LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 12 -- The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned climbers, tourists and guides against entering the six-kilometer radius permanent danger zone of Mayon Volcano as it still poses danger under alert level two.

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas-Bikol (KMP-Bikol) and the human rights group KARAPATAN-Bikol condemned the illegal arrest and detention of the 43 health workers in Morong, Rizal last Saturday. The health workers were in a Luzon-wide health training of the Council for Health and Development (CHD) and the Community Medicine Development Foundation (CMDF).

LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 11 -- The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said civil and electrical works will start for the rehabilitation of the Legazpi Airport runway lights which was destroyed by Super Typhoon Reming in 2006.

Tito Genova Valiente, a Bikolano public anthropologist and columnist of Vox Bikol, is one of the three speakers invited to deliver the keynote address in the 2nd National Art Studies Conference on Feb. 18-19, in the Tambunting Hall of the National Museum. The other two speakers are Prof. Eufracio Abaya of the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Prof. Judy Freya Sibayan of the De La Salle University.

NABUA, CAM. SUR (9 February) - THE CHIEF OF POLICE in this Rinconada town has been under fire from reporters, after reportedly excluding the name of the town Mayor of Bato in an apprehension report on the conduct of gun ban checkpoint in San Roque, Nabua, the other day.

LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 10 - The Bicol Commuter Service extension, under the Southrail Linkage project of the Philippine National Railways (PNR), will start its full operation in July this year.

May kaganyakan na ang kultura sa pagtanggap ng estetikang bading sa pananamit (fashion). Una, tila may umaalagwang sektor sa ekonomiya-partikular ang call center at BPO (Business Process Outsource)-na nagpapaariba rin sa estetika ng bading. Ikalawa, ang mismong estetikang ito ay magkaalinsabay na may dating na kosmopolitan at sterile na hitsura, kaya nagpapaugnay sa metropoles ng bansa sa aspirasyong wanna-be First World ng estado.

VATICAN, Feb. 3, 2010-- Those who minister the Word of God must be well prepared, and the "cultural dimension" of faith needs to be cultivated, says Benedict XVI.

MANILA, Feb. 4, 2010- With the May elections drawing near, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) called for a ceasefire in its feud with a fellow poll watchdog.

MANILA, Feb. 5, 2010-Guarding against the passage a bill that seeks to promote artificial family planning has become a matter of vigilance for the Catholic hierarchy.