Last July 30, 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the preliminary results of the 2024 Labor Market Statistics for Catanduanes, which posted the highest unemployment rate among 81 provinces…
Category: Editorial
The very least PBBM can do with DPWH
Included in the list of 15 contractors which got 20% of the total P545 billion budget for flood control projects that President Ferdinand ”Bongbong” Marcos Jr. disclosed on Monday are…
Time to take action against corruption in public works
Photos of the broken reinforced concrete deck girder at the ongoing Virac boulevard bridge in San Vicente should not just earn angry comments from netizens on social media. The incident…
Hope for islanders at risk of having cancer
A recent visit of specialists from the Bicol Regional Hospital and Medical Center (BRHMC) gives hope for Catandunganons who have high risk of developing cancer. Together with officials of the…
Joseph Cua is Chinese, Peter Cua is Filipino?
For over a decade now, the Cua family has been the target of several cases questioning their citizenship, particularly that of businessmen-turned-politicians Joseph and Peter. In 2012, his rivals filed…
JO ‘massacre,’ new alliances normal in Catanduanes politics
To the victor belong the spoils, said New York Sen. William L. Marcy in 1831, when he pointed out that there was nothing wrong with a new United States administration…
A new era in Catanduanes politics?
In a social media post that said much more than his acceptance message during the June 30, 2025 turnover ceremony, Governor Patrick Alain T. Azanza declared the island province now…
The icy prospects of a modular cold storage facility
Abaca and rice farmers must be applauding the governor-elect for meeting with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel and reportedly securing his commitment for support for Catanduanes farmers and fisherfolk. Among…
Partisan politics could spell trouble ahead
As of last week, only two things were certain with regards to the June 30 turnover ceremony at the provincial government of Catanduanes: the program of activities and the presence…
Dr. Azanza’s call for unity and patience
In his first public address since winning the gubernatorial elections, Dr. Patrick Alain T. Azanza laid out what he plans to do in the next three years as chief executive…