4 Naga City Hall offices closed due to Covid-19

By Jason B. Neola At least four key offices at the Naga City Hall compound were placed on lockdown following the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among its personnel. The city’s Health Emergency Response Task Force (HERTF) said the first group of employees who were tested positive for the virus after each of them underwent antigen tests belonged to the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO). Three of the treasury personnel were at present undergoing home quarantin

‘Bising’ causes floods, landslides in Bicol

By Rhaydz B. Barcia Sporadic landslides and flooding occurred in four Bicol provinces as Typhoon “Bising” dumped moderate to torrential rain since Sunday (Apr. 18) till Monday (Apr. 19). Typhoon Bising passed near Bicol region specifically Albay and Catanduanes provinces five months after three consecutive strong typhoons battered the region last year. The provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon suffered the strong winds and heavy rain brought by Typhoon

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CYOs to push for well-participated vax jab

CYOs to push for well-participated vax jab

By Jason B. Neola The LGU Naga’s City Youth Officials (CYOs) have included in their general plan of action the campaign for a well-participated undertaking of city-wide immunization against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) 2019. The activity, which is going to be held by way of an information-education campaign, is expected to raise the level of awareness of the city residents on the benefits of being inoculated against the virus and correct the myths about getting a Covid-19 v

DPWH completes Legazpi Covid-19 isolation facility

DPWH completes Legazpi Covid-19 isolation facility

By Rhaydz B. Barcia The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Bicol has completed the construction of an P18.5-million modified standard coronavirus facility that can accommodate 24 patients to beef up the health facilities in Legazpi City. Richard De Jesus, DPWH Albay 2nd District Engineering Office spokesperson, said that the construction of one-storey modified standard health facility made of a container van in the Ibalong Centrum Compound worth P18.5 million

VisMin bound cargo trucks ordered to return to MM

By Mar S. Arguelles Some 150 trucks bound for the Visayas and Mindanao (VisMin) that were stranded along the Maharlika Highway in Bato town in Camarines Sur were ordered to return to their point of origin in Metro Manila on Saturday (Apr. 17) night, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Bicol said. The trucks were not allowed to proceed to the Matnog Port in Sorsogon as a preventive measure to unclog the national highway there after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) enforced the “

CamSur gov’t provides students with educ aid

The Camarines Sur provincial government through its Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) awarded educational cash assistance of P5,000 each to 467 students of the 26 barangays of Pili town last Apr. 14 this year. Luigi Villafuerte led the distribution of the cash assistance to the students. Present during the event to express gratitude for the aid of the province to their students were Pili Vice Mayor Marivic Solano, Councilors Maria Mercedita Violeta, Rogelio Regond

Art and Society: Jobeth Jerao’s Engaging Photographs

Art and Society: Jobeth Jerao’s Engaging Photographs

By Kurit-Lagting Art Collective An upcoming online art exhibit titled Pagbutwa II is being organized by a group of artists, filmmakers, and writers, which will feature homegrown talents in the province of Sorsogon and the rest of the Bicol region. Pagbutwa is the Bikolano word for the resurfacing of something long concealed. The online exhibit is part of the three phases lined up for Pagbutwa as a community art project to be curated by artist-curator Geri Matthew Carretero. I

PREEMPTIVE EVACUATION

PREEMPTIVE EVACUATION

Camarines Sur Gov. Migz Villafuerte through the activation of the PDRRMC due to Typhoon Bising has caused the preemptive evacuation of families in critical areas like this lakeside barangays in Buhi in the 5th district of the province. Here seen the PDRRMC personnel supervising the forced evacuation as well as coordinating the needed transportation and resources to successfully evacuate the residents before the typhoon arrives. jmts/rbmjr/mmec04212021 with photos from fb_G

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Concern

EDITORIAL: Sustainability Concern

Before extending so much hope and investing a bagful of inspiration to the community pantry in reviving the original bayanihan Filipino spirit,we should draw a categorically outlined set of guidelines in order to help in responding to the looming national famine. It is not a charity but a mutual aid, it was clarified. Simply stated, it does not promote mendicancy . Otherwise, it shall meet the same fate that the fad of gardening or backyard vegetable growing is now facing. T

A Few Questions

A Few Questions

Last Thursday, in the middle of an online class, power suddenly cuts. Then it comes back after a few minutes. Class resumes. Within the time of that same class, power once again cuts. It once again restores, bringing back the class to order. That was just a one-hour class. Two power interruptions in just one hour. On that same day, through the night, electricity turned off then on again for some minutes, for four times. Incidents like this have become common in a day. Wha

A Pause from All the Naming

A Pause from All the Naming

Baudelaire has a word for what I have been doing for weeks now: Flaneur. Baudelaire was a French poet who coined the word, to mean to “stroll” or “to lounge” – all with the aim of observing things around or those one passes by. Baudelaire appears to be the most appropriate inventor of the said word because to him is attributed the quote “What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.” What

500 Years of Christianity: Battle of the Sword and Cross in Mactan, Part 4

500 Years of Christianity: Battle of the Sword and Cross in Mactan, Part 4

“I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.” John Wesley The Philippine Roman Catholic Church should take some responsibility for the current state of affairs in the country. Yes, politics played a major role in ruining, err, running the country; but it is no coincidence that the percentages of Catholics and the poor in the Philippines dovetails neatly. But, if the past is the barometer, the Church’s approach to the quincentenar

The Power of Mutual Generosity

The Power of Mutual Generosity

Hunger allows no choice to the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. — W. H. Auden, September 1, 1939 “Something beautiful is happening in our native land.” We are on our way to New Jersey to watch the cherry blossoms at Branch Brook Park. My remark comes in the middle of my wife’s “educational tour lecture” concerning the right time to visit the park — “if you want to see cherry blossoms, Branch Brook Park is the place” — so nobody pays attention to my unex

An Bakuna, bow!

An Bakuna, bow!

Sabi kasurong taon ni Digong kun mayong bakuna dai siya matugot kan face-to-face classes o an pagbuelta sa normal kan ereskwelahan ta an mga aki mapasiring sa skul, maatubang sa mga paratukdo para sa regular na klase. Ta habo daa kan Presidente na an mga aking Pilipino madanyaran an buhay dahil sa Covid 19. Ngonyan yaon na an bakuna pero naglakop lugod an Covid lalo na ta may mga bago kunong variants hali pa sa Britanya asin Africa. Sa Metro Manila saka sa kataraid na provinc

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