LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The entire province of Albay was placed under state of calamity on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 22, due to massive flooding and landslides from heavy rains caused by tropical storm "Kristine." Board Member and Liga ng mga Barangay president Hisham Ismail said that the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two vehicles caught fire in Daraga, Albay on Monday, Oct. 21. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, said that the first incident happened in Purok 4, Barangay Bascaran. A FORD EcoSport Titanium caught fire in Barangay Bascaran,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Gov. Edcel Greco "Grex" Lagman of this province announced on Friday, Oct. 18, that he has been issued a preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. Lagman did not detail the reason of the suspension in his official Facebook account. LAGMAN (FB) He instead informed...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - House Committee on Ways and Means chairman and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda filed his Certificate of Candidacy as governor of this province on Tuesday morning, October 1. LAWYER Jong Bonafe shows the Certificate of Candidacy of Rep. Joey Salceda for governor of Albay on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – House Committee on Ways and Means chairman Rep. Joey Salceda announced on Sunday, September 29, that he is running for governor in Albay in the 2025 mid-term elections. ALBAY Rep. Joey Salceda (center) endorses Hisham Ismail (left) for mayor and Luis Gutierez (right)...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The municipal government of Polangui in Albay province opened on Saturday, September 21, the P90-million Polangui Integrated Transport Terminal at the Diversion Road in Barangay Ubaliw. Polangui Mayor Adrian Salceda said that the terminal is the most modern between...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – One-thousand seventeen families or 4,397 individuals in the provinces of Albay and Camarines Sur were evacuated due to heavy rains from tropical cyclone "Gener" and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat.” A ROAD in Jovellar, Albay was damaged by heavy rains on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – One-thousand, two-hundred farmers and fisherfolk from the 70 barangays here received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program on Thursday, September 5. AKO Bicol party-list Executive Director Alfredo Garbin...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered the dismissal of former Albay governor Noel E. Rosal and the one-year suspension of Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Geraldine B. Rosal after they were found guilty of administrative charges involving the reassignment of several department heads in 2022. The...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - Mayor Carlwyn "Awin" Baldo of Daraga, Albay, who is facing two counts of murder over the killing of Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe and security aide Police Master Sgt. Orlando Diaz in 2018, surrendered to the Camalig, Albay Municipal Police Station on Monday...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A court in Metro Manila has ordered the arrest of Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo for two counts of murder over the alleged killing of former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe and security escort Police Master Sgt. Orlando Diaz in 2018. Acting Presiding Judge Acerey...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A kagawad or councilor of Barangay Maguiron, Guinobatan, Albay was gunned down on Sunday morning, August 11. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, identified the victim as Salvador Mortega Pardiñas, alias Badoy, 51....
