Editorial

        The Sangguniang Bayan of Virac is in the midst of coming out with an ordinance vis-avis the rental rate per square of stall at the newly rehabilitated Virac Supermarket.        As expected, its more than 50% increase from P10.00 to 21.00 per square meter...

           Last October 1, 2020, Friday, the Schools Division of Catanduanes, through the enabling leadership of Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Danilo Despi, had conducted a Division Press Briefing at 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Gabaldon Building, Virac Pilot Elementary School, San Roque, Virac,...

In response to the spike of positive cases of covid-19 at seventy-one (71), with 19 positive cases as reported by the Provincial Health Office Governor Joseph C. Cua issued Executive Order No. 044 titled, “Establishing Protocol Regarding Entry of Persons in Establishments” on September...

Catanduanes State University (CatSU) Officer-In-Charge Dr. Freddie T. Bernal attended the 35th  SP regular session last September 7, 2020 at the Legislative Session Hall for a very important mission.Primarily, he appeared to the august members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to give top priority...

          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 to termination any time especially during...

Medical experts may point out, there is still the threat of the Covid-19 during an earthquake or a typhoon or any other natural disaster. The Sars-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19 does not go away when the earth shakes or the winds blow hard.There should be...

            Aside from approving the Bayanihan 2 Bill with its P140-billion stimulus fund and additional powers for the President the Senate agenda would focus on measures to address the massive changes in the country’s digital landscape, education, public transportation, business environment and the arts,...

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...

        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 pay-ward conversion in a privileged speech...

The universe, in all its terrible beauty, has a way of presenting us with as many opportunities as it takes to learn life’s most fundamental lessons.Not least of these – recent days have again shown — is that there really are few rock-ribbed conservatives in times of economic...