Daet solon scored for blocking governor's infra projects

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:29
DAET, Camarines Norte (13 March 2010) - The Governor of this province has denounced the interference of Camarines Norte lone Congresswoman, Liwayway Vinzons Chato in the affairs of the provincial government, particularly in the proposed P 300-Million loan with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to finance the establishment of a provincial "garbage recovery facility" that will service 12 towns; a centralized evacuation center; and tourism-infrastructures at Bagasbas beach.

Cloud seeding in Bikol to cost P 2.5-Million

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:27
PILI, CAMARINES SUR (13 March 2010) - The current cloud seeding operations being conducted by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) under the Department of Agriculture (DA) is costing the agency some P2.5 Million, according to an official report of the DA regional office here on Friday (March 12).

Cloud seeding

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:20

The Region V Office of Department of Agriculture RFU 5 has recently started cloud seeding, a form of weather modification in which the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds is changed by dispersing vacuum dried salt into the clouds 2,000 feet from the ground. A mitigation effort against the ill effects of the El Niño phenomenon, the cloud seeding had resulted to rains in the provinces of Camarines Sur, Albay and Masbate. (RAFID5)

Robredo's term expired prior to resignation – Ateneo

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 07:13
"The Board . . . heard of your resignation after your term had ended [and] when it really had no intention of re-electing you." This was the statement contained in the letter written last March 1 by Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU) President Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J. which responded to Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo's resignation from the Board of Trustees of the said university.

Pagkutkot sa mga laman-ng-lupa

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 02:38
Nangyari ang panayam noong Disyembre ng nakaraang taon (2009) sa isang restaurant sa kahabaan ng Katipunan. Plano ko sana itong ilabas sa pagbukas ng bagong taon, ngunit may ibang mga kahingian sa pag-aaral ko rin ang kinailangan kong harapin. Wala akong ibang pakay sa panayam na ito kundi gusto ko lamang na makarating sa mas nakakarami lalo na sa mga kapwa-Bikolnon at sa iba pang kababayan natin, ang balita ng pagkapanalo ng pelikulang 'Ang Panggagahasa Kay Fe' bilang pinakamahusay na pelikulang inilahok sa 33rd Cairo Film Festival, ang ikatlo sa pinakamarangyang film festival sa mundo at ang

Bikol braces for the grand tercentenary celebration

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 02:23
NAGA CITY, Feb. 27, 2010- As the countdown of the Tercentenary of the devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia continues, the Caceres Archdiocesan Tercentenary Committee, headed by the Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legaspi, OP, DD, released the roster of activities for the remaining seven months before the grand novena week in September.

The booth is a marketplace

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 09:01
I paid visit to Mr. Llagas, there I knew that the problem was there was no one to turn to, no one to hold accountable for all the ads. My question for myself was, if there were no people accountable, how did all these ads make it to the airwaves?! There's the rub.

Government violates election laws by fielding own partylist groups

Submitted by Vox Bikol on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 08:49
MANILA - Catholic priest Fr. Joe Dizon, convener of the anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya, raised hell earlier this week over the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) accreditation of a partylist group that is, by its own declaration, a project initiated by an official of the Arroyo administration and a prominent ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.