More than a million pesos in property were destroyed in two separate fires that occurred in the capital town of Virac last week. The first blaze was reported to the…
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Motorcycle rams parked tricycle
A resident of San Andres was seriously injured when he rammed his motorcycle into a parked tricycle along the national road in barangay Timbaan last Oct. 15, 2022. According to…
FICELCO jeep in fatal accident was avoiding motorcycle – report
The owner-type jeep of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) that figured in a fatal accident last week was avoiding a motorcycle in its path when the mishap occurred.…
Student, 18, dies in head-on collision of two motorcycles
Six persons have now lost their lives in a spate of vehicular accidents since May 12, 2022, with an 18-year-old student from Baras the latest fatality following a head-on collision…
2 killed as gov’t pickup goes off road
A pickup truck owned by the provincial government caused two deaths in San Andres town last Sunday when the vehicle strayed off the national highway and hit two kids on…
Jobless man drowns in Bato river
A man who didn’t know how to swim drowned in Bato river last Friday afternoon while crossing the river on board a wooden banca. In its report, the Bato police…
Drivers drunk or asleep at the wheel cause 3 road accidents
Three vehicular accidents in Virac and Bato were blamed on drivers who were either driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or fell asleep at the wheel. In Bato town…
12 workers of PLDT contractor injured in Caramoran accident
A boom truck loaded with concrete posts slid off the road in a curved portion of the national highway in Caramoran last week, causing injuries to 12 workers of a…
Car goes wild, hits 5 vehicles on busy road
Four persons sustained injuries last week when a newly-repaired van went wild and struck another car, three tricycles and a motorcycle in a busy avenue in Virac Wednesday last week.…
Two fishermen drown off Balite
A tricycle driver and his fisherman brother both drowned in chest-deep waters while catching fish in the coral reef off barangay Balite in Virac last Friday. According to the report…