LEGAZPI CITY, March 23 -- Law enforcement authorities are on high alert and have fielded additional personnel to maintain tranquility and promote solemnity during the observance of the Semana Santa (Holy Week) across the region.

SORSOGON CITY, March 23 --For more than three years now, shellfish enthusiasts who have avoided different kinds of shellfish particularly green mussel (locally known as tahong) harvested from Sorsogon Bay, now have a reason to party following release of laboratory results that the bay is finally free from the deadly red tide toxin.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 23 -- The Bicol International Airport project in Barangay Alobo here recently received an additional P23 million to complete its right-of-way acquisition which has so far attained close to a 75 percent mark of accomplishment.

Legazpi City (25 March) -- As more party list groups are being exposed as fronts of Gloria Macapgal-Arroyo and her allies, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Bikol (BAYAN-Bikol) is mulling filing a disqualification case against Ako Bicol for being unfit to represent marginalized Bikolanos.

Personally and in terms of calendar, the month of March has already been weeks and days of saying goodbye. Two uncles and a cousin passed away. The condolences and the decision between a mass card and a flower, a bountiful can of biscuits and a wreath figure wracked my social life. In between these little crises in grief aesthetics and faith, there was the graduation of a niece, a graduation lunch for a friend's daughter, and the interminable invite to listen to a guest speaker in several commencement exercises.

NAGA CITY - MORE THAN 80 barangay captains and dwellers along the railroad localities met with Philippine National Railway (PNR) General Manager Manuel "Ower" Andal during a consultation at the Cam. Sur National High School complex, on the rehabilitation program of the PNR and the relocation of more than 2,000 families of informal settlers along the rail tracks in the adjoining Camarines Sur and Albay provinces.

MANILA, March 17 -- The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation announced the bidding of the 150-megawatt (MW) BacMan geothermal power plant package located in the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon.

MANILA, March 19, 2010- An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called on presidentiables to have a concrete platform of governance in alleviating the plight of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

NAGA CITY (19 March ) -- Comelec citizens' arm, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in the province, together with church groups and non-government organizations, is set to sponsor a series of candidates' fora on April 10, 12, 14, and 16 at Naga City's Plaza Quezon beginning 6:00 PM.

VATICAN, March 17, 2010-- Under a clear blue sky and on a perfect spring day, Pope Benedict XVI hosted the faithful and pilgrims in the open air of St. Peter's Square for today's audience.