By JASON B. NEOLA THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) Region 5 has found several deficiencies in the police investigation of the Sept. 20 vehicular accident in this city that resulted in the death of pedestrian Jao Francis Per Mancera, including failures to secure key evidence and conduct required tests. Mancera, 31, was a school teacher at the Camarines Sur National High School in Naga City. The findings cast doubt on the earlier claim of the Naga City Police Office St

By Paulo DS. Papa THE City Prosecutor’s Office here will re-evaluate the documents and other evidence submitted by the Naga City Police Office in connection with the death of a public school teacher who was struck by a car while crossing a pedestrian lane on Sept. 20. City Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Fiscal Virgilio Balane Jr. said the evidence submitted to the office will undergo review to determine the appropriate action in the case involving Grace Abejoro, 32, a busin

By Jordan Kurt Domingo CANDIDATES and potential candidates in Bicol who had been preparing for the Nov. 2 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) have been left in uncertainty following the latest developments on the postponed polls, with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) saying it may no longer have enough time to conduct the elections if the Supreme Court (SC) orders them to proceed. However, Naga City Election Officer Maico B. Julia Jr. said the elections co

By Dong Deiparine The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) ranked first among participating higher education institutions in the Bicol Region and 23rd nationwide in the 2026 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, placing 559th globally among 2,016 universities evaluated. CBSUA earned a total score of 6,790 points, placing it among the top 28% of participating institutions worldwide. Its global ranking improved by 289 places from its 848th position in 2023.

SAN FERNANDO, Camarines Sur --- Some machines fit in the palm of your hand. Others need a trailer to get there. At Rancho Del Pilar here, both shared the same terrain on Sept. 26 as SCALE & STEEL: Unleashed Fury and the 1st Mayor TIN 4x4 Off-Road Fun Race were held simultaneously in what organizers described as the first time an RC event and a full-scale 4x4 off-road event were staged together in the Bicol Region. Organized by BACKDRAFT KING OF RC, with its representatives Ka

CHILDREN should not have to grow up as test subjects of an industry whose business model depends on keeping users online for as long as possible. The proposal to ban social media access for children below 13 deserves serious consideration, particularly in light of growing concerns about mental health, sleep, exposure to harmful content, online hate and algorithms designed to sustain engagement. The policy brief cited by the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department

It was noon. You had probably just taken your lunch and were ready to doze off for a siesta. Then, suddenly, car horns simultaneously blared, and yells for justice rose in front of Naga City Police Station 3, along with a funeral march that began from a neighboring high school. How did we ever get here? This should have been simple. It should not matter if it was past midnight. After all, what is a convenience store that is open 24 hours for? Of course, there would be custome

An gobyerno igwa nin kapangyarihan na magibo nin mga patakaran para sa kaayusan asin proteksyon kan publiko, alagad may limitasyon man ini. Sa White Light Corporation v. City of Manila (G.R. No. 122846, Enero 20, 2009), pinagdesisyunan kan Korte Suprema an ordinansa na nagbabawal sa mga hotel asin motel na magtugot nin mga bisita na magcheck-in nin mas halipot sa 12 oras. An katuyuhan kaini iyo na mapugulan an prostitusyon asin paggamit nin ilegal na droga sa laog kan kwarto.

There was a time when a teacher did not need to raise a hand to make a classroom fall silent. Sometimes, all it took was a look. We knew that look. It meant the talking stopped. The chairs were straightened. The notebook suddenly became very interesting. And if the teacher called your name, you answered—not with an argument, not with a parent on the phone, but with a quiet, “Yes, Ma’am,” or “Yes, Sir.” Teachers were not simply people who taught us mathematics, grammar, scienc

“Ano po ta ikaduwang hugas kan bagas ang gagamiton? Ano po ta bako si enot na hugas?” Hinapot ako kan sarong participant pakatapos ko magtao nin detalie na ang ikaduwang hugas bagas na hinaluan nin parehong kantidad nin tubig ang puedeng ipambubo sa mga tanom na gulay asin masetas sa natad. Ta medio inaatake ako nin pamimilosopo saka pagkamasinuba kan mga oras na ito, sinimbag ko siya, “Ta trip ko po, anong problema? Mayong pakiararaman nin trip.” Napangirit siya asin nagngin

September 28 is the culmination of Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations. Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821 but the Philippines remained under Spanish colonial rule for another seventy-seven years. For Filipinos, however, Mexican independence opened an unexpected door. Both countries were already connected by more than two centuries of Pacific exchange. Mexico was the American end of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade, while the Philippine archipelago supplied sai

Here is something that made my inaanak in CamHigh, Brixie, wonder and become curious. She asked me: How can we talk about El Niño—heat, dryness and drought—and at the same time see flooding? Isn’t that a contradiction? Oo nga. She began researching and quickly found the answer through AI. El Niño does not mean that it will never rain, she told me. It generally brings hotter and drier conditions and increases the likelihood of below-normal rainfall in many parts of the Philipp

By Jason B. Neola As part of Luzon Economic Corridor ECONOMIST and business leader Ronald “Bong” Rodriguez has accompanied a group of American investors to meetings with Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo and other local chief executives in Camarines Sur towns as they explore investment opportunities and initiatives aimed at promoting the province’s business and tourism industries. Rodriguez said the investors engaged his services as consultant for projects being considered within

By Jason B. Neola The Naga City Government has recognized 23 senior citizens elected as city senior citizen officials who will serve as counterparts of elected city officials and department heads during the month of October. The senior citizen officials will discharge the functions of the city mayor, city vice mayor, secretary of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, and heads of various city government offices, including the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), City Hea

Scientists have confirmed the presence of uranium in the Bessemer area of the Larap-Paracale mining district in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, a discovery that could support the Philippines’ plans to expand its nuclear energy program. The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), University of the Philippines and Akita University in Japan conducted the study in an area where uranium exploration dates back to the 1950s. Uranium, commonly associated with “yellowcake” aft