LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol is under blue alert status after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the alert level of Mayon Volcano in Albay from one to two (increasing unrest) on Monday, June 5. OCD-Bicol Assistant...
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur – A total of 18 super health centers will be constructed in Camarines Sur, Sen. Bong Go said on Saturday, June 3. Go said that 43 out of the 629 super health centers that will be built nationwide in two years will be in Bicol. GO (FB) He added 20 super health centers...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has recently admitted to congressmen that one of the reasons for the delay of the National Broadband Project (NBP) was the wrong choice of pipe for its fiber optics. In an...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) A rookie congressman told a handful of government agencies to "get their acts together"--literally--in a bid to establish protocols that can be followed in case of environmental disasters like the MT Princess Empress oil spill. Bicol Saro...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Twenty municipalities in Bicol region suspended classes on all levels on Monday, May 29, due to the effects of tropical cyclone "Betty," the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol said. In a 3 p.m. media advisory issued by OCD-Bicol, the suspension took effect Monday...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – It’s business as usual in the House of Representatives. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Jill Bongalon on Friday, May 26, said their work has not been affected by the “demotion” of Pampanga Rep. Gloria M. Arroyo from Senior Deputy Speaker to Deputy...
CAMALIG, Albay – More than 3,000 residents here have benefited from the Tarabangan Caravan of Ako Bicol party-list in partnership with the Albay 2D Office, the provincial government, and other private and government agencies. Held at the newly constructed Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) command...
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman has told the Philippine National Police (PNP) to step up its procurement of body-worn cameras or bodycams. This, after Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan learned...
Newly-installed House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. "will remain a steady and reliable ally" of Speaker Martin Romualdez. Thus, said Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) President and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co in a statement Friday,...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (left) and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. (Facebook) Investing in modern rice mills can be a game changer for the Philippine rice industry, according to Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. Co shared this thought--and many others--during his recent...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan wants the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to finally put an end to the perennial backlog on fire trucks in the country. In a public hearing of the House Committee on Public Order on Tuesday,...
The municipalities of Daraga and Manito in Albay received brand-new firetrucks from Ako-Bicol party-list and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Friday, May 12. MAYOR Carlwyn Baldo (third from left) of Daraga, Albay receives the ceremonial key for a brand-new firetruck from the Ako-Bicol party-list...
