OCD Administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno (Courtesy of OCD) More than three months after Mayon Volcano’s unrest began, the national government continues to provide relief assistance to displaced residents in Bicol Region (Region 5) which now amounted to P437 million, the Office of Civil...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or national budget for 2024 is ready to enter the final stage of deliberations in the House of Representatives. "This budget will serve as a cornerstone for...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Presidential Adviser for Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. disclosed that the Bicol region will receive at least P654 million for the implementation of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) program for next year. PRESIDENTIAL...
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur – The Department of Tourism-Bicol is satisfied with the turnout of the Peñafrancia Festival as thousands of devotees, pilgrims, and tourists flocked to Naga City to witness the fluvial procession on Saturday, September 16. DOT-Bicol Director Herbie Aguas said the fluvial...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the House Committee on Appropriations that the 2022 release of contingent funds by the Office of the President (OP) to the Office...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Why wait on China on the "Bicol Express" project if there's a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) option? Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is urging the Department of Transportation...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Some 475 police officers with relatives who are candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 were reassigned to different provincial police offices (PPOs), the Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) said on Monday, September 11. In an interview,...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) With the country’s rice price situation still tenuous at best, Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co pitched on Sunday, Sept. 10 a "contract growing" scheme between the government and local farmers. Co,...
(Unsplash) A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman is prodding his fellow lawmakers to join him in his mission to fix the Philippine penal system. In a recent privilege speech in the House of...
(Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has underscored the supposed lack of training and continuing education among Philippine National Police (PNP) members that have led to botched operations. ...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The judiciary is seeking an additional P6.7 billion for its budget next year, members of the House Committee on Appropriations learned on Thursday, Aug. 31. The judiciary made its...
