Best choice vs lesser evil for 2022
The concept of “choosing the lesser evil” seems to say that when a person is faced with two undesirable (i.e., two unfortunate or disappointing) options, then that individual should choose the less “evil” thing. But that framework, which at first glance looks like a...
The spirit of Lenten Season
In the Christian world, the Lenten Season which started during the Ash Wednesday ritual, is one of the best antidotes and shields against all man-made and nature-induced calamities/disasters.The Christian of varying denominations, Catholics especially, took the Ash Wednesday ritual seriously as the start of...
Is F2F classes feasible in Catanduanes?
With Alert level 2 status declared in the Bicol Region, not only were the business, tourism, and transport sectors were given opportunities to serve respective clients at least to the optimum; the education sector from the prekindergarten up to the college/ university are also...
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 unpardonableTechnically an ambush and not an encounter, it truly manifests utter lack of the observance of...
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 during the Christmas season.There is a...
New Year 2022: Choices, Faith, Love, & Optimism
“Christmas is a celebration of Christ love for Humankind. And the love that binds us as sacred family,” says Lailah Gifty Aikita. Majority of true Christians, if not all, would apparently subscribes to Akita’s “idea of Christmas as love; so pure and so divine.” ...
MAN OF THE HOUR: CSHCI-VSA ELPIDIO TUBORO
This issue is the last one for the period—October 2020-October 2021--- of our highly cherished crusading community newspaper---BICOL PERYODIKO). Vol. 16, No. 001 would commence next issue. As such, we’re brimming with pride as we await, with baited breath, our 15th Foundation Anniversary...
THIRD EXTENSION OF STATE OF CALAMITY NATIONWIDE
The surge of corona virus positive cases nationwide due to spread of several covid-19 variants such as alpha, beta and delta is alarming and serious indeed. With dispatch, pursuant to R.A. No. 10121 of the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010”,...
Intermittent Power Supply
Announced or otherwise, advisories on brownouts means so many things to Ficelco member-consumers.To households about to cook, eat or sleep, brownouts-intermittent or whatever--means annoyance, discomfort or deprivation of basic needs in this hard and trying times. It means spewing expletives.Thus, ally or the opposition,...
DOH Fund controversy
The report of the Commission on Audit (COA) was revealing and serious. The constitutionally-mandated watchdog of government funds, said the Department of Health's P11.8 billion allotment from the Bayanihan 1 and 2 laws and foreign loans were unobligated as of end last year.Other issues...