5M Bicolanos now registered with Philippine Identification System
By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY --- More than 5 million individuals in the Bicol Region are now registered with the Philippine...
THE WORD OF THE LORD
Third Sunday of Advent First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-18a Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6. R. (3) Cry out with joy and...
Maghapot kita ki Father
Dear Father Bill, Ano an boot sabihon kan Inmaculada Concepcion ni Maria? Tano ta an saiyang imahen igwa nin halas sa pamitisan? An...


“Seek true happiness,” says Archbishop
By Myrna Bermudo “Do not allow yourself to be robbed of [the] simple things in life, more burloloys and more gadgets might bring you a...


“Where are you?,” God asks us
By Natalie Hazel P. Quimlat, MD NAGA CITY --- Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon presided over the solemn eucharistic celebration on the...


Angara visits CamSur, extends aid to schools
By Annalyn Gallego To extend aid and assistance to students and teachers greatly affected by the series of typhoons that hit Camarines...
SSS releases over P32B 13th month, pensions
The Social Security System (SSS) said that it has released the 13th month and December pensions worth P32.19 billion to over 3.6 million...


Sorsogon gives add'l honoraria to 3K BHWs
By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY --- The provincial government of Sorsogon distributed PHP1,800 in additional honoraria to more than 3,000...
125 nabbed, P7-M illegal drugs seized in Bicol in November '24
By Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY --- The Police Regional Office-Bicol (PRO-5) arrested 125 suspects and confiscated PHP7.1 million worth of...


Solon urges PBBM to restore Albay’s flood control structures
By Rhaydz B. Barcia SEVERE Tropical Storm Kristine, which struck over a month ago, left vast tracts of rice land in Albay devastated by...
“Some Dance to Remember, Some Dance to Forget”: Empirical insights from working on books on Activism, Insurgency and Martial Law in the Philippines
By Soliman M. Santos, Jr. Naga City, Camarines Sur [Short presentation version of a paper prepared for a panel discussion on “Not...


Expert urges LGUs to strictly enforce construction laws
By Ernesto Delgado MASBATE CITY --- Earthquakes do not kill, but the buildings and structures that collapse and the objects that fall...


Exchange mutilated banknotes, coins at BSP’s ‘Piso Caravan’
By Benilda Recebido SORSOGON CITY --- Bicolanos can now exchange their mutilated and unusable banknotes and coins at the Salvacion...


SEA U18 Championship: 2 Masbate athletes bag gold, bronze
By Ernie Delgado MASBATE CITY --- A 17-year-old athlete from San Jacinto, Masbate province won the Philippines’ gold medal in the girls’...
Catanduanes teachers hail SRI increase
LEGAZPI CITY --- Public school teachers in Catanduanes thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for his recent order to increase their...