PDRRMC pushes “fortified” evac centers, core housing

ONE OF THREE EVACUATION CENTERS being constructed by the DPWH regional office in Catanduanes, this one in Manambrag, San Andres had its GI roofing blown away by super typhoon Rolly…

Capitol earmarks P49-M extra funding for shelter, food items

                ALL IS WELL between Gov. Joseph Cua and the 11 municipal mayors following a meeting held by the LMP Catanduanes chapter at…

80% of province to have power by Dec. 24 – DOE

Admitting that the deadline for full power restoration this month would not be feasible due to severe damage to the backbone lines, the Department of Energy (DOE) has vowed that…

Modular, online classes will remain suspended for now

  There will be no modular or online classes for now until the damage brought by super typhoon Rolly and typhoon Ulysses on school facilities and resources, as well as…

TY Ulysses dumps heavy rains, causes 116 landslides, flooding

LANDSLIDES LIKE THIS as well the other behind it along the national highways in San Miguel and other towns kept heavy equipment and personnel of the DPWH Catanduanes District Engineering…

Power supply to be fully restored by December

Power supply will be fully restored in all 11 towns of the island by next month, the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) said last Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, following…

𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱

Supertyphoon Rolly exacted a huge cost on public infrastructure, particularly buildings, with virtually all standing structures not escaping unscathed. At the provincial capitol compound, buildings which lost roofs include the…

“𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆” 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝟱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱

The province’s leaders have appealed for help from the national government following widespread devastation wrought by supertyphoon “Rolly” which made landfall along the Baras-Bato boundary and smashed through Virac in…

Boy, 1, positive for Covid-19; Virac barangay locked down

The child, his parents and sibling have been under 14-day quarantine at the barangay day care facility in Marilima since their arrival on June 26, 2020. The boy is now Bicol’s #151 and Catanduanes’ 5th confirmed Covid-19 case.

DILG: Members of contact tracing teams lack training

During last week’s meeting of the Provincial COVID-19 Task Force, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) provincial director Uldarico Razal Jr. expressed his agency’s wish to make sure LGUs have their own Contract Tracing Teams whose members are trained.