Search on for Russian mountaineer in distress at Mayon Volcano
LEGAZPI CITY (22May2013/PNA) – The Albay government sent two search and rescue teams on Wednesday morning to look for a foreign mountaineer who sent a message through his cellphone to…
Albay gov’t commends 2 capitol employees for saving abandoned baby
By Elmer James Bandol LEGAZPI CITY (BicolToday.com/21May 2013) – Early intervention and correct procedural actions were the key factors that saved the almost dying newly-born baby girl abandoned at the…
Brigada Eskwela ’13 needs help
By Felix ‘Boy’ Espineda, Jr. SORSOGON CITY (BicolToday.com/21May2013) – Public education could not be worst if all stake holders raise their bar of commitment, they will be the big thing.…
DOLE Bicol warns public on ‘barangayan modus’ by illegal recruiters
By Joseph John J. Perez LEGAZPI CITY (21May2013) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Bicol is closely monitoring the activities of suspected illegal recruiters operating in the…
45 persons infected with AIDS in Albay
By Cherry N. Acabado GUINOBATAN, Albay, (21May2013/PNA) – Forty-five persons have been infected with acute immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Albay, a provincial legislator said over the weekend. “And Bicol is…
K-to-12 won’t solve high unemployment among ‘educated workers’
Latest official figures show that in 2012, almost eight out of 10 unemployed are high-school or college-educated. SORSOGON CITY (21-May-2013) – Government’s recent pronouncement that the growing number of unemployment…
Bayan Muna wants Smartmatic to refund for defective PCOS machines
BACOLOD CITY (21-May-2013/PNA) – The representative of progressive party-list group has said that Smartmatic should refund the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the defective Precinct Count Optical Scans (PCOS) machines.…
Elections 2013: Public exercise, private process
IBON FEATURES/ COMMENTARY | 16 May 2013 | The state has become captive of a private firm by allowing it to have full authority over the technology and the whole…
More Mayon Volcano monitoring by Philvocs
By Joseph John J. Perez LEGAZPI CITY (21-May-2013) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) will be boosting their monitoring instruments in the vicinity of Mayon Volcano to…
3 soldiers killed in clash with rebels in Albay
LEGAZPI CITY (20May2013/PNA) – Three Army soldiers died and one was wounded Monday when they were hit by shrapnel from a landmine blast set by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels…
