LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - A young couple preparing for their December wedding were among the 11 fatalities in the tragic collision between a UV Express van and a truck on the national highway in Barangay Libod, Camalig town, this province, on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The victims, Brian Ibo, 22, and Angeline...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - Forty-nine barangays in the municipality of Camalig, Albay have received brand-new L300 rescue vehicles, a major boost to the town’s disaster response and emergency operations. Barangay captains personally received them during a formal turnover ceremony on Saturday at the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter made an emergency landing in Purok 5, Barangay Manawan, Camalig town, this province on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 6, due to bad weather. Police Major Karlo P. Dy, Camalig Municipal Police Station chief, said that an MD-529MG...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A member of the New People's Army (NPA) was killed and his two comrades were arrested during an encounter in remote Barangay Magogon, Camalig, Albay on Thursday, April 18. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5 (PRO-5), said a...
CAMALIG, Albay – Mayor Caloy Baldo here has raised concern about the lack of sanitation and water supply in the evacuation centers where residents evacuated from six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) in Mayon Volcano will be temporarily housed. MAYON Volcano emits white smoke on Thursday,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The return of the Pinangat Festival in Camalig, this province, on Saturday, June 10, has been postponed due to restive Mayon Volcano. MAYON Volcano (Mayor Caloy Baldo FB) Mayor Caloy Baldo on Thursday, June 8, said the festivity – halted by the pandemic for three years –...
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...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrived at the command center in Barangay Anoling in Camalig, Albay on Wednesday night, March 1. THE remains of a Cessna plane crash victim arrive at the Forest Ranger Station in Barangay Anoling, Camalig, Albay on Wednesday...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Bad weather and the steep and slippery terrain of the slope of Mayon Volcano hampered the transportation of the bodies of the four crew and passengers of the ill-fated Cessna plane that crashed near the crater of Mayon Volcano last week. RESPONDERS carry the retrieved bodies...
THE wreckage of the missing Cessna plane in Bicol was located in Camalig, Albay more than a day after it went missing. (Albay Rep. Joey Salceda FB) LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – After more than 32 hours of search and rescue efforts, the wreckage of the Cessna aircraft 340, which was reported missing on...
THE Camalig rescue group convenes to discuss possible strategies to locate the missing Cessna 340A plane before dawn on Sunday, Feb. 19. Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo led the meeting. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Caloy Baldo) LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- At least 185 responders are now in Barangay Quirangay and...
