The police said Brian Vicente, 21, a resident of Calatagan, was hacked by Joseph Ian Torrente, 20, also a construction worker and resident of the same barangay, at 5:30 P.M. of April 5, 2020 at their barracks in San Roque.
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Woman yields 9 sachets of shabu in buy-bust op
Norlina Aiza Mercado Chio, a resident of San Pablo, Virac, was placed under arrest by undercover police officers after handing over a small sachet of shabu to a poseur-buyer at 10:10 A.M. of April 8, 2020 in the barangay.
Provinces, towns ordered to put up COVID-19 isolation facilities
The Catanduanes provincial government, however, has already jumped the gun on the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular No. 2020-064 issued March 29, 2020 by Secretary Eduardo M. Año.
SP approves CDC wish list, deletes Info-Comm budget
In its regular session last April 6, the provincial board headed by Acting Vice Governor Lorenzo T. Templonuevo Jr. voted for the supplemental AIP but had to exclude the P318,000.00 funding set aside for use of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) and the Philippine Broadcasting Services-Radyo Pilipinas Catanduanes (PBS-RPC) following a privilege speech on the matter by Provincial Board Member Edwin T. Tanael.
PPA had guidelines for port cargo as early as March 17
According to documents furnished to the Tribune, separate directives issued by PPA General Manager Atty. Jay Daniel R. Santiago showed there was no reason for the PPA management in the island to deny the provincial government’s request to use the facilities at the ports of Virac and San Andres as quarantine area for arriving truck drivers and helpers.
64,000 households here to receive Capitol food subsidy soon
Acting Governor Shirley Abundo called for an emergency meeting with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) last Wednesday to discuss the breakdown of P12-million in the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund (DRRMF).
Authorities to charge 14 who sneaked into island
Acting Governor Shirley A. Abundo has reportedly given the green light to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to file appropriate charges against the quarantine violators.
Towns to distribute SAP benefits within 7 days from receipt of funds
Municipal councils met in special sessions last week to authorize their local chief executives to enter into the MOA as partners of the national government agencies in the expeditious delivery of the assistance.
DOH fast-tracking release of new ambulances to 5 RHUs, hospital
The ambulances were supposed to be issued by the DOH regional office on or before June 2020, according to Dr. Elva Joson of Virac RHU and Dr. Robert John Aquino of Viga RHU in response to a query from the Tribune.
Limited ECQ Pass to further restrict movement of people
In an urgent meeting called by Mayor Sinforoso Sarmiento Jr., barangay captains from the 63 barangays, together with representatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) agreed to the proposal of Virac police chief Maj. Bon Billy Timuat to issue a limited number of quarantine passes per barangay.