LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Around 10,000 residents in Santo Domingo and nearby towns in this province benefited from a free medical, surgical, optical, and dental mission conducted by a group of volunteer doctors from the United States and the Philippines. DR. William Lagrada attends to a patient...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police seized almost half a kilo of suspected shabu worth P2.8 million from a minor drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Santo Domingo, Albay on Monday night, February 5. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib said the suspect, a resident here, was arrested by the Office of...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – House Committee on Appropriations chairman Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) -Bicol Director Virgilio Eduarte, and the local government of Santo Domingo, Albay led the groundbreaking ceremony for the new P210-million...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The mayor of Santo Domingo town in Albay province has ordered the 1,588 families, or 5,419 individuals, who have been staying in various evacuation centers in the town for the past three months due to the effusive eruption of Mayon Volcano to return home. In an interview on...
SANTO DOMINGO, Albay – A total of 5,473 individuals or 1,688 families evacuated here due to restive Mayon Volcano returned home on Wednesday, June 21. Mayor Jun Aguas here said that evacuees decamped after Albay Gov. Grex Lagman issued an order that those living outside the six-kilometer Permanent...
SANTO DOMINGO, Albay – Mayor Jun Aguas has declared a liquor ban in five barangays here affected by the restive Mayon Volcano. CLOUDS almost cover the summit of Mayon Volcano on Friday, June 16. (Ali Vicoy) "Pasensiya na po at no consumption of alcoholic drinks po muna sa ilang barangay ng Santo...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- The Ako Bicol party-list has started constructing a Level 1 water system or a deep well water system in evacuation centers to address water shortage for Mayon evacuees. MAYOR Jun Aguas and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon distribute relief goods to Mayon Volcano...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Sarung Banggi Festival in Santo Domingo, Albay has returned after a three-year halt due to the pandemic. The event honors Potenciano Gregorio Sr., the famous Bicolano musician and composer of the folk song "Sarung Banggi" (One Evening). OFFICIALS from the local...
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...
Police scored in the campaign against crime with the arrest of two suspected drug pushers and four wanted persons and confiscation of shabu and a loose firearm in Nueva Ecija. A report on Wednesday, Dec. 21, from Col. Richard V. Caballeron, officer-in-charge, Nueva Ecija police, said two drug...
Roman Catholics will honor on Tuesday, Dec. 20, the memory of a well-loved Spanish Benedictine abbot, Saint Dominic (Santo Domingo) de Silos (1000 – 1073), who remains well venerated in many parts of the world including the Philippines as the patron saint against rabies and of pregnant women...
With the ease of restrictions, organizers of the much-awaited feast of La Naval de Manila in honor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (Nuestra Senora Santissimo Rosario) have begun preparations for La Naval 2022. La Naval de Manila (Manila Bulletin file) Held at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon...
