For decades now, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been threatening to close illegally-operating open dumpsites in Catanduanes. On Sunday, March 21, 2021, a team from the…
Category: Editorial
EDITORIAL:
Vaccine or not, fighting COVID-19 is everyone’s duty
Seven days into March, the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province of Catanduanes has now reached 18, surpassing the tally for February 2021. This week brought the fourth…
EDITORIAL:
The Tribune through 40 years of serving the public
“To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature…
Hard questions on DepEd’s P28-million feeding program
Two developments disturbed the public mood recently, with one of them generating enough buzz for the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s resident prober of official misdeeds, PBM Edwin Tanael. The other is the…
Lack of relevant data hindering decisions on ASF
Provincial veterinarian Dr. Jane C. Rubio has a valid point in recommending the lifting of the temporary ban on the entry of pork and pork products into the province, as…
On Devolution 2.0 as aid to reelection
While the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Catanduanes Chapter welcomes with pleasure the impending implementation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Mandanas case that would increase the…
Inside Page:
Cong. Sanchez and CatSU’s partially-restored funding
Last year, then newly-designated OIC Dr. Freddie Bernal was dismayed to learn that the 2021 budget of the Catanduanes State University came up to only PP495.858 million, down by nearly…
DepEd Catanduanes comes under the SP spotlight
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…
Inside Page:
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,…