The province of Catanduanes, along with four other Bicol provinces, missed out on the chance to get a share of the Quick Response Fund (QRF) of the Department of Public…
Category: Opinion
Lessons from Rolly and Task Force Kapatid
From the 80 percent originally targeted by the Department of Energy for the restoration of electricity in the province of Catanduanes, the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) has now…
Gumod-gumod na daeng halaga
Mas halangkaw na posisyon an target ni Senador Pacquiao sa 2022. Iyo ini an minaluwas sa isip nin mga tawo pakatapos na manaltag an saiyang mga alipores ni tig-sanribong magisip…
The strange history of M/V Amazing Grace
Why the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, made such a big fuss over the arrival of the country’s first and only humanitarian vessel, the motor vessel Amazing…
Post-typhoon business rivalries and politics
Last Monday morning, a chartered flight of Air Asia landed at Virac airport to deliver relief goods for three barangays in Virac. As to be expected, its spokesperson, reporter-turned-pilot Steve…
Daeng camogtacan na viaje
Sayang an viaje ni Senador Francis Tolentino kan nacaaguing semana para cotana makidumamay sa mga binagyuhan sa Isla Maogma. Segun sa mga nacaisi, an senador na nanobri pa nin eroplano…
Christmas, and the run-up to 2022, is just a few weeks away
Christmas Day is just 23 days away. Majority of the island’s population may not have enough to cheer themselves up on what is supposed to be a day of joyous…
How long is temporary?
Baging pinarid na kan duwang bagyong uminagi an isyu sa food poisoning na ikinaospital nin sobrang sanggatos katawong nakidapit sa defuntong ama ni Gob Boboy Cua. Maguiromdoman na nangyari an…
A question for supporters of privatization
The twice-weekly flights of Cebu Pacific Airways, using the ATR jetprop, will reportedly resume on Dec. 2, 2020, instead of Nov. 30 as it is the last day of the…
The logistics (and politics) of relief distribution
In the past weeks since three typhoons successively brought destruction and disrupted the lives of people in the Happy Island, Facebook comments on posts regarding the disaster response of the…