Naga logs 1.7 M visitors in 2022: Tourism industry on track to full recovery by yearend
By Jason B. Neola Tourist arrivals to Naga City are expected to break pre-pandemic levels this 2022, says Alec Santos, the city’s tourism officer. According to Santos, Naga has logged 1,319,870 foreign and domestic tourists from January to September this year. For comparison, Naga saw 1.5 million tourists visit in 2019. Arrivals plummeted by 76% in 2020 at the height of the pandemic before recovering slightly in 2021. The Arts, Culture and Tourism Office (ACTO) of Naga estim
Business name registration reaches all time high in 2022
MANILA --- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced recently that a total of 932,097 business names (BNs) were registered this year, surpassing the highest record reported in 2020. “The rising number of sole proprietors registering their business names is indeed a positive sign that the Filipino entrepreneurial spirit is alive and recovering from the pandemic. We are pleased that more sole proprietors have undertaken the necessary first step of registering their b
NDFP to go on with its people’s revolt against gov’t
By Paulo DS. Papa THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Bicol will continue to stage its people’s revolution as long as there is an injustice committed against the working class. This was the gist of the statement by the Front in this region which was released the day after the death of Jose Maria “Joma” Sison on December 16, this year. Joma, a former political science professor at the University of the Philippines who founded the Communist Party of the P
Whistleblower in unsettled plunder charge losses faith in Ombudsman
By Manuel T. Ugalde LEGAZPI City --- Describing himself already at peace with the remaining ordinary small time employees who were pathetically linked in the unresolved plunder case encompassing two presidency, a whistleblower said he had already lost his faith on the Office of the Ombudsman. “Whatever would be the outcome, I have learned so much from the endured pain and frustrations one have to accept in stride,” said a whistleblower on the plunder complaint lodged at the O
Bicol’s most wanted nabbed in Cavite; PRO5 discourages use of firecrackers
By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY --- With only two days to go before Christmas Day, the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) is urging the public to avoid the use of firecrackers in order to trim down accidents and firecracker-related injuries, particularly during the New Year revelry. In a statement on Friday, Brig. Gen. Rudolph Dimas, PRO-5 regional director, said the unit, in coordination with the local chief executives of different towns, cities, and provinces, shall con
MNWD extends acting GM’s secondment up to end of ‘23
By Jason B. Neola METRO PESO General Manager Florencio Tam Mongoso Jr. will continue to perform his duties as acting general manager of the Metro Naga Water District (MNWD) until the end of next year. That is after the directors of the water district passed a board resolution requesting the city government of Naga to extend Mongoso’s secondment from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The request for extension was made due to the expiration this month of the secondment contract
DTI-Albay 2022 Sa’od trade fair generates P26.8-M sales
By Cyryl L. Montales LEGAZPI CITY --- The assistance of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Albay to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises’(MSMEs) Sa’od trade fair gathered 26.8 million generated sales this year. A total of 12 Sa’od trade fair were successfully conducted by the DTI-Albay with 230 assisted MSMEs, Nabol announced during the media forum yesterday, Dec. 21, Wednesday. ‘’We are helping the MSME’s to develop, market, and promote their product to generate sales th
Bad weather destroys P57.7-M crops, infrastructure projects
LEGAZPI CITY --- At least P57.7 million worth of crops, irrigation and flood control projects were destroyed as Bicol Region experienced heavy rains due to the northeast monsoon and shear line earlier this week, according to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in the region on Thursday. In an interview, Gremil Alexis Naz, OCD-Bicol spokesperson, said the initial consolidated damage reports came from the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte and Catanduanes. “As of
EDITORIAL: The mystery and message of Christmas
According to the UN, the world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022. Approximately 2.38 billion people practice some form of Christianity globally. This means that about one-third of the world’s total population is Christian. Christianity has been deemed the state religion in some 21 nations worldwide. The United States has approximately 230 million Christians, and Brazil also has a high number of over 180 million. The Philippines has the world’s t
Retrospection and Registration
I don’t know which is worse, the ravaging rains the other week or the cutting, chilling cold this week. Well, the heavy rains caused floods which in turn forced people to evacuate, made roads impassable, destroyed crops, and suspended delivery operations. On the other hand, the cold woke me up in the middle of the night to get a blanket. I do know of a few people who suffered chest pains or had their blood pressure shoot up, or had the flu with coughs and cold because of
Reflections For 2023
What has been the year 2022 for all of us is coming to an end in two days, and a new one approaches our doorstep. We look back with gratitude to the Almighty God, Emmanuel, who walks with us and has made all things possible for us. We face the year ahead with hope, courage, and loving acceptance of all that shall be, in God’s grace. I share with everyone this New Year prayer: “My Father Who is in Heaven, Hallowed be your name. I thank you for the caring and keeping of my hear
Congratulations 2022!!!
Dios Mabalos asin Congratulations sa kiisay man o sairisay man an nasa likod kan pagtulod kan pangaran ni Kristian S. Cordero bilang saro sa TOYM awardees ngonyan na taon. Long overdue o dapat kadto pa ini guinibo. Nabisto ko si Kristian sa opisina kan Bicolmail/ Goldprint Printing Press kan nagkapirang taon na an naka-agui. Padangaton siya kan saiyang ina asin mismo kan Bicolmail publisher na si Nilo P. Aureus. Bako lang produkto kundi aki siya kan Bicolmail. Edukador, produ
Bagong Taon, Bagong Agom
Iyan an daing kamugtakan na pagtubod ni Coro’ na pag repeke nin kampana kan Katedral ni Monsignor Belleza tanda nin pag ribay nin taon, iyo man an pag layas ni Coro’ ta pig lalay an sarong tindera nin bokayo sa Supermarket. Bagong Taon, gatok gatok an mga mata ni Tyang Bensya dara kan mag damlag na pag hibe ta an agom na si Coro’ nagpa tugon na ini dai na mapuli sa harong ninda ta linalay na an sarong tindera mas joven keysa ki Tyang Bensya. Ultimong mga kataraid sa harong,
Gov. Dong Padilla - A Man for All Season
First Episode: The first time I met Governor Dong Padilla of Camarines Norte was when I and two other members (Vicente del Castillo, Jr. and Jigs Inandan) of Man Cave International (a non-partisan fraternal organization, composed mostly of retired professionals from the City of Naga) personally handed our letter of invitation for him to be the guest of honor and speaker on our Christmas Party held on Dec. 13, 2022, at Avenue Hotel in the same city. First and foremost we found
Welcome 2023, the year of the Rabbit!
I have always been fascinated by astrology. But, as time passed, I realized that life is more than astrology. I became more immersed in the realities of governance and development in society. More than the stars and the sun pre-ordaining my luck and fortune, what matters more to me is my ordinary neighbor’s primary and staple concern: food and safety. As years went by, I developed a greater interest in life issues than in the trivialities of one’s fashion and social trends. I
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