LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A driver was electrocuted to death after the public utility jeepney he was driving hit a live wire of the Albay Electric Cooperative at noon here on Wednesday, Oct. 23. THE body of a jeepney driver lies on the ground after he was electrocuted and his vehicle caught fire...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Acting Gov. Glenda Ong-Bongao claimed on Wednesday, Oct. 23, that tropical storm "Kristine" brought "record-breaking" rain and flooding in the province. BONGAO (FB) "Record-breaking ‘yung nangyaring pagbaha. ‘Yung mga lugar na hindi naman talaga binabaha pero ngayon...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Former Vice President Leni Robredo and the city government of Naga have reiterated their plea for assistance as flood caused by tropical storm "Kristine" swamped the city on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Robredo reiterated the need for trucks to carry stranded residents from their homes...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The entire province of Albay was placed under state of calamity on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 22, due to massive flooding and landslides from heavy rains caused by tropical storm "Kristine." Board Member and Liga ng mga Barangay president Hisham Ismail said that the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two vehicles caught fire in Daraga, Albay on Monday, Oct. 21. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, said that the first incident happened in Purok 4, Barangay Bascaran. A FORD EcoSport Titanium caught fire in Barangay Bascaran,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Gov. Edcel Greco "Grex" Lagman of this province announced on Friday, Oct. 18, that he has been issued a preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. Lagman did not detail the reason of the suspension in his official Facebook account. LAGMAN (FB) He instead informed...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay - House Committee on Ways and Means chairman and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda filed his Certificate of Candidacy as governor of this province on Tuesday morning, October 1. LAWYER Jong Bonafe shows the Certificate of Candidacy of Rep. Joey Salceda for governor of Albay on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – House Committee on Ways and Means chairman Rep. Joey Salceda announced on Sunday, September 29, that he is running for governor in Albay in the 2025 mid-term elections. ALBAY Rep. Joey Salceda (center) endorses Hisham Ismail (left) for mayor and Luis Gutierez (right)...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The municipal government of Polangui in Albay province opened on Saturday, September 21, the P90-million Polangui Integrated Transport Terminal at the Diversion Road in Barangay Ubaliw. Polangui Mayor Adrian Salceda said that the terminal is the most modern between...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – One-thousand seventeen families or 4,397 individuals in the provinces of Albay and Camarines Sur were evacuated due to heavy rains from tropical cyclone "Gener" and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat.” A ROAD in Jovellar, Albay was damaged by heavy rains on...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – One-thousand, two-hundred farmers and fisherfolk from the 70 barangays here received cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program on Thursday, September 5. AKO Bicol party-list Executive Director Alfredo Garbin...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered the dismissal of former Albay governor Noel E. Rosal and the one-year suspension of Legazpi City Mayor Carmen Geraldine B. Rosal after they were found guilty of administrative charges involving the reassignment of several department heads in 2022. The...
