LEGAZPI CITY (Nov 12) - Mt. Mayon on Thursday laid low after billowing ashes into air three times on Wednesday, which enveloped nine villages in the second and third districts of Albay.

NAGA CITY (Nov. 10) - Five policemen from this city were recently conferred the "Gantimpala Agad Award" by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for honesty, expeditious and responsive resolutions of two different robbery with arson cases in this city.

We welcome and laud the Supreme Court's recent appointment of Judge Ramon Cruz, a Bikolano, to the Court of Appeals. His appointment affords us the opportunity to have a glimpse of a life which may serve as an inspiration to fellow lawyers and fellow Bikolanos.

NAGA CITY (10 November) - IN A RADIO BROADCAST aired region-wide from Legazpi City, the New People's Army "Celso Minguez Command" in Sorsogon province claimed responsibility for the ambush of PNP personnel of the 509TH Police Provincial Mobile Group that resulted to the death of four policemen and the wounding of three others in Sitio Pinaradan, barangay Calumagan, Bulan, Sorsogon about 11:00 AM on Monday (Nov. 9).

VATICAN, Nov. 5, 2009-- The Vatican is set to host a unique seminar on how sports are related to building virtue and the spiritual life. Participants will hear from the former U.S. Olympic rower Susan Saint Sing and Edio Constantini, the president of the John Paul II Sports Foundation, among other speakers.

VATICAN, Nov. 4, 2009-- The Holy See's press office has denied a report published by the Italian daily La Repubblica, which made claims that John Paul II will be beatified in 2010 and that Rome and Krakow are locked in a dispute over which city will host the ceremony.

NAGA CITY, Nov. 3, 2009─ The priests of the Bicol region is set to celebrate the Year for priests with a regional clergy retreat that will focus on the life of St. John Mary Vianney on November 9-13 at Bethlehem in Bacacay town, Albay.

NAGA CITY, Nov. 4, 2009─In a gesture of fraternal solidarity, the Archdiocese of Caceres has spearheaded a donation campaign to help families displaced by typhoon Ondoy in Manila archdiocese.

Senator Chiz Escudero created quite a stir when he bolted from the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) at a time when he was almost certain to bag the party's nomination. But there are rumors that one of the reasons behind his decision was the alleged unwillingness of the "Boss" Eduardo 'Danding' Cojuangco to throw his full support, financially, to Escudero's campaign. Escudero, on the other hand, claims that his decision to bolt the NPC stems from his belief that a candidate for president should be free from all the fetters of party loyalty and political debts.

Ang "ako mismo" ay isang ad campaign na sinasaad na sa sarili magsisimula ang pagbabago. Dili walang iba kundi ako ang susi sa transformasyong panlipunan. Hindi aksidente na ang kampanya ay nakatuon sa pagpasok ng bansa sa eleksyon ng 2010. Tila susing kawing sa iba pang kampanya ukol sa first-time voter registration, pati na ang "boto mo, ipatrol mo."