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...
Newly Minted CatSU President Chosen
Finally, after almost a year of waiting while OIC President Dr. Freddie T. Bernal, CHED5 Regional Director, CESO III, stirred the premier institution of learning in the province, the newly minted second president—Dr. Patrick Alain T. Azanza was sworn into office after...
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...
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 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 ,...
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...
LGU’s Elevated Response vs ASF
Recently, Reildrin Morales, the director of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) sounded the alarm . Decision/policy-makers in the DA and stakeholders in the hog/swine industry ought to take note with emergency and urgency. Our country is facing its third wave...
Tough Times Ahead
Some foreign and local financial analysts said that the country’s economy is in for a hard drive in the next two or three years. The assessment is correct amid reports of destructive floods and devastation brought about by slew of recent typhoons...
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,...
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...