Legazpi City (5 April) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bikol, Provincial Government of Masbate and Municipal Government of Cawayan penned recently the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the implementation of the poverty reduction project Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Community Integrated Development and Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) in Cawayan town.

IRIGA CITY (7 April) - THE Administration party's presidential standard bearer Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro campaigned in the two strongest districts of Lakas-KAMPI-CMD in Camarines Sur province on Tuesday (April 6), after sorties in Albay province a day earlier.

Legazpi City (5 April) -- Albay Gov. Joey Salceda was dismayed over the decision of the organizers of Binibining Pilipinas Universe replacing Ms. Venus Raj, this year's Miss Binibining Pilipinas Universe, with a second rank winner.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 7 - A caravan for peaceful and credible elections was successfully held in Masbate on Monday. Various sectors in the island province joined the multi-sectoral caravan, a ranking official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Bikol said Wednesday.

LEGAZPI CITY, April 7 - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to release the new design of the Philippine monetary bills and coins by the end of 2010 and Mayon Volcano will be included in the new design of the bills.

Sipocot, CamSur (10 April) - A huge multi-sectoral protest action against the Libmanan-Cabusao Dam Project (LCDP) is set to be held on Wednesday, April 14 in the municipalities of Sipocot and Lupi, Camarines Sur.

SAN AGUSTIN, PILI, CAMARINES SUR (5 April) - Over 200 farmer and fisherfolk leaders who are members of the regional, provincial and municipal agriculture and fishery councils (AFCs) will converge for a 3-day summit on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management at the Department of Agriculture regional compound here on April 6 to April 8.

Legazpi City - More than 10,000 visitors have flocked to Bikol for the duration of the Holy Week commemoration, reported the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Based on PCG Bicol's records, an estimated 8,900 passengers have entered the 11 ports of the region since Holy Thursday (1 April). This number was expected to have reached 10,000 by Saturday, 3 April.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 28 -- Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manuel Villar dreams big for Bikol Region where poverty incidence remains high despite a moderate 4.3 percent growth of its economy in 2008.

CASTILLA, Sorsogon, April 5 - The Department of Agriculture (DA), aided with a P3.7-million grant from the Spanish government, has introduced a coconut coir processing and marketing project to a farmers' cooperative here that is considered a new profitable venture aimed at adding value to existing economic activities in the rural areas.