The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided more than P43 million worth of livelihood assistance to the informal sector workers in Masbate province--some of them are still recovering from the onslaught of the recent Typhoon "Jolina." Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III leads the...
Consunji-led DMCI Power Corporation will be spending P3.5 billion for expansion of its power generation portfolio that will primarily cater to the off-grid domains of Masbate and Palawan. According to the company, a substantial amount of P2.7 billion will bankroll a blueprinted thermal power...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Friday, Aug. 20, ordered officers of the Bicol Police Regional Office (PRO-5) to prioritize and "give special attention" to the campaign against the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People's Army, and National Democratic Front...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered an aggressive offensive against the communist rebels tagged as responsible in the killing of three vendors in Palanas town of Masbate. The victims: Jose Lalaguna, 51; Joey Lalaguna, 30; and Jestoni Lalaguna,...
A local bakeshop in Masbate became the latest adopter of the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) enhanced nutribun technology. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a Facebook post, the DOST said Pan De Masbate is now producing the enhanced nutribun....
There will be another testing center for the September 2021 and January 2022 Licensure Examinations for Professional Teachers (LEPT). PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Thursday, July 1, announced that Masbate has been designated as additional testing center for the September...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The first time I joined the President’s delegation — we were in Bicol region. Typhoon Nina, internationally known as Nock-ten, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on December 23, 2016. It intensified into a typhoon on December 24 and made...
Police have arrested the incumbent vice mayor of Batuan town in Masbate City over the killing of his predecessor in 2019. Mugshot of Batuan, Masbate City Vice Mayor Nelson Cambaya. (Photo courtesy of Bicol Police Regional Office) A police report from the Bicol Police Regional Office (PRO-5) said...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced Thursday, June 10, the Makabayan Bloc for exhorting the family of the slain football player Kiefer Absalon and a relative to lodge a complaint before the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) which the group maintained “accepts...
The New People's Army should surrender those responsible for the roadside bombing in Masbate City that killed a college football player if it is indeed sincere in its apology, a top police official said on Wednesday, June 9. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police...
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sara Jane Elago on Tuesday, June 8, said she is supporting an “independent and thorough investigation” into the death of Kieth Absalon, an outstanding football player of the FEU Tamaraws, who died following a bomb blast in his hometown in Masbate. Also killed in the...
