The First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) has started implementing load shedding beginning Monday, March 9, 2026 due to a power supply deficit reported by its lone supplier, Sunwest Water…
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Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
A tricky question for local DRRMOs
In the recently issued DILG Memorandum Circular providing guidelines for the Management of the Dead and Missing (MDM) operations of local disaster management bodies, a particular provision would prove to…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
DepEd’s P85-billion school building program
The Tribune tried to secure information as to who among the Catanduanes LGUs have qualified to implement infrastructure projects of the Department of Education (DepEd) pursuant to the memorandum of…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
Catanduanes’ share of national abaca output now 21%
Last Friday, during the luncheon with resident ambassadors of 22 foreign countries, Governor Patrick Alain T. Azanza said, in discussing an imbalance in the abaca industry, that Catanduanes supplies at…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
All eyes on Atty. Angeles at the FICELCO board
As the most qualified and eminently suited for the job as FICELCO director, Atty. Raul V. Angeles of Panganiban town would likely steer the discussion of issues inside the board.…
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RP Ambassador to Germany is a Viracnon
Last week, the Philippine Embassy in Germany welcomed a new Philippine Ambassador-designate to the Federal Republic of Germany, Her Excellency Maria Teresa Torres Almojuela, who grew up in Rawis, Virac.…
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PLDT-Smart’s satellite-to-phone service in 2027
OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES to Atty. Shiela Joy Socito Vargas, one of the 19 new bar passers from Catanduanes, whose photo was captioned with the wrong name in the Jan. 14,…
A favorable development for power consumers
Last Monday afternoon (Jan. 12, 2026) during its regular session, majority of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan members voted to pass a resolution declaring Governor Patrick Alain T. Azanza a “persona non…
Inside Page | Fernan A. Gianan:
SUWECO takes DOE warning seriously
A large part of Catanduanes should have been literally in darkness in the evening of Jan. 4, 2026, as six diesel gensets of the Sunwest Water & Electricity Co. (SUWECO)…
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FICELCO terminates CSP for 24-mW contract
Member-consumer-owners of FICELCO will have to wait for a few months more before the cooperative inks a contract with a new power supplier for 24 megawatts through a Competitive Selection…