
Legazpi is most competitive component city
By Emmanuel Solis LEGAZPI CITY --- This city where Mt. Mayon reigns was adjudged the most competitive component city in the country,...

Naga tops economic dynamism ranking
By Armie B. Gunay NAGA CITY --- This city, winner of various awards, lands first place in the Economic Dynamism category of the...

Bongat, city council want Duterte to clarify his Naga as shabu hotbed statement
By Celso Amo LEGAZPI CITY --- Naga City Mayor John Bongat said he wants to know the time frame of President Duterte’s statement...

Hotbed? Naga is Top 5 in crime volume: PNP
By Rambo Talabong MANILA --- Is Naga City a shabu (methamphetamine) hotbed as President Rodrigo Duterte has accused it of? The...

IN CAMARINES NORTE:
Zero-waste advocacy launched
By Rosalita B. Manlangit DAET, Camarines Norte --- With its “Zero Waste” advocacy program, the Camarines Norte Water District (CNWD)...

Blast fishing device kills father, hurts 7-yr old son
By Mar S. Arguelles LEGAZPI CITY --- A fisherman died and his seven-year-old son was hurt when an improvised explosive locally known as...

School in burning incident faces license revocation, other charges
By Rhaydz B. Barcia LEGAZPI CITY---The Department of Education in Bicol on Monday asked the board of directors of the Bicol Central...

Ligao City Ibalong street dance champ
By Rhaydz B. Barcia LEGAZPI CITY---Street dancers from the sunflower city of Albay bagged the championship prize in the Ibalong street...

2 Army troopers slain in ambushed
By Celso Amo LEGAZPI CITY --- Two unarmed Army soldiers were killed Tuesday afternoon during an ambush staged by New People’s Army...

4 Naga students win in int’l math competitions
By Armie B. Gunay NAGA CITY --- Four students from two schools in this city who represented the Philippines in different international...

South Luzon biz confab opens Friday in Legazpi
LEGAZPI CITY --- Albay Governor Al Francis Bichara, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda and Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal will welcome...

P880K worth of shabu seized in Albay town; 2 suspects now detained
By Celso Amo LEGAZPI CITY --- Anti-illegal drug operatives led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency nabbed two suspected drug...

Drug suspects in 2 police dragnets fall
By Mar S. Arguelles LEGAZPI CITY --- Anti-narcotics operatives seized some P340,000 worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) while a...

PCA releases P3.2M incentives for Bicol coco planting project
By Mike Dela Rama LEGAZPI CITY -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Bicol has disbursed the incentives for coconut farmers...

EDITORIAL:
Kudos to Legazpi and Naga
A DOUBLE VICTORY it was for Bicolanos when the two cities of Legazpi and Naga garnered this year’s No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively,...













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