Tigsik ko ining pesting corona virus Na sagkod ngunya dai pa natatapos Mga kahimanwa orog pang nagtitios Na ikinahahandal na man kan gabos Tigsik ko an masakit sa panahon ngunyan Na kun sa pamilya ta gwa nin nagagadan Covid man o bako an nagigin kadahilanan An pagtiripon, pakikidamay, pigtatakutan Tigsik ko an buhay pulitika sa nasyon ta An mga pulitiko kuruput-kupot na baga Kararatan kan kalaban nagruluwasan na Iyo an armas ninda tanganing manggana Tigsik ko, mga nasa gobyer

By Hermund Rosales Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima filed a Senate resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to refrain from making statements intended to diminish the respect due to the Senate or any of its members. De Lima filed Proposed Senate Resolution (PSR) No. 898 expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should show courtesy to a co-equal institution following Mr. Duterte’s recent verbal attacks against senators and the institution. “It behooves each

Beloved and respected in Bicol politics, former governor and congressman Luis R. Villafuerte, Sr. bid farewell in his mortal life last September 8, 2021 in Metro Manila amid his immediate family who grieved his sudden loss. His decades-long career in public service was illustrious and colorful interspersed with brilliant pieces of legislation that will leave a lasting legacy not only to the constituents of Camarines Sur but also gave significant impact to the whole nation.jm

By Mar S. Arguelles The Department of Health (DOH) expressed concern over the increasing number of cases of the highly transmissible Delta (Indian) variant, prompting an uptick trend in the Covid-19 cases in Bicol. A DOH report said additional cases of Covid Variants of Concern (VOC) have been recorded on Sept. 3 with a total of 28 local cases, 19 cases of which were Delta (B.1.617.2), followed by Beta (B.1.351) with five cases, and the Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant with four case

The 17th Bicol Business Month sponsored by the Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI) formally opened on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 at the Robinsons Place Naga with the theme: “Towards... the Great Reset!” The MNCCI headed by President Randy Aman with the support of the Naga City government led by Mayor Nelson Legacion organized three major activities/programs, which support the local economy that will bring local products to the big, bigger & biggest market. These

By Jason B. Neola The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Bicol is scheduled to reassign 13 election officers to new posts after the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy on October 1-8 this year. Although there is no final date yet as to when the election officers will report to their new places of assignments, lawyer Maico T. Julia Jr., Naga City election officer, said that it will possibly happen in November this year. The 13 election officers who are slat

By Rhaydz B. Barcia President Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to grace the opening of the P4.7-billion Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Oct. 6, Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal said. Rosal who is also the chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Bicol, said “We are grateful to President Rodrigo Duterte because the construction of the international airport is done. This will be our window to the world under the global pandemic.” He added that Bicolanos are happy that

By Mar S. Arguelles The Department of Education (DepEd) in Bicol announced on Monday, Sept. 13, that some 1,552,077 learners have enrolled in various public and private kindergarten, elementary and senior high schools across the region. Mark Kevin Arroco of DepEd information office in an interview said the enrollment this year is 115,311 or seven percent lower than the 1,667,388 enrollees recorded in 2020 prompting DepEd to extend the enrollment period until Sept. 30 this

Some 418 members of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon provinces participated in two agricultural trainings on high-value crops and livestock and poultry raising held recently in their respective barangay tribal halls as part of the interventions for the implementation of Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo or 4Ks Program. These trainings were conducted in response to the clamor of the IPs for capability activities d

Luis R. Villafuerte is a name that shall remain beyond forgetting in Camarines Sur history ---- especially among those who value native culture and customs. Luis R. Villafuerte is one who gives premium value to Camarines Sur history more than any anthropologist or pseudo-anthropologist, living or dead in the province of Camarines Sur. No provincial leader before him or in several generations after his generation has more interest in Camarines Sur culture and history than he d

Do you want to be locked up in a lockdown? There have been talks and suggestions recently of placing Naga on lockdown, or as the government would have it in their jargon, “stricter community quarantine level”. These propositions have been brought about by the number of cases creeping up the scales. There was a time when Naga had less than 10 in a day. Then it stayed along the 20’s, then up to the 40s. Lately, it has hiked up to the 80’s, 90’s and even to a little more tha

My co-proponent, Kristian (Sendon Cordero), for this Bikol Kapilya research, and I have often wondered where this term “ermita” came from. Used interchangeably with “visita,” another complex term, the word “ermita,” which freely translates into hermitage, has always been used as the older (dating to Spanish occupation) name for chapels, those small church-like structures located in barangays and in distant villages. For the students of Spanish influence on the Philippines, th

1966. Dai ko nanggad malilingawan ang magayon asin mafreskong baryo, ini an Campo Cuatro, Tinambac. Si Manoy Carding asin ako, pig dara sa Campo Cuatro ni Tiyo Fred Villamor, sarong para timon nin Lantsa na may rota sa mga kostales kan San Miguel Bay. Amay sa pagka aga malunad sa awto na TM Liner na may parada sa Kalye Igualdad harani sa harong ni Doktora Asence. Inot na pundo sa poblacion kan Calabanga, sunod sa centro kan Ratay. Haloy an biyahe dara nin lubak-lubak, maa

Pakalihis kan tiempo Hapon asin kan makamit na an katalingkasan kan Pilipinas kan 1946, halop sa pusog na liderato an ronang Kabikolan bako lang an mga Camarinenses. Antes kan giyera mundial kan panahon pa nin Commonwealth sa pangengenot kaidto ni Presidente Manuel L. Quezon, an mga matanog na pangaran kan Bikolano sa lado nin politika iyo sa Madrigal, Ziga, Fuentebella, Imperial, Arejola, Ocampo, Felipe asin nagkakapera pang iba na may mga kaya na, may mga inadalan pa, mahi

Were it not for the pandemic which still besets our country, we would have been celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia this coming September 16 and 17 with the usual Traslacion and Fluvial processions. But all these have been put on hold by the mandate of the Archdiocese of Caceres, headed by Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona. Nonetheless, the devotees of the Divino Rostro held a procession celebrating His feast day last Saturday by motorcade, and returned the Icon at