Catanduanes Tribune marks 45th year as island’s longest running newspaper

Forty-five years and 2,340 issues after its first post-Martial Law copy appeared in the streets of Virac and other towns, the Catanduanes Tribune celebrates its foundation anniversary today, March 25,…

ERC, Ficelco consider measures to ensure uninterrupted power supply

Pending completion of its Competitive Selection Process (CSP) to select a new power supplier, top officials of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) recently met with Energy Regulatory Commission…

2024 COA Annual Audit Report:

Lapses noted in procurement process, implementation of Bato LGU projects

A team from the Commission on Audit (COA) discovered lapses and deficiencies in the procurement process of the Bato local government unit in 2024 as well as in the implementation…

DILG directs all LGUs to enroll all Dev’t Fund infra projects in Subaybayan portal

All local government units are now mandated to enroll all infrastructure projects charged to their respective 20% Development Fund in the SUBAYBAYAN Portal of the Department of the Interior and…

Newly identified drug pusher falls in San Andres buy-bust

Joint personnel of the San Andres police station and the Catanduanes Police Intelligence Unit apprehended a newly identified street-level individual in a buy-bust operation last Mar. 11, 2026. The suspect,…

#2 Most Wanted Person arrested in San Andres

A resident of San Andres town listed as the number two Most Wanted Person in the province was finally arrested last week in barangay Wagdas. The successful apprehension of the…

PCCI offers free webinar on tax filing updates, reminders

Business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals in South Luzon, including the Bicol region, are invited to join a webinar series being conducted by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)…

PSA reports inflation here rose to 2.3 percent in February 2026

Catanduanes’ headline inflation, or overall inflation, accelerated to 2.3 percent in February 2026, about a point lower than the 3.5 percent recorded a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)…

Creatives make up 1st batch of 2026 KMME-MME mentees

For the first time in its 10-year history, the Kapatid Mentor ME-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) business course has shifted its focus on a single sector – the creative industry –…

RSL passenger, cargo rates up by 20% effective Mar. 16

Effective last Monday, March 16, 2026, Regina Shipping Lines implemented a 20-percent increase in passenger and cargo rates on its six roll-on, roll-off ships plying the Tabaco-San Andres and vice…