Abaca Capital vs Butterfly Capital of the Philippines
In what terms or ways do the provinces of Catanduanes and Marinduque have in common? Geographically, both are island provinces. Politically, both are lone districts. The latter is represented by incumbent House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco. The former is represented by Con. Hector...
Who’ll Be the Chosen One?
The question I posed above is very challenging, exciting, imperative, and timely. Right? However, before I tackle it curiously and seriously, allow me to have this sort of trivia-cum-post prandial reflections. The original acronym of the Catanduanes State University was changed, two or three...
Dr. Freddie T. Bernal: CatSU’s Officer-in-Charge
With sense of pride and higher expectations, my colleagues and I in the print and broadcast media in Bicol Peryodiko and BPTV online News Live, join the academic community and allied sectors in welcoming Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Bicol regional director Dr. Freddie...
Abaca Rehab & Pests and Diseases Control
The abaca plant, scientifically known as Musa Textilis (Nee), innately grows in the Philippine soils particularly in the Bicol Region, the Visayas and Mindanao regions. This favorable soil and climatic conditions made the Philippines as the top producer of abaca in the world. Recently,...
2020 Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
By the time our crusading newspaper hits the streets or reaches the hands of our precious readers, the Philippine Statistics Auhority (PSA) must have started conducting its 2020 “Census of Population and Housing (CPH). The 2020 CPH, the country’s 15th census of population...
CatSU as Model Vaccination Center
With the cosmetic reforms he denounced as palliatives and band aid solutions---instead of giving long term and systemic changes that will push the University to greater heights and prepare the institution for future challenges such as this global pandemic--- President Azanza will focus during...
The Need for Prayer Power
The concept of positive thinking, according to Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, has literaly permeatedthe American culture. And, may I add, practically the whole world today, in view of The Power ofThinking book , which was translated into thirty-three languages, 13 million copies sold...
BP: Zooming Upward on its 11th Year
This coming October 24, our most cherished community newspaper---Bicol Peryodiko—is celebrating its 11th foundation anniversary with a bang once again. For this year’s anniversary special celebration, our ‘Bossing’, Ferdz M. Brizo, brought out the idea of holding a songwriting competition dubbed “Festival of Music...
2016: Year of Surprises
The print and broadcast media have witnessed and reported breaking news of national and international important developments as chronicler of events. For example, no one would have ever expect, predict or thought these plethora of surprises would 2016 would turn out to be.Not even...