CAMP OLA, Albay – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 reported that 15 persons drowned in the Bicol region during the observance of Holy Week. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said one person drowned in Albay, four in Camarines Norte, nine in Camarines Sur, and one from Sorsogon...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co believes that House Speaker Martin Romualdez's prior experience as majority leader has benefitted the lower chamber in terms of passing measures in the soonest possible time. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right)...
A good first impression from the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) chief. That's how Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co described the P16.6-billion revenue surplus recorded by the BOC for the first quarter of 2023. "I congratulate the BOC and it's new leader Commissioner [Bienvenido] Rubio for exceeding...
The House Committee on Appropriations chairman has echoed the call of Speaker Martin Romualdez for Congress to continue funding the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) modernization program. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co said he is fully aware of the importance of providing sufficient...
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) icon and so-called "Pinoy Sakuragi" Marc Pingris stole the show during the opening ceremony of the Ako Bicol Cup - basketball tournament on Saturday, March 25. The super-popular Pingris was the designated torch-bearer during the event, which was held at the...
The House Appropriations Committee has approved the funding provision of a consolidated measure seeking to establish "disaster food banks" in every province in the Philippines. One of these, House Bill (HB) No.5245, was authored by Dinagat Island lone district Rep. Alan 1 B. Ecleo. “Our...
The funding provision of the House bill (HB) seeking to establish specialty centers in hospitals under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Health (DOH) has been given the green light. This, after the House Committee on Appropriations chaired by Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co...
The House Committee on Appropriations chairman has reminded the different government agencies to spend their budgets well in order for benefits like newly-generated jobs to trickle down to common Filipinos. This, as committee chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co noted in a statement...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has cited what he called "striking parallels" between the killings of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last March 4 and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe over four years ago. In a statement Sunday, March 12, Romualdez said that he found it "highly...
Bicol and the rest of the country will definitely feel the pili nut craze of countries in the European Union (EU), now that the export deal for the product will push through. Thus, said Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, in the reaction to the resumption of dried pili nut exports from the...
A ranking House of Representatives member has hailed the quick progress of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Cancer Center public-private partnership (PPP) project, even as he assured the government’s commitment to the endeavor. AKO BICOL Party-list Rep. Zaldy...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Officials inaugurated a P750-million convention and evacuation center at the Bicol University here on Tuesday, Feb. 28. AKO Bicol Rep. Jil Bongalon (second from left), Ako Bicol Executive Director Alfredo Garbin (third from left), and Bicol University president Arnulfo...
