Recently, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sent out notices to municipal mayors that all boundary markers, particularly welcome arches straddling the national highway, would be demolished in…
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EDITORIAL:
A glimpse of the waste of COVID-19 funds
With this issue, the Catanduanes Tribune begins its regular feature of annual audit reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) of the transactions of the 11 municipalities and the province.…
Editorial:
Success and failure in LGUs’ campaign vs. COVID-19
Last July 7, 2021, the mayors of the 11 towns joined provincial officials in a virtual meeting with the top honchos of the Bicol Inter-Agency Task Force to discuss IATF…
Vaccination, like travel orders, can’t make anyone immune
No less than Governor Joseph Cua, the chairman of the Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force, expressed his personal opposition against Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs) being allowed to travel and enter…
CatSU and the fear of the unknown
Days before the public presentation of the three candidates for the presidency of the Catanduanes State University, some key officials expressed apprehension about the possibility of someone other than the…
Why are local health officials so secretive about COVID-19?
Just four days after four medical associations in Bicol appealed to DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano for help in upgrading the Quarantine Classification of the Bicol region to Enhanced Community Quarantine…
The search for the CatSU presidency
Nearly 10 months after former President Minerva I. Morales was “forced” to retire, the Catanduanes State University will likely have its second president before the end of the week. Morales,…
EDITORIAL:
Stricter border controls against COVID-19 are useless if…
In the wake of the nearly 8,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded daily in the country, governors in the Bicol region have ordered stricter border controls targeting travelers from Metro Manila…
EDITORIAL:
The island’s stinking solid waste problem
For decades now, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been threatening to close illegally-operating open dumpsites in Catanduanes. On Sunday, March 21, 2021, a team from the…
EDITORIAL:
Vaccine or not, fighting COVID-19 is everyone’s duty
Seven days into March, the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province of Catanduanes has now reached 18, surpassing the tally for February 2021. This week brought the fourth…