Three government troopers were slain while another was wounded when they were hit by shrapnel from a landmine blast set by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay (village) Maninila, an upland village in Camalig, Albay, Monday morning, an Army official said.
Thousands of passengers stranded at the port in Matnog town in Sorsogon since Saturday might lose their chance to vote on Monday as repair works on the damaged roll-on roll-off (RORO) ramp would take another six days, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), said Sunday.
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, regional chairman of the ruling Liberal Party in Bicol, was just “extra-hospitable” to the United Nationalist Alliance when he posed for cameras with its senatorial candidates Nancy Binay and Jack Enrile in Albay on Sunday. Or was he?
Albay Governor Joey Salceda expressed dismay over media reports saying he was not toeing the Liberal Party’s line for a 12-0 Team PNoy victory in his province.
Two electricity consumers in Albay filed on Friday a petition asking the Regional Trial Court here to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent the interim board of the Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco) from implementing the privatization of the debt-ridden electric cooperative.
Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima looked forward to peaceful elections in May despite reports of private armed groups still operating in various parts of the country.
Militant groups led by Karapatan-Albay and the Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO) multi-sectoral stakeholders’ organization (AMSSO) staged a protest rally Monday morning opposing the planned privatization of the financially ill electric cooperative.
Rep. Alfredo Garbin of the Ako Bicol Party-list (AKB) welcomed the move of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formally resolve the issue of seven partylist groups having two sets of nominees as his party mates, in a statement, expressed support for the Supreme Court ruling loosening the criteria for party-list accreditation.
The regional police headquarters is sending 126 policemen to Masbate to keep political rivalries in one of the country’s most violent provinces from escalating into bloodshed.
A Parade of Higantes —giant colorful creatures representing Albay’s mythological characters—highlighted the grand opening of Daragang Magayon Festival that kicked off on Monday.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will auction off in April the 94,000 bags of Vietnam rice it seized at the port here in September last year. The smuggled rice from Vietnam is worth at least P135 million, a ranking Customs official said.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife, Lani, mayor of Taguig City, found a special way of celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary on Friday.
By keeping the youth busy in school, the number of teenage pregnancies in Albay has dropped below the national average, according to Albay Gov. Joey Salceda.
