there are now calls on social media for local government units to start rationing potable water.…
The ASF virus never really left the island
One of the semi-commercial hog raisers whose animals tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF) has said he would cease operation at the farm for now, pending the commercial availability…
A long way to go for DNA testing in the country
Last week’s Trainer’s Training on Basic Child Protection, sponsored by the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Catanduanes, is a welcome development in the light of increasing cases of sex-related…
Can travelers expect change at PPA’s Tabaco Port?
Those who saw the photos in the social media post of Acting Vice Governor Fred Benedict T. Gianan regarding the pitiful conditions of passengers at Tabaco Port in the early…
The Bato election controversy is not over
Despite the favorable decision of the Regional Trial Court on the election protest that gave Princess Vanessa Rodriguez a one-vote victory, the legal battle over who really won the May…