Athletes who triumphed in last week’s Palarong Panlalawigan face the prospect of inadequate training for next year’s regional sports meet as only P6 million has been allocated by the provincial…
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Move to provide better services to riding public:
LTFRB defends grant of provisional authority to Cat Island Express buses
Calling on local transport groups to embrace change, the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) last week justified its grant of provisional authority to bus operator Cat Island Express…
EBMC gets P9.5-M in emergency funding for COVID-19 response
About P9.5 million in emergency funding will be provided to the Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) in the remaining months of this year to be spent for supplies and medicines…
Cong. Sanchez, power firms
take action vs. brownouts
In a meeting with Congressman Hector S. Sanchez last week, the three major players in the Catanduanes island grid have agreed to undertake moves intended to boost power reserves and…
Convicted drug pushers in cases in appeals court
Two residents of Virac who were convicted in 2019 for illegal drug offenses recently regained their freedom, thanks to the Court of Appeals’ reversing the judgment of the Regional Trial…
The 2020 COA Annual Audit Reports:
Panganiban bought dump trucks, MPV in midst of COVID pandemic
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Panganiban municipal government’s purchase of two dump trucks and a multi-purpose vehicle in 2020 charged to the disaster response fund while the…
Public, travelers urged to heed border control, health protocols
Governor Joseph Cua last week made a public appeal to constituents and travelers to Catanduanes to abide by the minimum health protocols being implemented against COVID-19, particularly the stricter border…
ASF task force begins depopulation of swine
𝘼𝙏 𝘼 𝘿𝙐𝙂-𝙐𝙋 𝙋𝙄𝙏 𝙉𝙀𝘼𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙊𝙁 𝙄𝙇𝙄 𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙍, 11 dead and dying pigs, stunned with the use of an electrofishing device, were buried on Dec. 29, 2020 as…
3rd man in 2014 Pandan rape slay sentenced to reclusion perpetua
While his two co-accused got only six years imprisonment, the third man in the rape and killing of an 18-year old teener in Pandan town in 2014 has been sentenced…
Thousands of hogs set for mass killing in 5 ASF-infected towns
PORK SHORTAGE COULD OCCUR in the island in the next few weeks if the viral disease spreads to the rest of the 11 towns as there is an existing ban…