According to the United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navitation (or ATONs), like the red-and-green lighted buoys in Cabugao Bay that now mark the passage in and out of Virac…
Category: Editorial
Local health officials and the secrets they keep
For sure, the Catanduanes Tribune regretted making that mistake of reporting that there are already Delta variant COVID-19 cases in the province.That is why it immediately issued a correction, and…
Most LGUs fail to implement minimum health protocols
Coronavirus cases in Catanduanes topped the thousand mark last Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, a day after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units to…
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Of trusting too much and being true to one’s word
“If it is too good to be true….it is probably a fraud.” For victims who have lost thousands of their hard-earned money to operators of the cryptocurrency trading scam, the…
A dire message from the UN’s Climate Change panel
A day after the heat index in Virac reached a high of over 52 degrees after days of no or little rain, the population heaved a collective sigh of relief…
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Unsolved killings sowing fear on the island
Last week, a concerned citizen reached out to the Tribune to express the fear being felt by many Catandunganons uneasy over the recent shooting incidents that have gone unsolved. “Katatakot…
Will ARTA’s campaign against “epal” public officials work?
Recently, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sent out notices to municipal mayors that all boundary markers, particularly welcome arches straddling the national highway, would be demolished in…
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A glimpse of the waste of COVID-19 funds
With this issue, the Catanduanes Tribune begins its regular feature of annual audit reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) of the transactions of the 11 municipalities and the province.…
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Success and failure in LGUs’ campaign vs. COVID-19
Last July 7, 2021, the mayors of the 11 towns joined provincial officials in a virtual meeting with the top honchos of the Bicol Inter-Agency Task Force to discuss IATF…
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Stricter border controls against COVID-19 are useless if…
In the wake of the nearly 8,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded daily in the country, governors in the Bicol region have ordered stricter border controls targeting travelers from Metro Manila…