THE Camalig rescue group convenes to discuss possible strategies to locate the missing Cessna 340A plane before dawn on Sunday, Feb. 19. Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo led the meeting. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Caloy Baldo) LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- At least 185 responders are now in Barangay Quirangay and...
A young Army officer died in a roadside bombing allegedly perpetrated by communist rebels in a remote area in Oas, Albay on Wednesday, Feb. 15. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) honored 2Lt Nico Malcampo of the 9th Infantry Division for defending a community in Oas town...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – A young Army officer died while three others were wounded on Wednesday, Feb. 15, when the New People's Army (NPA) detonated anti-personnel mines in Barangay Ramay in Oas, Albay. Capt. Frank Roldan, 9th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office (DPAO) chief, said the incident...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- A 30-year-old resident of Daraga town in Albay province was stabbed to death after preventing his fellow villagers from joining them in a drinking session on Thursday evening, February 9, 2023. Victim was identified as Joven Llaguno, 30, while the suspect was identified as...
DARAGA, Albay – Two years after it was halted by the pandemic, the month-long Cagsawa Festival here kicked off on Wednesday, Feb. 1. DARAGA Mayor Carlwyn Baldo (fourth from left) and Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo (fifth from left) sign a sisterhood agreement between the two municipalities...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Rep. Joey Salceda has formally endorsed Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co as his successor as congressman of the second district of Albay in the 2025 mid-term elections. SALCEDA (FB) Salceda, in an interview during the distribution of cash aid and foods packs to residents...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – At least 2,000 families affected by inclement weather in the island-town of Rapu-Rapu in Albay province received aid from the government on Sunday, Feb. 5. Beneficiaries were from Barangays Bilbao, Dapdap, Lagundi, Sagrada, Caracaran, San Ramon, and Liguan in Batan...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) signed an agreement with the city government of Legazpi to enable the construction of new PCG facilities in Albay. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard / PCG Commander Jeffrey Collado, commander of PCG Station Albay, and Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal signed a...
Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman is disputing his fellow congressman's claim that the country’s government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) has surplus earnings for the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman...
Whoever said that independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. would never agree on anything regarding the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF)? Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
There is no need to recall the approval of House Bill (HB) No.6608 or the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman) Thus, said House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda on...
With the "love month" of February just around the corner, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda decided to tease his constituents about their love life--or the lack thereof. (Screenshot from Joey Salceda's Facebook) The targets of Salceda’s light-hearted trolling were the netizens who were quick...
