SANTO DOMINGO, Albay – A total of 5,473 individuals or 1,688 families evacuated here due to restive Mayon Volcano returned home on Wednesday, June 21. Mayor Jun Aguas here said that evacuees decamped after Albay Gov. Grex Lagman issued an order that those living outside the six-kilometer Permanent...
SANTO DOMINGO, Albay – Mayor Jun Aguas has declared a liquor ban in five barangays here affected by the restive Mayon Volcano. CLOUDS almost cover the summit of Mayon Volcano on Friday, June 16. (Ali Vicoy) "Pasensiya na po at no consumption of alcoholic drinks po muna sa ilang barangay ng Santo...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay -- The Ako Bicol party-list has started constructing a Level 1 water system or a deep well water system in evacuation centers to address water shortage for Mayon evacuees. MAYOR Jun Aguas and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon distribute relief goods to Mayon Volcano...
Amid the "changing tides" in the Philippines' national security, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the country is working to recalibrate its focus more to external defense of its borders. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Betheena Unite) As he witnessed the commissioning of the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Sarung Banggi Festival in Santo Domingo, Albay has returned after a three-year halt due to the pandemic. The event honors Potenciano Gregorio Sr., the famous Bicolano musician and composer of the folk song "Sarung Banggi" (One Evening). OFFICIALS from the local...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban has taken over the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) as its officer-in-charge, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) confirmed on Wednesday. *President Marcos and Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban (Bongbong...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is seeing enhanced partnerships with Chile and Qatar in various areas of cooperation as he welcomed the two countries’ new ambassadors to the Philippines on Thursday, March 23. In welcoming Chilean Ambassador Alvaro Domingo Jara Bucarey at Malacañang,...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Sangguniang Bayan of Santo Domingo in Albay province approved on Tuesday, March 14, an ordinance establishing a community college in the municipality that will make tertiary education more accessible to residents, especially the poor. The ordinance was authored by...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, February 23 warned Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Domingo Panganiban that he could be held criminally and administratively liable for allowing three businesses to import sugar ahead of the official release of Sugar Order No. 6. Panganiban, in a...
Creamline players celebrate a point (PVL Images) By NIKOLE JAVIER Creamline reasserted its mastery over Choco Mucho in straight sets 25-18, 25-13, 25-14 in their much-anticipated affair in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum....
Prime Video launched the movie “Ten Little Mistresses” in a blue carpet gala premiere ahead of its Feb. 15 streaming. The streaming giant will switch on its first Filipino Amazon Original movie in over 240 countries and territories. The murder-mystery comedy movie stars Eugene Domingo,...
Police scored in the campaign against crime with the arrest of two suspected drug pushers and four wanted persons and confiscation of shabu and a loose firearm in Nueva Ecija. A report on Wednesday, Dec. 21, from Col. Richard V. Caballeron, officer-in-charge, Nueva Ecija police, said two drug...
