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…

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…

CA junks ‘22 conviction of Bagamanoc man caught with loaded gun, grenade

The Court of Appeals has reversed a 2022 joint decision of the Regional Trial Court convicting a Bagamanoc resident for illegal possession of a loaded handgun, ammunition and a rifle…

Over ‘signature’ role in P62-M Misamis Occidental PDAF scam:

Virac ex-mayor gets 73 to 127 years in jail, to pay gov’t P33-M

Former Virac Mayor Flerida Antonio-Alberto is expected to either file a motion for reconsideration with the Sandiganbayan or an appeal with the Supreme Court after her conviction last week on…

Mainland hogs landed at Caramoran barangay without inspection?:

ASF spread feared if LGUs fail to implement border controls

African Swine Fever (ASF) could spread anew in the province of Catanduanes and decimate the swine population if the 11 towns fail to strictly implement border controls against the entry…

NPC sees completion of transmission line in Catanduanes grid in four years

The two remaining transmission line sections of the Catanduanes island grid will be completed within four to six years to provide very stable power to consumers, the National Power Corporation…

DILG wants mandatory drug testing for LGU civil servants, job applicants

Mandatory drug testing could be implemented soon for all officials and employees of local government units, as well as job applicants, as part of the guidelines on the Drug-Free Workplace…

Black propaganda alarms Capitol:

DOJ, PNP cybercrime units asked to probe anti-Chinese messages

The provincial government of Catanduanes has officially requested the cybercrime units of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to conduct a thorough investigation into messages…