Tindog Catanganon

Sa estorya nin Catanduanes, matic na minabangon ang mga taga isla sa kadabes na minakuru-kuso ang bagyo, maluya man o makusog, kung kaya, daing rason tanganing panluyahan kita nin boot. Ang Bicol Peryodiko nakikisumaro sa makaturitresteng epektong pagrapado kan...

Stringent Border control

From Alert level 4 before, the province was reclassified to Alert 2 then. like other provinces in the BIcol Region to Level 3 status. What does it meant? COVID 19 Omicron variant and other variants have had a resurgence...

Austerity vs Necessity

          During times of crisis like this coronavirus pandemic, government employees, want to be reassured of steady income, security of tenure, protection and safety against afflictions like COVID-19.           Except of course for job order employees who are subject...

Pay-Ward Conversion Justified?

        Recently, the highly controversy-prone Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) caught the limelight once again due to its management’s decision to convert some Covid-19-intended quarantine facilities to pay-ward status.            Firebrand legislator Alan del Valle (PCL-West District) denounced said...

Quo Vadis EBMC?

There was a time when the populace of this island relatively look with pride the Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) as a bedrock—a center---of health and wellness.                 Apparently, however, in the last two decades or so, its services has deteriorated...

A Call for Immediate Action Against Shooting Incidents in the Island

“Huna ko daw sa syudad sana igwa kang mga “riding in tandem”* na an. Pati man palan uya igwa na. Nakatakot na lugod magluwas ta tibaad matsambahan ka baga.” (I thought the so-called “riding in tandem” can only be found in the...

Fund Diversion: Big No! No!

            Aside from the outpouring of various s supports provided by the national and local governments, Pos, NGos, private individuals and business establishments, our hapless co-provincianos could heave a sigh of relief due to the approval of the additional financial assistance signed...

Mega Shabu and Illegal Logging Concerns

Now that the 40-day Lent Season observance is over, we’re expecting and hoping that majority, if not all Christians, have been spiritually strengthened enough to sustain them for the entire remaining balance of 2018---the Year of...

Disaster preparedness

President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his praises to all the Local Government Units (LGU) of the Bicol Region for the extra-ordinary effort by providing pre-emptive measures in order to minimize the effect of the recent typhoon in the region. Upon hearing the power...

Ambush or Encounter?

By any measure, the tragic demise of the leader of the 6-man team on a mission to serve a warrant of arrest to a fugitive disturbing, unchristian, and unpardonable Technically an ambush and not an encounter, it truly manifests...