Compared to the previous week when only five new COVID-19 cases were reported, the number of new cases from Dec. 5-11, 2021 actually increased by nearly half. Of the nine…
Category: Editorial
The local media and the criminal justice system
Last Dec. 2, 2021, through email and personal delivery, the Catanduanes Tribune received a letter addressed to the publisher-editor from Provincial Prosecutor Mary Jane L. Zantua. As the letter could…
The 2022 New-Normal election campaign
As expected by many, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Commission on Elections to approve guidelines for the May 9, 2022 elections that reflected the new normal. Resolution No. 10732 does…
Let us thank the Almighty this season of giving….
With gatherings now allowed in households with the presence of people beside family members, the celebration of Christmas is expected to be much more joyous and meaningful than the previous…
Catanduanes just out of the top 10 areas at high risk from COVID-19
In a recent meeting with the National Task Force (NTF), the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año…
Why are some LGUs relaxing the MECQ guidelines?
The word “omnibus” is derived from Latin and means “to, for, by, with or from everything.” Among its many synonyms are “complete,” “comprehensive,” and “universal.”Precisely, the Omnibus Guidelines on the…
Facts and the public’s trust in government
A week after a concerned citizen asked the Tribune to call the attention of authorities to the face-fo-face seminars and trainings for teachers being conducted by DepEd Catanduanes, 10 teachers…
No “zero risk” from COVID-19 in any kind of public gathering
While many people, particularly those religiously following the minimum health protocols, have welcomed the move of the Virac IATF to re-impose a curfew and implement a liquor ban in the…
Women as active leaders in politics
By the end of the period allotted for the filing of Certificates of Candidacies (COCs), what the Commission on Elections was holding for the people of Catanduanes was a mixed…
Who foots the bill for expanded contact tracing?
Two weeks ago, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año issued Memorandum Circular No. 2021-103, all provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, and barangay captains to strengthen and expand COVID-19 case finding and…