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10 Bicol Light Stations Not Operating Despite Over Supply of Spare Parts

A total of ten light stations (LS) in the six provinces of Region V (five) covered by the Bicol Coast Guard District are not operating, according to the agency's web…

September 20, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

9/17/1972 Live Blogging the Sorrows and Pains of Colgante Tragedy

Sunday, September 17, 1972. At a distance, yesterday, the Colgante bridge looked beautiful, with colorful buntings and lighted with different colored bulbs. As the day's sun descended, the bridge's…

September 18, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More

9/16/1972 Live Blogging at the Colgante Bridge

Saturday, September 16, 1972. As the "vancuerna" of the images of the Virgin of Peñafrancia and the Divino Rostro passed under the bridge, the people became more excited and jostled…

September 17, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More

Camarines Sur and Ilocos Norte Inks Sister Province Ties

Call it reciprocity. One good act in exchange for another. South meets north. Camarines Sur governor L-Ray Villafuerte signed a sister province ties with Ilocos Norte governor Imee Marcos…

September 15, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More

Battle for Hearts and Minds Rages On Creation of Nueva Camarines

Even at the height of the religious Peñafrancia Traslacion last Friday, the battle for the hearts, minds, and political patronage of every Camarinesense rages on.…

September 11, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More

Decapitating CamSur: The Continuing Saga on the Proposal to Create Nueva Camarines

We are having a good doze of information on the proposed creation of new (sic) province of Nueva Camarines, thanks to the gerrymandering ideas of some congressmen who may have…

August 10, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

IBON: President Cited Misleading and Faulty Rice Data in SONA

The data on rice production cited by Pres. Benigno Aquino III in his second SONA are among the faulty facts and figures. Says IBON Foundation.…

August 8, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More

Salvacion-Baybay Elementary Typically Represents the Deplorable State of Philippine Public School System

If the Philippine department of education (DepEd) and the government cannot deliver a functional and effective public school system in its bare and minimal level in terms of instructional support…

July 5, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

The Move to Partition Camarines Sur Into Two Provinces

How much of ground swell is (being) gathered by the proposal to carve out a new province from the current territorial jurisdiction of Camarines Sur? The exact and final answer…

July 4, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

Philippine Public Education System Stinks to A Certain Degree

Something we can say with certain degree of certitude: the Philippine education system stinks when it comes to offering positive learning environment and delivery of standard services to the multitude…

June 9, 2011 / No Comment / Read More