Three abaca strippers, including two residents of Baras, were caught by authorities while in the act of cutting an “atipolo” tree using a chainsaw in barangay Cagraray, Bato last Friday.…
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Janna Marie Pineda:
Bagong Pilipinas scholarship offered for top incoming college students
QUEZON CITY (PIA) — Christine Buela, a 17-year-old graduating senior high school student, expressed a renewed sense of hope upon learning about the government’s Bagong Pilipinas Merit Scholarship Program, a …
PSA conducting Nat’l ID registration, issuance in all towns until March 25
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Catanduanes continues to expand access to the National Identification System as it rolls out a series of National ID registration and issuance activities across the…
DILG issues guidelines on Dead and Missing Persons (MDM) operations
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently issued guidelines on the Management of the Dead and Missing (MDM) operations in the field to address significant issues and…
PCol. Sola is OIC of Catanduanes police pending designation of PD
Lt. Col. Dario P. Sola, the current Deputy Provincial Director for Administration, has been designated as officer-in-charge of the PNP provincial office in addition to his other duties and responsibilities…
2024 COA Annual Audit Report:
Bagamanoc failed to utilize P7-M in fund transfers from gov’t agencies
In 2024, the municipal government of Bagamanoc failed to fully utilize over P7 million worth of fund transfers from national government agencies intended for various projects, programs and activities, the…
PSA Preliminary Marriage Statistics:
May is the “marry-est” month of 2025 for Catandunganons
Majority of the marriages recorded in 2025 occurred in the month of May, not June, according to the Preliminary Marriage Statistics for Catanduanes released by the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA)…
1,824 poor families receive food baskets under DSWD’s Walang Gutom Program
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started distributing food baskets worth P3,000.00 to 1,824 poor families in Catanduanes who have been identified as beneficiaries of the Walang…
For various development projects:
7 towns, 12 barangays here gets P256-M in LGSF funds
Nineteen (19) disadvantaged municipalities and barangays in Catanduanes will receive a total of P256 million from the Local Government Support Fund-Growth Equity Fund (LGSF-GEF) for the implementation of various development…
Spanish foundation FRS partners with Caritas on livelihood, resilience projects
Two development projects funded by the Spanish government have been approved for implementation in Catanduanes through the Fundacion de Religiosos para la Salud (FRS) in partnership with Caritas Virac. This…