LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Nine fishermen went missing off the waters of Mercedes town in Camarines Norte, the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol (OCD-5) said on Sunday, July 16. Gremil Alexis Naz, OCD-Bicol spokesperson, said 10 left the Mercedes Fish Port on Tuesday, July 11, and were expected to return...
Map of Bicol (Google maps) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is upbeat over President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision to put the stalled Bicol railway project back on track. “We Bicolanos certainly welcome the government’s decision to put back on the negotiating table...
(Unsplash) There is a need to procure an ample supply of sobriety and drug test kits to effectively enforce Republic Act (RA) No.10586 or the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Act, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan said in a statement Wednesday, July 12. “The reason the law was...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Speaker’s office, Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co have high hopes for the newly-signed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, particularly in terms of boosting the...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Rep. Co's office) A ranking congressman says the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) should pursue charges of economic sabotage against crime syndicates in connection with its probe on the alleged onion cartel. Ako Bicol...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Rep. Yamsuan's office) A former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman is pushing for the passage of a bill that would guarantee the security of tenure of civilian employees in the country’s law...
Ako-Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) A total of 30 Badjao fisherfolk have been granted with motorized boats by the office of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co in an effort to boost their livelihood. Co provided the motorized boats to the fishermen in the form of certificates. Aside from...
LEGAZPI CITY – Thirty Badjao families in Camarines Sur received livelihood assistance and motorized boats from the Ako Bicol (AKB) party-List in an awarding ceremony at Hotel St. Ellis here on Friday, June 30. Norvi Magtanong, Ako Bicol Camarines Sur coordinator, said the Badjao families...
(Unsplash) Instant noodles, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), drinking water, and kerosene ought to be protected from unwarranted price hikes, especially during times of calamities. For this purpose, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan and Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Hundreds of Mayon Volcano evacuees in Malilipot, this province, have received free medical services from the Tarabangan Caravan of the Ako Bicol party-list. A MAYON evacuee at San Jose Elementary School in Malilipot, Albay receives free medicines and vitamins from Ako Bicol...
(Unsplash) Ako Bicol Party-list announced on Sunday, June 25, the construction of a level 1 water supply system at another school-slash-evacuation center in Albay province amid Mayon Volcano's continued restiveness. This, as Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon underscored the importance of...
(Unsplash) Close to 2,000 individuals from an evacuation site in Albay will soon benefit from a water supply system project of Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. Nearing completion according to Co's office is the level 1 water supply system in San Andres Elementary School, which presently serves...
