A lady judge who issued the warrants of arrest against two officials of  militant groups Gabriela and Karapatan in the Bicol region in July this year and her personal secretary were ambushed by motorcycle riding gunmen on Tuesday (Oct. 20) afternoon in Barangay Puro-Ba...

LEGAZPI CITY --- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Bicol has assured the more than 100,000 workers employed in some 7,000 private companies operating across the region that they would receive their 13th Month Pay this Christmas as mandated by law. 

DOLE-Bic...

LEGAZPI CITY --- The Albay Power and Energy Corporation (APEC) is bleeding dry as it suffers  some P57.3-million in monthly revenue losses due to the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and aging arrears.

APEC  Corporate Communication and Corporate Social Res...

(First row from left) TESDA Provincial Director Alejandro R. Cortez, TESDA Regional Director Elmer K. Talavera, Atty. Rolando “Nonoy” Andaya, Jr and Ragay Municipal Mayor Thaddy Ramos posed for posterity during the celebration of the 2nd foundation anniversary of Ragay...

LEGAZPI CITY --- The opening of over a hundred tourism sites in Bicol  to domestic tourist from other regions would depend on the outcome of a tourism stakeholders meeting set next week by the  Department of Tourism (DOT) Bicol regional office.

Fe Buela DOT Bicol...

NAGA CITY --- The city government here is set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Agriculture-National Meat Inspection Service (DA-MNIS) on Friday, Oct. 23, that will define the terms and conditions regarding the operations and services of it...

The Department of Education (DepEd) Bicol has warned its teaching and non-teaching personnel to honor their profession and shun all forms of illegal drugs and activities.

This was after a public school teacher was caught with P1.7-million worth of shabu in a buy-bust o...

The Legazpi City Agriculture Office (CAO) has recently advised the 2,611 registered farmers in the city to sell rice instead of harvested palay to earn more.

In an interview, Shiela Nas, CAO chief, said some farmers do not sell their harvested palay but mill it into ri...

SB Camaligan led by Vice Mayor Diano SJ. Ibardaloza, Jr. listens intently as Chairman Palma presents MNWD’s Report to the People during the first LGU visit on October 12, 2020.

True to its vision of contributing to the improvement of the living standards of the people,...

Apparently relying on misleading information from the field, Secretary William Dar of the Department of Agriculture boldly issued a statement assuring the public that there is no shortage of pork.

If only the Secretary’s words could be served on the table of the ordina...

I wanted to talk about something else.  But this issue still keeps lingering around.  Protests pop up here and there every once in a while; and every other corner sari-sari store tambay tosses his two cents  on the topic. I would like to defend the DepEd modules, but t...

I was in a local mall this week. It has been seven months and a few days since the lockdown. Two things made me anxious: the long line to the parking area inside the mall and the big crowd in the mall itself. It was also the first time for me to see all gathered in one...

Kan 1969, kasagsagan kan aktibismo sa enterong Pilipinas pati sa Bikol, nagpuli na ako haling UP Los Baṅos. Digdi sa Naga nag-enrol ako sa UNC college of Liberal Arts major in English kinua tulos ako ni Emil Saavedra bilang associate editor kan Nueva Caceres, an offici...

Election is one opportunity for people to choose their leaders. It’s an extremely unique experience afforded to people living in a free society. Of all the countries in the world, very few have allowed self-governance through election. Historically, people have fought...

San Diego, California. In Part 2, two of the five symbols in the Peñafrancia 2020 logo were presented involving the cross as the source of Christian unity among religions and denominations. Twenty-twenty being the Year of Ecumenism, the celebration endeavors for such u...