Filipinos’ faith in God will once again be on display when they rise up early and be on their Sunday’s best to attend the nine-day Simbang Gabi starting at dawn today, Dec. 16. Notwithstanding the cold mornings, busy schedules, and the threat of Covid-19, Filipino Catholics are expected to...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Forty-one foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) cases have been detected by the Albay Provincial Health Office (PHO) among schoolchildren at the Albay Central School here since Tuesday, Nov. 15. "Nakatanggap kami ng epidemiological report mula sa Legazpi City Health Office na...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here Thursday, August 11. Police Major Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the suspects as Erigen Villanueva and Mark Dave Lonsame. Suspects were arrested by the Albay Police...
The Diocese of Legazpi has warned the public against a Facebook page using the name of Bishop Joel Baylon. Bp Joel Baylon (Photo CBCP) "Scammer alert! Somebody is impersonating our bishop, Most Rev. Joel Z. Baylon, using his profile picture on Facebook," the diocese said in a Facebook post...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested an alleged drug den maintainer and five other persons in a buy-bust operation in a restobar here Thursday, July 21. PDEA Bicol information officer Cotton Yuson-Talento identified the...
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested seized some P3.4 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Legazpi City in Albay. The operation also resulted in the arrest of the three suspected pushers identified as as Ryan Arandia, 40, mechanic; Helin Fajardo, 18; and Donmerwin...
Legazpi Bishop Joel Baylon, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care said, the Bicol Region has set up evacuation centers for calamity survivors as part of its contingency measures in times of disasters. Bulusan Volcano in...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Sorsogon Chapter conducted a rapid assessment of affected areas of the Bulusan Volcano phreatic eruption in Sorsogon on Sunday, June 5. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) Meanwhile, the PRC Albay-Legazpi City Chapter already sent the PRC Meals on Wheels to assist the...
NZ alumni as country ambassadors, Korea opens up, and where to get Tokyo-inspired cocktails in Makati MATARIKI Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Tim Given, NZ Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell Just last week, Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Program alumni and current students got together at...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) resumed its operations at the Bicol International Airport (BIA) starting this month and boosted its passenger capacity to Legaspi for the summer peak travel period by using Airbus aircraft. CEB currently flies up to five times daily on the Manila – Legazpi – Manila route. It...
The Diocese of Legazpi in Albay has warned the public against a scam using the name of a priest to ask money from individuals. Photo Diocese of Legazpi FB "It has come to our attention that a text message have been sent to many people, claiming to be from Msgr. Crispin C. Bernarte Jr., Vicar...
Ayala Land and Make It Makati unveil vibrant ceiling mural at the Legazpi Underpass HOW TO GO AROUND THIS ’15-MINUTE CITY The Legazpi Underpass mural unveiling was led by (back row) mural artists Janica Rina and Jerson Samson and (front, from left), Jonathan David, Chrissy Roa, and Shiella...
