It is unfortunate for local officials seeking reelection this May 2025 that the Commission on Audit released its Annual Audit Reports for CY 2023 only this January 2025. Actually, copies…
Category: Editorial
Enhanced AKAP guidelines, 10-day poll ban not enough
Last Monday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development clearly established that the agencies involved in the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) are…
Is the Provincial ZOD Ordinance being implemented?
Pending confirmation through laboratory results, a typhoid fever outbreak has been declared in a rural barangay of Virac, with 15 of 21 probable cases considered “suspect.” The three hinterland villages…
The delayed release of the 2023 COA Annual Audit Reports becomes favorable to the electorate
Starting with this issue, the Tribune begins publishing the pertinent findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) in their review of the transactions and financial operations of local government units…
Why not realign AKAP to provide assistance to fishermen during bad weather?
As of Monday morning, one of the nine fishermen reported missing has been found in a state of decomposition on the shore of Palumbanes island in barangay Toytoy, Caramoran. Based…
The AKAP payouts: legalized vote-buying
Former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio used a quotation from the martyred American civil rights leader on actually cooperating with evil by not protesting against it in his well-shared diatribe…
Will the people see change in 2025?
and savings for what they need. Every kid of school age will be back at school in a few days and life at every home will be back to normal:…
AKAP’s P26 billion budget for the May 2025 elections
Last week, stung by accusations that politicians are using the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified that politicians, including candidates…
The worrying decline in Catanduanes’ agricultural output
Much is likely to be made about the island’s economy growing at a robust 7.6 percent in 2023, the highest among the six Bicol provinces, as far as the Philippine…
Catanduanes police’s reputation takes a huge hit
The past week saw the hyperactive leadership of Catanduanes Police Provincial Director PCol. Edward D. Quijano hold a shooting competition among police officers at Camp Francisco Camacho on Dec. 6,…