Plan a visit to Naga City and chances are you will choose to stay at the city’s most well-known hotel—the Villa Caceres Hotel. What may not be immediately clear is the decades of ambition that has gone into this establishment, which incidentally goes hand in hand with the development of the...
A packed schedule will prevent President Duterte from holding a second "Talk to the People" or TTP public briefing this week. President Duterte speaks during a recent "Talk to the People" public briefing (Malacañang photo) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Thursday, Oct....
'People's campaign': Robredo supporters set up online donation portal rained pink in the provinces of Bicol, Cebu, Laguna, and Rizal this week as supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo organized parades, caravans, and motorcades that emboldened the vice president enough to describe her...
Volunteers from Vice President Leni Robredo’s home region of Bicol held a “pink caravan” on Saturday, Oct.16, to show their support for the opposition leader's 2022 presidential bid. The "pink caravan" in Bicol (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo’s Facebook page) The caravan was...
Looks like President Duterte was really smitten by this "Bicol beauty". Bicol International Airport (Photo from PNA) It's been four days since he inaugurated the Bicol International Airport (BIA) in Daraga, Albay, and yet it's still on his mind and he continues to speak fondly of it. "Mayroon lang...
bicol1 Cebu Pacific (CEB) started domestic operations at the new Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, a day after the gateway's inauguration. BIA, which has a capacity of two million passengers per year, replaced the existing Legazpi Domestic Airport. CEB has been mounting...
It took a president from Mindanao to help finish the crown jewel of transportation in Bicol. President Rodrigo Duterte (center) gets a quick tour of the Bicol International Airport during the facility's inauguration on Oct. 7, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live) President Duterte led the...
bicol1 The P5-billion Bicol International Airport (BIA) in Daraga, Albay starts receiving commercial domestic flights this Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, on schedule, and will be ready for international flights a month later. “Construction works for the BIA were delayed for 11 years. It went through 3...
Partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) Bicol project is being eyed to begin by April next year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced on Monday, Sept. 27. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade inspects the Lucena Station in...
Developing a farm from the ground up involves challenges and opportunities. One thing that many often see as a disadvantage or hindrance in farming is a small land size. But a Bicolano family did not let their land size keep them from running a productive farm. Rather, they used two...
Ever since the start of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak last year, Vice President Leni Robredo has found more time to perform simple yet rewarding domestic tasks, like cooking meals for her daughters. But who would have thought that in 2021, Robredo would turn into a virtual culinary...
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) an additional P4.65 billion fund assistance for the agency's ongoing projects that aim to remove the sandbars in Bicol and Cagayan rivers. Cimatu, who is also the chairman of Task Force Build Back Better...
