Camarines Sur (2 October)-More than 1,000 couples walked down the aisle in the "Kasalan sa Ngalan ng Diyos" church mass wedding held at the St. James de Apostle Parish church, Libmanan under the sponsorship of the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur here October 1-2.

MANILA, Sept 30, 2009-The Bishops of Samar Islands along with the local government units headed by Easter Samar Governor Ben Evardone have decided to give a posthumous award to the murdered priest, Fr. Cecilio Lucero.

NAGA CITY (30 September) - - Caretakers of the 60-hectare Romualdez Ranch situated in barangays Tambo and Del Rosario in Pamplona, Camarines Sur has sought police protection after illegal settlers had threatened with violence the ranch employees.

Last September 27 was election Sunday and all Germany was called to vote for the new Federal German Parliament (Bundestag). The political landscape has changed much in the last decades and the number of parties running for parliament has increased. Back some 20 years ago Germany had two main parties, the Conservatives on the right wing, being CDU/CSU and the Social-Democrats, SPD, on the left.

MANILA, Oct. 2, 2009-The social action arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) plans a massive increase in its relief aid program, with an initial allocation now reaching to around P30 million.

IROSIN, Sorsogon-Alicia P. Balasta, 61, of this town, lost his son Jonathan three times.The first time was when Jonathan worked in Manila after dropping out of college. The second time was when he joined the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

LEGAZPI CITY (2 October)-The municipal government of Vinzons, Camarines Norte ordered the preemptive evacuation of residents living in the town's coastal villages. PAGASA hoisted storm signal number 2 over Camarines Norte after Typhoon "Pepeng" had threatened the northernmost Bikol province.

Diliman, Quezon City- The Bikol literary circle and the avid supporters of this artistic renaissance in the region has another reason to celebrate in the winning of Kristian Sendon Cordero in the Maningning Miclat Poetry Prize (Filipino Category) last September 24, 2009 at the Abelardo Hall of the University of the Philippines.

VIRAC, Catanduanes, Oct. 2 --Governor Joseph Cua today ordered the evacuation of families from different coastal baranggays and other low-lying areas in the province as typhoon "Pepeng" started to dump heavy rains.

LEGAZPI CITY (3 October)- DESPITE BEING SPARED FROM THE DIRECT ROUTE of tropical storm "Pepeng" which was packing some 195km. per/hour winds, the affected provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, and Camarines Norte had an estimated 200,000 evacuees crowd their evacuation centers due to the typhoon's heavy rains, the office of the Civil Defense base in Camp Ola here reported on Friday (October 2).