Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co is actively pushing for the completion of the cruise ship port in Legazpi City, Albay. This, after Ako Bicol Party-list bared in a statement Wednesday that Co has reached...
A good idea. That's how Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda described the proposal from Malacañang to merge government financial institutions (GFIs) the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). Salceda said in a statement Wednesday afternoon, March 29,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Sangguniang Bayan of Santo Domingo in Albay province approved on Tuesday, March 14, an ordinance establishing a community college in the municipality that will make tertiary education more accessible to residents, especially the poor. The ordinance was authored by...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrived at the command center in Barangay Anoling in Camalig, Albay on Wednesday night, March 1. THE remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrive at the Forest Ranger Station in Barangay Anoling, Camalig, Albay on Wednesday...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Bad weather and the steep and slippery terrain of the slope of Mayon Volcano hampered the transportation of the bodies of the four crew and passengers of the ill-fated Cessna plane that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano last week. RESPONDERS carry the retrieved bodies...
Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on Wednesday, Feb. 22, expressed condolences to the families of those who died after a Cessna airplane crashed in Albay recently. Photo: Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN Marles visited the country and held a bilateral...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The provincial government of Albay is still thoroughly conducting search and rescue operation to locate the four passengers of the Cessna 340 aircraft which was reported missing on Saturday, Feb. 18, and found on Sunday, Feb. 19, at the crash site near Mayon Volcano in...
Two soldiers who were buying supplies for the search team involved in search and rescue operations on a crashed Cessna plane in Albay were killed when they were ambushed by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Monday, Feb. 20. Photo: 9th Infantry Division / 9ID Captain German Franco...
CORDOVILLA (Nino Luces) CAMALIG, Albay – Sixteen veteran mountaineers are on standby to climb Mayon Volcano and look for the four people onboard the Cessna plane owned by Energy Development Corp. (EDC) that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano over the weekend. George Cordovilla, team...
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) would not confirm if the aircraft seen near the crater of the Mayon Volcano was the same small plane that went missing after its takeoff at the Bicol International Airport in Albay. In a statement, CAAP spokesman Eric Apolonio said they still...
RESCUERS struggle to reach the wreckage of the missing Cessna plane in Camalig, Albay after it was located on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19. (Albay Rep. Joey Salceda FB) CAMALIG, Albay – Rescuers struggled to reach the slopes of Mayon Volcano after the wreckage of the missing Cessna 340 plane was...
THE wreckage of the missing Cessna plane in Bicol was located in Camalig, Albay more than a day after it went missing. (Albay Rep. Joey Salceda FB) LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – After more than 32 hours of search and rescue efforts, the wreckage of the Cessna aircraft 340, which was reported missing on...
