It’s time to shine

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ARE they ready for me?  Vice President Leni Robredo posed the question to Cabinet members after announcing on Wednesday that she has accepted—after days of publicly expressing extreme caution—the offer of President Duterte to become his anti-illegal drugs czar.Robredo said she plans to prioritize ending the deaths of drug...

PDU30 Sona’s Priority Measures

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City last July 27,2020.              In his speech, which lasted for one hour and 45 minutes, Duterte urged Filipinos no to lose hope as he expressed...

Virac MPS Recognized for Its Excellent Service

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Virac MPS can proudly say that it has exhibited all the principles and ideals it represents and if there are still any doubts, than the recognitions given to the station and its individuals  can speak for themselves.            During the culminating activity of the 27th...

Thought-Provoking, Timely Topic

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The topic chosen on the just concluded 17th Cesar V. Sarmiento’s Oratorical Cup held last January 26, Friday, 2:00 P.M. at the Catanduanes State University (CSU) Auditorium was, indeed, a very challenging, thought-provoking, timely question: “Change to Federal Form of ...

The Alarming Dengue Cases

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The latest data released by the health authorities in the province is very alarming. The 271 and more than 300 dengue cases in the municipalities of Virac and San Andres, respectively, are more than enough to cause an alarm and compel them to act with dispatch.             Nevertheless,...

New Year 2022: Choices, Faith, Love, & Optimism

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“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.”              ...

Commencement Exercises

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            After the love month celebration the next focus of attention by parents and students are the graduation exercises in the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels.            In the elementary level Grade 6 pupils will graduate in April while in the secondary level senior high school students will graduate. ...

Worse and Best of Times

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This early in the Year of the Metal Rat—2020—the people’s sense of hope and optimism expected every new year has been spoiled by several unexpected serious man-made and nature-induced calamities.           Be that as it may, let’s start with the positive ones. With Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s appointment by...

Stringent Border control

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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...

Ambush or Encounter?

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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...