The colorful and traditional Fluvial procession of the Our Lady of Peñafrancia and El Divino Rostro for this year was conducted evening last Saturday, September 19 due to insufficient water level along the Naga river. (TOM FALCON PHOTO)

By JORDAN DOMINGO The Philippine National Police (PNP) supports two Senate-approved measures seeking to strengthen safeguards for children in schools and online, amid growing concerns over campus violence and digital threats. The proposed Comprehensive School Safety Act and Sagip Bata Act have also drawn support from parents, teachers, barangay officials, church and business leaders in various municipalities in Camarines Sur, who see the measures as additional safeguards for

By Jason B. Neola About 500 female junior high school students from 15 schools in Naga City will take part in a girls’ rights workshop using film and music as platforms for dialogue, self-discovery and creative expression on Saturday, Sept. 26. The “Sine Niña Girls’ Rights Workshop Through Film and Music” will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the ST Quadrangle of Naga College Foundation, Inc. (NCF) along M.T. Villanueva Avenue. The activity is being organized by the City Governmen

By Rhaydz Barcia No amount of obstacles dampened the spirit, faith and strong devotion of Bicolanos from all walks of life to Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia, as devotees waited patiently for the annual fluvial procession despite its historic adjustment to night-time due to extremely low water levels in the Naga River. The night-time procession was held for the first time in its 316-year history after low tide and the effects of El Niño made it impossible for the pagoda to navi

By Darius Salvador V. Deiparine LIBMANAN, CAMARINES SUR — Mary Antonette A. Papin and Melan N. Bonza were named Libmanan’s Most Outstanding Campus Journalists at the Search for Gawad Leon Aureus for Outstanding Campus Journalism held at the Libmanan Sports Complex on August 29, 2026. The event was part of Libmanan’s Youth Convergence (Linggo ng Kabataan) 2026, which recognized local campus journalists for their work and achievements in journalism. Papin, a 17-year-old graduat

The Xavier Batchmates Foundation Inc. (XBFI), founded by the scholars of the Ateneo Xavier Honors Dormitory under the care and guidance of Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ during his term as President of Ateneo de Naga University, will celebrate its 2nd anniversary with a special fundraising event. In pursuit of the group's mission to provide 30 scholarship grants for deserving students of Ateneo de Naga University, XBFI is honored to present a benefit concert featuring Jose Mari Chan

For 39 years, the Constitution has carried a clear command: the State shall prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law. For nearly four decades, however, Congress has failed to enact the law that would give meaning to that constitutional provision. The Supreme Court has now made the issue impossible to ignore. In its Aug. 26, 2026 decision, the Supreme Court declared that Congress has a mandatory constitutional duty to enact a law prohibiting political dynasties an

This is what I’ve been talking about. It happened again, and this new incident shares the exact same significant element with the previous two. I have been telling you all, over and over again. Is anyone actually listening? It’s the students’ parents', uncles', or aunts' guns! All three of these kids who went to school and shot their fellow students got their weapons at home—straight from their fathers or aunts; two of them directly from their own fathers. These kids wouldn't

Sa XXX v. People (G.R. No. 274842, October 22, 2025), kinasuhan an sarong lalaki sa bisa kan Anti-VAWC Law matapos mag-post sa Facebook nin mapanlait asin makapaminsalang mga pahayag tungkol sa saiyang ex-girlfriend. Itinanggi niya na siya an nag-post. Sabi niya, posible na ibang tawo an naggibo kan account gamit an saiyang pangaran asin litrato. Sinabi kan Supreme Court na madali lang maggibo nin Facebook account, kaya posible man na may fake o dummy account. Pero sabi pa ka

Some accidents are news. Others make you stop scrolling and think about how easily they could happen to someone you know. Sir Jao was hit by a car while crossing a pedestrian lane. It happened past midnight, when the road was relatively quiet. The CCTV footage showed the vehicle approaching at considerable speed. Now there is something almost absurd about how we treat an empty road. No traffic. No congestion. No apparent reason to slow down. Just a long stretch of pavement in

We are fond of claiming—and often strongly agreeing—that we Filipinos are resilient. I have previously shared my thoughts on this topic, arguing that we are not looking at resilience through a correct or objective lens. To address this, I thought of a more apt term: “Wrongsilience” (or simply "wrong resilience"), which describes a mistaken, misguided sense of endurance. A statement from a 2025 article titled "Resilience is Not a Personality Trait: The Myth of Filipino Enduran

September 23 may become an important date in the history of Philippine impeachment. On that day, the Senate impeachment court is scheduled to hear oral arguments from the prosecution and defense on a deceptively simple question: How many votes are actually required to convict an impeached official? It sounds like simple math, but it’s not. Article XI of the 1987 Constitution is titled “Accountability of Public Officers.” It begins with a simple declaration: public office is a

Six deaths in Naga City. Fifteen deaths in Albay. These are not just numbers in a dengue report. Each number is a person—a child, a mother, a father, a family member whose life was lost to a disease that, in many cases, can be prevented. As of September 15, Naga City had recorded 307 dengue cases and six deaths since January. The city declared a state of calamity on September 8. In Albay, dengue cases reached 1,785 with 14 deaths as of September 8, prompting the province to d

By Jordan Domingo LEGAZPI CITY --- The Department of Education (DepEd) is preparing to roll out a School Digital Safety Campaign in Bicol and other parts of the country as it moves to address safety risks faced by students not only inside school campuses but also in the digital spaces where they study, communicate and socialize. The initiative comes amid heightened concern over school safety following recent campus violence, including the case involving Banga National High Sc

By Jason B. Neola MAYOR Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has explained the origin and timeline of the P500-million national government funding for the rehabilitation and retrofitting of the Jesse M. Robredo (JMR) Coliseum, saying the project was pursued because the facility has become the city’s largest evacuation center. In a Facebook post on Monday, September 21, Robredo said the coliseum was constructed in 2009 and opened in 2010 as a venue for major events, conventions, sports