LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Albay Electric Cooperative inaugurated on Labor Day a new substation that will supply power to the island-towns of Bacacay and Malilipot and San Miguel Island in Tabaco City. ALBAY Rep. Joey Salceda, Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon, Diday Co, sister of Ako Bicol...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ako Bicol Party-list is pulling away from the rest of the pack in terms of voter preference, if the results from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from March...
More people, supporters of the Duterte family in particular, backed the decision of the House of Representatives to remove a Bicolano solon as chairman of the powerful Committee on Appropriations. Some of them said the ouster of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co from the plum position is...
The decision of Rep. Zaldy Co of Legazpi City-based Ako Bicol party-list to step down as chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations during a plenary session on Monday has reportedly appeased some netizens. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/13/co-removed-as-house-appropriations-panel-chairman...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A total of 6,500 families from six municipalities in Camarines Sur province affected by typhoon “Kristine” and super typhoon “Pepito” have received food packs from Ako Bicol party-list over the weekend. AKO Bicol party-list in partnership with the Department of...
South Korean actor Kim Ji Soo visited Tabaco City in Albay province on Friday, Dec. 6, to spread cheer and distribute relief goods to senior citizens. KOREAN actor Kim Ji Soo distributed relief goods to 800 senior citizens in Tabaco City in Albay province on Friday, Dec. 6. At...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Rep. Elizaldy Co of Ako Bicol party-list said that the daily subsistence allowance of soldiers will increase by 100 percent next year. Co, speaking during the recent fellowship dinner of the Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command here,...
(Ako Bicol Party-list) Ako Bicol Party-list has stepped up its disaster preparedness efforts to safeguard Bicol residents ahead of the expected landfall of typhoon "Pepito". House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co, the party-list's first...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Commission on Elections proclaimed former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. as the new mayor here on Monday, Nov. 11, following a Supreme Court ruling disqualifying Mayor Geraldine Rosal. FORMER Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin (second...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – One-thousand, two-hundred farmers and fisherfolk from the 70 barangays here received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program on Thursday, September 5. AKO Bicol party-list Executive Director Alfredo Garbin...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A total of 21,000 families or 83,000 persons affected by tropical storm "Enteng" in the six provinces of Bicol region have received assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Bicol and local government units (LGUs). DSWD-Bicol said that as...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A court in Metro Manila has ordered the arrest of Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo for two counts of murder over the alleged killing of former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe and security escort Police Master Sgt. Orlando Diaz in 2018. Acting Presiding Judge Acerey...