Archdiocese to hold Prayer Caravans: All systems go for Peñafrancia Fiesta
By Julma M. Narvadez The Archdiocese of Caceres has announced the conduct of Traslacion and Fluvial Processions this September, a welcome news for Marian devotees. Due to the continuing pandemic, prayer caravans will be held. The miraculous images of the Divino Rostro and Our Lady of Peñafrancia will be mounted on separate trucks during the processions. Vehicles may follow but there will be no foot procession. This aims to prevent the long hours of crowding, a usual sight dur
More events added to the Peñafrancia feast
By Jason Neola More events will be witnessed by devotees and visitors in this year’s Peñafrancia Festival in Naga City after an additional budget of P8 million has been approved to finance them. City Administrator Elmer Baldemoro said the City Development Council (CDC) has passed a resolution approving the inclusion of the P8-million Peñafrancia Festival Support Fund in the city government’s Annual Investment Plan (AIP). “The inclusion of the proposed P8- Peñafrancia Festival
Naga’s fund-sourcing effort to resolve cut on IRA share
By Jason B. Neola Naga City Mayor Nelson Legacion has started to look for alternative means to beef up the city government’s fiscal standing in an effort to cushion the impending negative effects of a reduced share from the national tax allocation (NTA) this year. Legacion’s fund-sourcing activity was compelled by the apparent decrease in the city’s NTA share (formerly Internal Revenue Allotment or IRA) brought about by lower revenues collected by the national government for
Militant groups hold SONA rally in Naga
By Abegail Kyla Bilan Some 100 members of militant groups marched in protest along Panganiban Drive going to Plaza Oragon in downtown Naga City where they held a program dubbed “People’s SONA” on Monday, July 25 ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). The protesters were members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), Jovenes Anakbayan, Anakpawis, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), and Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at
Dredging projects in Bicol resume
By Manuel T. Ugalde More than a decade since the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) suspended all dredging projects in the Bicol region, the graft-tainted flood control projects are back and have resumed operation particularly in Albay where dredging of heavy silted rivers is the only option available to avoid flooding of ricelands and communities. Albay 1st District Engineer Rainiro Zerda, however, said the dredging of rivers in his district, which covers six
Court finds ‘Bruce Lee’ guilty in drug case
Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 61 Naga City Judge Soliman M. Santos, Jr. convicted “Bruce Lee” in 3-in-1 drug cases for violations of Section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs), Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs) and Section 12 (possession of drug paraphernalia) of R.A. No. 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, in a Judgment promulgated last July 20. “Bruce Lee” is the alias of Roberto Regidor of Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur, who was the subject of police
20 Bicol LGUs to get P359-M DSWD grant
By Connie Calipay Some 20 local government units in the Bicol region will receive a total of P359 million grant under the cash-for-work project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program. Ranelle Anne Sertan, Kalahi-CIDSS spokesperson, said the beneficiaries are: Capalonga; Labo; and Mercedes towns in Camarines Norte; Del Gallego; Lupi; Rag
Gov’t eyes incentivizing sustainable tourism
By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora The Department of Tourism (DOT) is looking at the possibility of incentivizing sustainable tourism practices. In a post-State of the Nation Address forum on Tuesday, July 26, Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco sought the introduction of incentives for tourism stakeholders who she said would be the ones to implement the government’s green policies to preserve destinations. “[It’s] very, very important to incentivize sustainable tourism policy implement
4 truck drivers test positive for shabu
By Cet Dematera Four drivers of cargo trucks bound for Visayas were arrested when found positive for sniffing illegal drug in a random drug testing checkpoint along the portion of the Maharlika Highway outside of Matnog Port in Sorsogon put up by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) recently. Grace Rojas, LTO-Sorsogon chief, said they already confiscated the licenses of the drivers and turned them over to LTO Irosin while fili
EDITORIAL: Farewell For Now
Nineteen years ago, our publisher Nilo Aureus, then a budding entrepreneur specializing in operating a commercial printing press, ventured to revive the Bicol Mail, the only regional newspaper in Bicolandia, in loving memory of his ascendant, the late Leon Sa. Aureus, the paper’s founder, an idol of Nilo and of practically all genuine local journalists. The original Bicol Mail shut down its operations when exercise of uncensored freedom of the press became extremely dif
A Dip in the SONA
Of course, we’re going to talk about the SONA. The main differences that I noticed are that we didn’t have to wait all day for the main man to come and the main speech didn’t take the rest of the day. This is such a relief. At least, when I got home, the address was over. Another notable feature for a State Of the Nation Address of a newly elected President is the absence of blaming back to this predecessor. Oh, I forgot, how could he when his Vice President is the former
Cyrano’s Farewell
How does a columnist say goodbye when the newspaper he writes for is about to go? Or, does he write, as usual, on a topic relevant that week, pretending the week is not the last? But let me think forward. Let me think of what people, ten years or more from now, will say about Bicol Mail. Some will surely look for it. This paper will be missed, I believe. History will talk about Bicol Mail, it being the only regional paper in the area. When people then discuss this paper, the
Nagpapaaram an “Dateline Seattle”
Ini an ultimo kong artikulo sa Bicol Mail. Sa katapusan kaining bulan na Hulyo, magpapaaram na an kolum kong “Dateline Seattle” pakaagi nin haros 15 taon. Nabigla ako kan makaresibi ako nin email hali ki Nilo Aureus kan nakaaging Sabado, Hulyo 23, 2022. Si Aureus an taga-publikar (publisher) kan Bicol Mail. Sa nasabing email, personal niang ipinaabot sakuya an balita na ipupundo na an publikasyon kan Bicol Mail sa katapusan kaining presenteng bulan. Segun sa email ni Aureus,
Power Struggle in the Catholic Church
After nearly two decades of service to the Bicol Region, the Bicol Mail will cease publication. Shuttering of the weekly publication is really a sign of the times with the advent of the internet. Social media has filled the insatiable greed for instant news, stroking the ego, and thus news coming out at the end of the week were no longer breaking. Consequently, print media struggled for readership and advertising monies. For its publication finale, I picked the other sign of
An Harong na Kahoy
Maka ara an mga pig ladawan ni Ernie Verdadero na an mga harong duman sa Canada kadaklan gibo sa kahoy asin tabla kaya mapreskohon na istaran. Si Ernie Verdadero nagbabakasyon sa British Columbia, Canada magpoon pa kan July 2 tanganing mabisita an saiyang aking babae asin an familya kaini. Arog kan mga nadadalan sa mga pelikula sa Hollywood, an mga harong sa bukid duman sa Canada kadaklan gibo sa harigi na kahoy asin mga mahibog na tabla asin igua nin mga mahiwas na balkonahe
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