As if the controversies over the supposed relief of Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Danilo Despi and the alleged robbery-mauling of a school principal and his wife are not enough, comes…
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Vaccination issues
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has reportedly allotted P5 million to be taken from the unspent funds of the Balik Happy Island Program for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines. In a separate…
A general laxity in the campaign against COVID-19
A five-day stretch last week brought eight (8) new confirmed coronavirus cases in the province of Catanduanes, bringing the total to 155. A 37-year old female government employee from Bato,…
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Virac Public Market is set to reopen
Last Jan. 14, 2021, market vendors who were forced to relocate outside the 50-year old Virac public market building were assembled by the municipal government for an orientation on the…
A vaccine for stupid and illogical government policies?
Last January 11, 2021 during their 2nd regular session, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed Resolution No. 020-2021, co-sponsored by PBMs Lorenzo Templonuevo, Jr., Arnel Turado and Giovanni Balmadrid, earnestly requesting the…
How to ease doing business with local governments
For the first three weeks of the year, the municipal hall in Virac is crowded with people clutching folders or brown envelopes filled with documents. Most of them are either…