Oplan Tabang Taal Initiative
This early in the year 2020, in the light of the Dickensian
dictum that the “worst of times is the best of times,” the management and staff
of Bicol Peryodiko and 3-yea-old sister outfit --Radyo Peryodiko (DWFB-FM, 96.7
mhz)--- scrambled into action and out on airwave “OPLAN...
Worse and Best of Times
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...
Pinoys: Smugglers of the Faith
Barely three
days from now the aging “Year of the Pig”
(YOP) would have a good or bad exit worldwide depending on what side of destiny
or fate a particular country and its citizens, like ours, have had in their existence
in a span of 365 days...
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 point presentation report from one of
the...
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 into a
situation where persons affected, experienced
very...
It’s time to shine
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...
BP @ 13: ALIVE & KICKING IN RED COLOR
Last
October 24 we celebrated our 13th BP Foundation Anniversary along
with the fiesta celebrations in
Barangays Cavinitan and Gogon in honor of Patron St. Raphael. To the
management and staff, the red color we chose in our souvenir t-shirts in this
year’s celebration, signifies our burning...
LGU-VIRAC’s Third SGLG Award
This month’s release of DILG’s
list of Seal of Good Legal Governance in the Bicol Region is indeed very timely
as far as the local government unit of Virac is concerned. In a way, we join
our colleagues in the media and the constituents of the...
Bureau of Corruptions
Secretaries Eduardo Año of the interior and
Menardo Guevarra of justice yesterday signed a joint department order to
suspend the implementation of the GCTA for 10 days.This would pave the way for a review by a
joint committee of the Department of the Interior and Local Government...
EBMC: To Revert or Not?
The issue regarding the fate and status of the Eastern Bicol
Medical Center was rekindled by the privilege speech delivered by Provincial
Board Member Santos Zafe during the 9th Regular Session of the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan on August 27, 2019. Said privilege speech was delivered in
response to a...