Edward Estayo, 23, is flanked by Punong Barangay Corazon Peñaflor of Calauag and Mayor Nelson Legacion after he was given a certificate of recognition by the city government, which was presented as SP Resolution No. 2021-083 authored by City Councilor Jessie Albeus. Estayo, a scavenger and welder, is recognized during the flag raising ceremony on Feb. 15, for his exemplary honesty after he found and returned to its rightful owner a wallet containing cash. The money he return

By Jason B. Neola NAGA CITY --- After knowing that it is the prohibitive farm gate price of hogs as main culprit in the increasing prices of pork products, the city government here has immediately formed a working committee that will look for ways to come up with pork prices that are acceptable to sellers and consumers. PORK PRICE CAP. Mayor Nelson Legacion (standing) discusses with the local meat vendors the current prices of pork products that continue to increase since Dec

By Mar S. Arguelles More African Swine Flu (ASF) cases were recorded in Albay with 109 hogs in Malinao town culled after they were tested positive for the disease, the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) said recently. The latest detected cases brought to 857 the total number of hogs in the province that were depopulated to prevent the spread of the ASF disease, affecting 163 hog farmers, Dr. Pancho Mella, PVO chief, said. Mella said the ASF affected villages in Malinao ar

By Mar S. Arguelles LEGAZPI CITY --- Police anti-narcotics operatives rounded up on Monday eight alleged notorious illegal drug peddlers in separate drug stings in Bicol, reports reaching police regional office said on Tuesday. The drug stings yielded 35 sachets of suspected shabu (crystal meth), a 12 gauge shotgun, two .38 caliber revolvers, according to Police Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib Bicol police spokesperson. Calubaquib said four of the arrested suspects were from Ca

Gov. Migz Villafuerte and the provincial government of Camarines Sur continues to extend basic vital services to the countryside constituents during this pandemic by way of the Ka Fuerte Healthcare-on-Wheels as they go around town to town and visit barangays to offer medical services like X-Ray, ECG, ultrasound and medical consultations.In photo when the medical diagnostic van visited barangay Balogo in the Municipality of Pasacao during one of their scheduled rounds.jmts/rbm

With the 2022 elections already in sight, taking into account the voting mood of the voters is not ill timed. We can start with Camarines Sur. The biblical passage about David and Goliath may find political romanticism inspiring. Let us start with the gubernatorial race between the late ex-Governor Juan F. Triviño and the late Apolonio J. Maleniza, which many considered had an unbelievable outcome. It will be recalled that at that time incumbent Governor Triviño was at the h

By Shay Cullen The human species thinks that it the smartest that ever evolved on this planet. We think we are smarter and more powerful than all other species. Have we now met our match by non-living entities, pathogens no less? They need a host to replicate and so they invade the cells of plants, animals and humans. Once inside the cell, the virus will devastate the organism and it is a fight to the death or to survive. There are more than a quadrillion viruses on this plan

By Nono Felix Covid-19 has worsened incalculably the world’s socio-economic condition. The lives of the poor have never been more miserable and their livelihoods more uncertain. Nevertheless, the poor would have been in direr straits without development organizations or non-government organizations (hereinafter referred to as NGOs) working with governments. NGOs have mitigated the adverse effects of the pandemic on family well-being. These non-profits have been in the forefro

As the chilling breeze blew with the speakers blaring with conventional love songs which has lost its air of romance because of its loudness beyond necessity, with very young children causing splashes on the flowing water of the pool, I am suddenly struck with the question, “Wait, why are there children here?” Are they not supposed to be…? Oh, I guess recent regulations have granted permission for children to go out of domestic quarantine on given times of a day and on given

In between writing, I have been looking over these photos in 1945 of war-torn Manila. This is the same book I have written about, Manila 1945. The Rest of the Story. Special Commemorative Edition, co-edited by Lucky Guillermo and Peter C. Parsons. Even as its topic is grand, World War II, there are these small stories that make it to the documentation. The book is able to do this recovery by asking individuals together with established historians to share their account and re

Nin huli ta makusog, pusog, asin paldo an administrasyon sa provincia nin Camarines Sur an oposisyon medyo desperado sa paghanap nin makusog na kalaban kan pigbabandera kan pamilya Villafuerte na iyo an pambato para gobernador sa 2022: an juvenon pang si Luigi R. Villafuerte, aki ni dating congressman asin gobernador LRay. Makuapo pa ni dating gobernador Luis R. Villafuerte Sr., asin tugang ni incumbent Gov. Miguel Luis “Migs” R. Villafuerte. Kaya an oposisyon na anas man ng

In the Catholic world, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. And as we take a pause from the challenges of surviving the pandemic and the concomitant problems that it has brought to bear on our daily lives, we realize that this global crises has surprisingly brought out the best in each of us. While it is true that a few calculating individual/entities have taken advantage of the situation for their own material gains, the general atmosphere of universal bro

We are featuring comments generated by the editorial, columns and news stories published in this paper. We encourage our readers to submit their comments about the contents of this paper at bicolmail.net or through the facebook accounts of our writers. On “Name Quarry Operators” (Published on February 11, 2021): • Antonio Doblon “The TFSK should seek deputization from DENR since natural resources extraction is under DENR look out. TFSK should show to the people if they have

The QDynamics Global Corp., has extended its healing products Quantumin Plus to more people in the Bicol region who suffer from various illnesses. Quantumin Plus, a food supplement, gained its fame worldwide after the healing of thousands of people who suffered from deadly diseases such as cancer and even skin diseases like leprosy. The product was formulated by Dra. Delia Maceda, a toxicologist in Manila, who aims to provide Filipinos an effective choice to recover from illn

A former nurse from Naga City and now a hairdresser in the United Kingdom (UK) hopes to encourage fellow Filipinos to get a COVID-19 vaccine. So he shared his vaccination experience with Vice President Leni Robredo via her weekly radio program “BISErbisyong LENI”. Grant Gannaban-O’Neill, 42 years old, said we need to encourage everyone to get the vaccine to achieve herd immunity or ‘population immunity’. According to the World Health Organization, [it] is “the indirect protec