On ensuring job security for LDRRMO personnel

With the provincial government’s inauguration of the warehouse and office building for use of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last June 1, 2023, the chances of survival…

Drug runners yield P375,000 worth of shabu at Tabaco port

If not for drug-sniffing dogs at Tabaco port, four suspected drug runners bringing P375,000.00 worth of shabu to unidentified personalities in Catanduanes might have slipped by authorities last week. In…

THE 905TH COAST GUARD AUXILIARY SQUADRON

Two Pandan fishermen defy gale warning, fail to return

Despite gale warnings issued by PAGASA for more than a week now, two Pandan fishermen apparently ignored the advisories and went out to sea on Jan. 24, 2023. They remain…

3rd fisherman found dead in Masbate; 6 more still missing

One of the seven fishermen still missing has been found at Monreal Town in Ticao Island, Masbate, leaving six more unaccounted for and feared dead. The Virac Municipal Disaster Risk…

Waiting for long-overdue change

Romeo Olino and Rene Subion, the two men who survived three days of being stranded in the middle of Maqueda Channel, are like the rest of the marginal fisherman in…

Work on Coast Guard base on Panay island to resume soon

It will be the Philippine Coast Guard who will proceed with the construction of its base at the site of the former US Long-Range Navigation (LORAN) Station on the northwestern…

LORAN ‘owners’ would have to go to court to press claim

With the LORAN lot already titled in the name of the Philippine Coast Guard, the heirs of the Villena family claiming the land would have to file suit with the…

Good news for Catandunganons and Panay residents

Last week brought good news not only to the province of Catanduanes but also to residents of Panay island, shared by Bagamanoc and Panganiban. It appears that the long-delayed construction…

10 new officers join 905th PCG Auxiliary Squadron

Ten men and women from various government workforces of Catanduanes were appointed to the service of the Philippine Coast guard Auxiliary (PCGA) as new officers of the 905th CGAS in…