Vice President Leni Robredo announced that her office’s free medical teleconsultation services will also be made available starting this week to people in her hometown in the third district of Camarines Sur. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) launches the Bayanihan E-Ataman in Camarines Sur...
Partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) Bicol Project is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said. PNR123 Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the Department and its attached agency, the PNR, is...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Arthur Tugade has assured the public that the construction of the breathtaking Bicol International Airport (BIA) will be completed within the year. (Photo from DOTr) To ensure that big-ticket infrastructure projects in the region remain on track, Secretary...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Saturday, May 8, that six Memoranda of Agreement have been signed among higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Bicol region to pave way for the sharing of faculty resources through the adjunct faculty system and ensure the delivery of quality...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has deployed the affordable and locally developed rapid test kit that could detect dengue infection within an hour to the Bicol region. Biotek-M Dengue Aqua Test Kit (Photo from DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña Facebook Page) DOST...
Pregnant women and malnourished children in Bicol Region will be provided with quality food as six farmers’ groups were tapped by the government to provide fresh vegetables to an existing nutrition program in the region. Photo from DAR T he Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the National...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGUs) have so far provided relief assistance amounting to more than P1.72 million to the families affected by Typhoon “Bising" in the country's four regions. The DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations...
DESTINATION: ART Arsenio “Nick” J. Lizaso, NCCA chairman and CCP president Dubbed as the “City of Fun and Adventure”—and for a good reason—Legazpi is located in the province of Albay in the Bicol Region and its claim to fame is Mt. Mayon, which is partly within its borders. Mayon, of...
Intangibly Filipino BOAT MAKERS A kumpit being built in the barangay of Sheik Makdum, Sibutu Island, Tawi-Tawi (Photo by Roel Hoang Manipon) The International Information and Networking Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) has...
Contrary to what we know, Bicolano food is not just about being spicy Mesa ni Misis has begun a series called Bahay Kubo kitchen where we feature cooks from the different regions in the Philippines. We then ask them to choose their three favorite crops to use from the area. This is to promote not...
The construction of the Bicol International Airport (BIA)--tagged as the "Most Scenic Gateway" of the country--is moving at an exceptionally fast pace. (DOTr FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) Currently, the overall progress of construction at the BIA has been pegged at 74.132 percent complete. Actual...
The progress rate of building the P5-bIllion Bicol International Airport (BIA), the completion of which had been reset from 2016 to 2020, is now at 72.2 per cent. The BIA project started in 1996 (pre-feasibility study) and the government issued the Notice to Proceed in July, 2009. It was supposed...
