Residential consumers would have to pay as much as P20 per kilowatt-hour for electricity under the Emergency Power Supply Agreement (EPSA) being considered to avoid rotational brownouts in the Catanduanes…
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Final slates almost done except for some key posts:
Some bets seen to delay filing of CoCs until last hour of deadline
Some aspirants for key posts in the May 2025 local elections in the province of Catanduanes are expected to wait until the last hour of the Oct. 8, 2024 deadline…
Two other civil servants from island are regional winners:
School janitor wins 2024 Dangal ng Bayan award for public service
For his exemplary performance and public service over the last three years, a janitor from Cabcab Central Elementary School was among the 28 individuals and groups given recognition by President…
Irregularities noted in P55-M contract for 920-meter new road:
SP seeks probe of overpriced DPWH road project in Sicmil
In response to an issue raised at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Governor Joseph C. Cua has reportedly called for an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the design and construction of…
Political parties to select ‘25 official candidates next month
Political parties in Catanduanes will have to look not only at the winnability factor when they select their official candidates in the 2025 local elections this September but also the…
Breach blamed on ransomware:
Hackers steal data of CatSU employees, firms
Business establishments transacting business with the Catanduanes State University were surprised to learn last week that their data had been exposed in an attack by unidentified hackers on the university’s…
Slightly higher salary increase for SG 10-12:
4% pay hike being prepared for gov’t workers under 1st tranche
Pending the issuance of a budget circular, concerned local officials in Catanduanes are already preparing the release of the 1st tranche of the salary increase of government works announced recently…
Caretaker gets two life terms for drug possession:
Makati RTC acquits Atty. Isidoro in mega shabu lab conspirary rap
Seven years after the discovery of the so-called “mega” shabu laboratory at Palta Small, Virac, the Makati City Regional Trial Court has acquitted a former official of the National Bureau…
PCG’s radar station in Pandan is 1st in RP’s eastern seaboard
Not only is the radar station inaugurated in Hiyop, Pandan last Friday the first-ever Coast Guard radar facility in the Bicol region but it is also the first along the…
New gymnasium site will violate law vs. obstruction of power lines
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will run afoul of Republic Act 11361, or the “Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act,” should it proceed with the construction of the…