In this Year of the Water Dragon, Bicol is poised to take off. The optimism stems from the region’s economic growth in previous years as most of its provinces turned to tourism and services to boost their standings. Some, however, were hobbled by challenges brought about by high power costs.
A Philippine Air Force helicopter has been scouring the Pacific Ocean off Candanduanes Island to search for Chinese cargo vessel believed to have sunk in the area on Saturday afternoon.
A day in court may also be playtime for children. Right inside the Hall of Justice building in Virac town in Catanduanes, a corner playhouse was put up and inaugurated by Executive Judge Lelu P. Contreras of the regional trial court on Dec. 16.
Continuous heavy rains caused knee- to waist-deep flooding and the suspension of classes Friday in most provinces in Southern Luzon, including the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), Bicol and Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) regions.
Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) bested well-known engineering schools in the country when its graduates bagged the top three places in the board exams for civil engineers given earlier this month.
Thousands of volunteers and organizations again made reforestation history on Friday, planting 118,890 tree seedlings in Catanduanes in one day, according to organizers of Project 11-11-11.
Thousands of volunteers again made reforestation history on Friday, planting 118,890 tree seedlings in Catanduanes in one day, according to organizers of Project 11-11-11.
Heavy rains spawned by a low pressure area in Mindanao brought floods to this capital town and a landslide in one town that injured a 66-year-old woman yesterday.
Heavy rains spawned by a low pressure area in Mindanao brought floods to this capital town and a landslide in one town that injured a 66-year-old woman Tuesday.
At least three towns were isolated from the rest of the provincial center by a landslide triggered by rains brought on by typhoon Pedring (international name: Nesat).
Tropical Storm “Juaning” continues to pound Luzon as it heads north, leaving one dead, several people injured and missing and forcing authorities to suspend classes.
VIRAC, Catanduanes—A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook the island of Catanduanes early on Thursday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake was recorded at 12:36 a.m. and originated from the Philippine Sea, about 40 kilometers northeast of Baras town at a depth of 112 kilometers. It was felt at Intensity 3 in [...]
VIRAC, Catanduanes—One of the 10 fishermen from this island-province who went missing at the height of Tropical Storm “Falcon” on Wednesday was considered the least likely to come back alive as he did not even know how to swim. Prospero Tabios, 53, the oldest in the group and so far the only survivor, was found [...]
