Oliva leads Iriga opposition ticket
By Frank Penones Incumbent Iriga City Vice Mayor Rex Oliva will vie for the mayoralty position in next year’s election as he formally filed on Wednesday, Oct. 6, his candidacy along with the other members of Team One Iriga. Oliva, who started as a kagawad in his native barangay San Francisco and rose to become a long-time member of the Camarines Sur provincial board, underscored the need for change in the leadership of the city, which he said had remained a laggard among Bi
College campus in Naga placed on lockdown
By Paulo DS. Papa The entire campus of the Naga View Adventist College in Barangay Panicuason, Naga City was placed under granular lockdown on Sept. 29. The Naga City Incident Management Team (IMT) imposed the lockdown as 21 persons residing within the school campus tested positive for Covid-19. Renne Gumba, IMT head, told Bicol Mail that residents of four houses inside the campus were Covid-19 infected. He said these residents who are Covid-19 positive are students, employee
Cops nab 9 wanted men for sex crimes, murder
By Mar S. Arguelles Nine most wanted persons facing various crimes were rounded up on Oct. 1, by police operatives in separate raids in the provinces of Camarines Sur, Albay, and Sorsogon, a police report said. Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said cops armed with court-issued warrants collared the suspects who are facing charges of multiple counts of rape, sexual abuse, acts of lasciviousness, murder, and carnapping. In Iriga City, cops served a warr
Naga gov’t installs Wi-Fi connection in 5 brgys
By Jason B. Neola The Naga City government has installed Wi-Fi connections in five villages selected as pilot areas for its community Wi-Fi program. The project aims to provide students in elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels with free internet access, especially those whose families are impoverished and cannot afford to pay for internet service. “Within year 2021, we are planning to install more connections to cover the entire 27 barangays with at least one connectio
For Covid-19: Sorsogon restructures health facilities ranking
The Sorsogon provincial government restructured the level of prioritization of health facilities in the province and their utilization for Covid-19 patients and non-Covid admissions. This health care response of the provincial government was made by virtue of Executive Order (EO) No. 25-2021 issued by Governor Francis Joseph G. Escudero. The EO provides authority over the local health facilities to identify patients with less danger of health risk and reassign to primary hea
WW II bomb shells found in junk shop
By Paulo DS. Papa Police in San Fernando, Camarines Sur recovered several vintage bombs identified as explosive remnants of war (ERW) in a junkshop at Barangay Bonifacio on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Lt. Anthony Bueza, officer-in-charge of the San Fernando Municipal Police Station told Bicol Mail that the ERWs were recovered during inspection and visitation of the town’s different junkshops. VINTAGE EXPLOSIVES. World War II bombs that were recovered by police in a junkshop in S
ADDITIONAL LIVELIHOOD
Gov. Migz Villafuerte recently visited Bgy. Itangon, a coastal barangay in the Municipality of Bula to personally delivered 50 motors and food packs as livelihood assistance to the fishermen out of work. multimedia/10062021 with photos from fb_GovMigzVillafuerte
Greatest Depravity- Twelve-year Olds Sold as “Baby Brides”
By Shay Cullen Why are Philippine senators and members of the House of Representatives delaying the completion and passing of vital historical laws that will protect children presently at risk of being victims of sexual abuse and sold as “baby brides” for the sexual gratification of old men? Allegedly, some senators are delaying the passing of a bill that will raise the age of sexual consent from 12 years of age to 16. When passed, age of consent says it will be statutory rap
The Next Weekend
So, what happened to the granules of locked down neighborhoods? What happened to the border barricades that would go down only on weekends? What happened to “waiting until the numbers subside”? Honestly, although many were suspicious and critical of the setup, I personally kept my fingers crossed and was willing to give it a chance. After all, who knows? There still remains the possibility that it could work, and with many programs around us turning up to be inefficient
Maestra y Maestro
From Mrs. Leonor R. Dy-Liacco, I heard this heartwarming, if not amusing, story. Many years back, parents were always proud of daughters (I suppose also of sons) becoming teachers that they would always find a reason to announce to the world, or maybe just around the neighborhood, that they had a teacher in their homes. Thus, in the morning when the daughter who was a teacher was about to leave for school, the mother would go down first from their home, step out onto the str
Ninuno Asuwang
Estorya tungkol sa ninuno na asuwang ni Rommel, 66 anyos, tubong Rinconada alagad haloy nang nagtetener sa Ciudad nin Naga. Saro sa saiyang mga ninuno na nabuhay pa kan inot na panahon, an tunay na asuwang na iyo an dahilan tanganing idto isikwal kan saindang familya. Kan an Lolo ni Rommel aki pa, sa diklom nin bangui, sinugo na magbakal nin tabako. Sa dalan, sinabayan ini kan saiyang tiyoon asin inalok na mag iba saiya ta igua sindang kukuanan nin masiram na tabako. Kinabit
Politika
Kun an sabi kan iba an Krismas aro-aldaw, an semana santa sero-semana, an Teacher’s Day sa bilog na taon, sa Pilipinas an politika aro-aldaw. Segun ki depuntong Luis Robredo Villafuerte, an saro sa pinaka-madunong asin hararom na politiko sa bilog na Kabikolan, an politika negosyo. Natural ta ma-kapital ka dapat may delhinsya. Idinagdag pa kan dating Ministro sa Negosyo kan nasyon, gobernador kan Camarines Sur asin congressman/assemblyman, an politika bako lang garo bilada k
Fragile Democracy
As the Commission on Elections opens its windows for the filing of Certificates of Candidacies of presidential, vice-presidential, senatorial, congressional and other bets for the national elective positions this week, Presidential bet Manny Pacquiao was the first to file his candidacy. Following him, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III who have long announced their respective candidacies have also filed their COCs. VP Leni Robredo who
THE WORD OF THE LORD
Gospel: Mk 10:17-30 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.” He replied and said to him, “Teacher, all of
Archdiocese Celebrates Feast of the Holy Rosary
Several weeks after the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia, the local church is again celebrating the month long devotion of the Holy Rosary this October. The Rosary means “Crown of Roses”. Our Lady has revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses. The rose is the queen of flowers, and so the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and it is therefore t
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