Tag: Virac
8 mayors vow yearly support for BJMP’s Virac District Jail
Local chief executives of eight towns in Catanduanes have promised to include in their annual budgets their counterpart financial support for the Virac District Jail. In the April 19, 2023…
Virac resident drowns off Twin Rock resort
Some 12 hours after a drowning incident was reported at Twin Rock Beach Resort in Virac last Sunday, a Search and Rescue (SAR) team recovered the body of a Virac…
Cops seize private van loaded with hot lumber
Two men were apprehended last week while trying to smuggle undocumented lumber on board a private van in the capital town of Virac. Elements of the Virac police station flagged…
Virac LGU releases 79 Hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings back to sea
Good Friday last week brought satisfaction to a team from the Virac local government as it successfully released to the wild 79 Hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings, the first for the…
NHA project in Virac almost complete; Validation of beneficiaries set this May
Over a thousand applicants for slots in two resettlement projects in the capital town will undergo validation to be conducted jointly this May 2023 by the National Housing Authority (NHA)…
Rob gang member found guilty of gun sale, shabu possession
An alleged member of the Sorreda robbery gang who was arrested last year in a gun buy-bust operation has been sentenced to a long stay in prison, a hefty fine…
Bouyed by inauguration of dialysis unit, Cua to prioritize heart station at EBMC
Governor Joseph C. Cua has set as his administration’s next priority the establishment of a heart station at the Eastern Bicol Medical Center, following last week’s inauguration of the hospital’s…