More than 60,000 member-consumer-owners of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) could enjoy a slight reduction in their power bills next year if the cooperative qualifies for exemption from…
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Catanduanes now a 2nd class province:
Ruling coalition bets favored in 2025 races for 10 SP seats
Last week’s announcement by the Commission on Elections increasing the number of Sangguniang Panlalawigan seats in the province of Catanduanes from the previous eight (8) to 10 is seen as…
PPA bidding of rehab project Dec. 19:
‘Growing’ passenger, cargo volume sets Virac port for P120-M upgrade
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will be spending P120 million next year for the upgrading of Virac port to enable the facility to cope with growing passenger and cargo volume.…
EAO scam with 10,000 investors masterminded by police officers?
If the complainants in the Easy Agent Operation (EAO) scam are to be believed, at least three ranking police officers in Catanduanes masterminded the pyramiding operation that unraveled last Nov.…
30 teams from 25 coops assisting in NEA-PhilRECA rehab effort:
FICELCO, Task Force Kapatid vow to restore power before Christmas
With 30 teams from 25 electric cooperatives around the country joining the Task Force Kapatid, the management of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) expressed hope that power supply…
After ‘disastrous’ result of Nov. 5 bidding:
DPWH cancels bidding of 23 projects in suspicious move
Just a day after an ‘unfavorable’ result in the bidding of seven projects, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Catanduanes District Engineering Office has cancelled the bidding of…
Minaabat project “grossly overpriced”:
Graft charges filed vs. DPWH director, contractor over Gigmoto road project
Four residents of Gigmoto have filed a complaint with the Ombudsman against the regional director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and a contractor over the allegedly…
“Kristine” toll: 5 dead, P872-M in damage to infra, agriculture
Landslides, flooding and a tornado brought by Tropical Storm “Kristine” led to the deaths of five people, destroyed 43 houses and caused over P872 million in damage to infrastructure and…
JPSCC: Catanduanes is now insurgency-free
On the same month that its people celebrate the province’s 79th foundation anniversary, Catanduanes has been declared free from the influence of communist insurgents by the Joint Peace and Security…
80 reelectionists lead 271 aspirants who filed CoCs for May 2025 polls
A total of 271 aspirants for 121 elective positions in Catanduanes have filed their Certificates of Candidacy for the May 2025 midterm elections, with just 14 percent of them women.…