Regions Briefs: March 22, 2019

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 21:00:17 +0000

4 dead as van hits ‘kuliglig’ in Isabela TUMAUINI, ISABELA—Four people were killed after their tractor-drawn trailer (“kuliglig”) was hit by a passenger van along the national highway at Barangay Liwanag here on Thursday, police said. Senior Insp. Frances Littaua, Isabela provincial police spokesperson, said Jaime Infiel, 63; Catalina Cabasi, 57; Mila Barbieto, 59; and […]

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Mt. Mayon spews 300-meter high ash plume

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:32:06 +0000

Mt. Mayon spews 300-meter high ash plume

Mayon Volcano had another steam-driven or “phreatic” eruption, spewing grayish ash plume 300 meters high from the summit on Friday morning.

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3 suspects fall in string of anti-drug operations in Bicol 

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:41:10 +0000

3 suspects fall in string of anti-drug operations in Bicol 

Police anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Wednesday evening three alleged illegal drug peddlers in separate drug operations in the provinces of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte and Sorsogon, a police report said on Thursday.

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De Lima to Bicolanos: Help Otso Diretso bets eradicate poverty, injustice

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 03:44:39 +0000

De Lima to Bicolanos: Help Otso Diretso bets eradicate poverty, injustice

Senator Leila de Lima has urged her fellow Bicolanos to help the Otso Diretso slate in the upcoming May 2019 midterm elections, in order for the candidates to work against the problems affecting the country.

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Storm-hit Bicol farmers get P36M in rice, corn, vegetable seeds

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:44:25 +0000

Storm-hit Bicol farmers get P36M in rice, corn, vegetable seeds

About P36 million worth of hybrid palay, corn and assorted vegetable seeds were distributed to storm-hit farmers in Bicol.

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Ex-village chief running for Sorsogon town councilor killed in buy-bust

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 02:05:04 +0000

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — A suspected big-time drug pusher who is running for town councilor was killed on Wednesday night during a drug buy-bust in Pilar town in Sorsogon province.

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