2024 COA Annual Audit Report:
Auditors flag lapses in Gigmoto LGU’s implementation of sanitary toilet project
An audit of a joint project by the Gigmoto local government and the Department of Health (DOH) covering the installation of 35 household sanitary toilets in six barangays were found…
March 2026 inflation rate at 3.0% due to higher fuel, transport costs
Transport costs, mainly due to the considerable increase in diesel and gasoline pump prices, pushed the March 2026 inflation rate in Catanduanes to a new high of 3.0 percent. This…
SISAY KITA? ni tataramon:
Twin Massacres in 16th Century Batalay, Part 1
In late April of this year, it will be 450th anniversary of the killing of Fray Diego de Herrera, OSA, and his companions in the hands of the natives of…
Public asked to conserve water:
Lack of rainfall cuts VIWAD water supply by nearly half
The Virac Water District is asking its more than 10,000 concessionaires to conserve water as lack of precipitation has reduced its production of potable water from three sources by nearly…
NON EXCUSAT | Atty. Rene John M. Velasco:
PHOTOCOPY AS EVIDENCE
In a case[1] decided by the Supreme Court on February 03, 2025, it was clarified that the 2019 Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC) modified the title of the Best…
Bryce McIntyre:
How to Choose the Right University in the Philippines
Aside from the esteemed Catanduanes State University right here in Virac, the Philippines has 1,975 colleges and universities, including 112 state universities and colleges — not to mention 121 local…
Sacerdos in Aeternum (a priest forever) | Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla:
The Love We Choose
The Gospel we heard on Palm Sunday confronts us with a scene filled with blood, violence, deceit, and death on a cross. At first glance, it appears to be a…
burabod | efren ETASOR sorra:
MAGABAT ANG CRUZ
T* – Kagurangnan, magabat! J+ – Tanganing magadan ka. T – Kagurangnan? J – Magadan ang pagka-makasadile: pagmauot ning sobrang yaman, kapangyarihan; kapaabaw-abawan kahambugan. T – Patawad, Maestro. J –…
Isip-Isipon Ta | qui Tang Tacio:
An kalbaryo nin mahabas na politico
Tinubuan na palan nin awot an paribot kan Home for the Elderly na tinogdok nin DPWH diyan sa Calatagan Tibang sa Virac. Awat na ining nahaman, kan sarong taon pa,…