Catanduanes mayor’s van shot at, no one hurt—military
By Frances Mangosing
The vehicle of the incumbent mayor of Viga in Catanduandes was shot by an unknown attacker Monday afternoon, the military said in a report Tuesday.
The vehicle of the incumbent mayor of Viga in Catanduandes was shot by an unknown attacker Monday afternoon, the military said in a report Tuesday.
A soldier was wounded after government troopers briefly clashed with 10 suspected New People’s Army rebels in San Andres town in Catanduanes Tuesday morning, an Army official said.
A dead baby whale shark, nearly 3.3 feet long and weighing between 200 and 250 kilograms, was found by four fishermen floating on Maqueda Channel near this island province on Friday.
A dead baby whale shark, nearly 11 feet long and weighing between 200 and 250 kilos, was found by four fishermen floating in the deep waters of Maqueda Channel in the vicinity of this island province early Friday morning.
Two communist rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops in Catanduanes Friday afternoon, the Philippine Army said.
Some 100 athletes, coaches and officials of the Naga City delegation to Palarong Bicol were stricken by diarrhea days before the start of the games set on Feb. 23-28 at Catanduanes Athletic Complex here.
Storm signals were lifted except in Catanduanes before noon Saturday as tropical depression Bising moved north northwest, the state weather bureau said.
A storm surge as high as six meters hit the shorelines of Catanduanes on Tuesday, preventing passenger vessels from docking in the Virac port, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Bicol said.
Two communist guerrillas were killed in a clash with government troops on the outskirts of Virac, Catanduanes, on Saturday morning, an Army official said.
Two village watchmen died after a motorcycle accident in Catanduanes early Wednesday, police said.
A weather disturbance east of the country developed into a tropical storm named “Lawin” on Friday but the state weather bureau said it was still too far away to be felt.
Public storm signal No. 1 was raised on Saturday over Isabela and Cagayan provinces, including Batanes, Calayan and the Babuyan Group of Islands, as a low pressure area east of Virac, Catanduanes, intensified into a tropical storm.
The sudden increase of cholera cases in Virac, Catanduanes has prompted the Department of Health to declare a cholera outbreak, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Wednesday.
