Bikol News

Naga City(May 20, 2011) – Collection of miscellaneous fees should be approved by the Parent-Teacher Association(PTA) so that no parent will complain when it is implemented, but first no student in public school should be denied enrollment because of non-payment of such fees.

Pili, Camarines Sur (May 21, 2011) - Up to 5 million pesos in cash prizes are at stake in the Tour of Camarines Sur,  a biking competition held annually as part of the celebration of the foundation anniversary of the province, known as the Kaogma Festival.

With the woes of CASURECO II member-consumers seemingly never ending, the move to convert the electric cooperative into a stock cooperative has been brought back to life and is gaining grounds.

PILI, Camarines Sur, May 16 (PNA) - The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office in Bicol has assured farmers and fishermen in the region of fuel subsidy to help them cushion the impacts of the staggering cost of petroleum products.

Naga City (May 17, 2011) – The local government of Naga City has started distributing cash aids to 1,500 tricycle franchisees following the guidelines of President Aquino’s Pantawid Pampasada program.

Pili, Camarines Sur (May 17, 2011) – At least 400,000 students in public elementary and high schools in the 35 towns of Camarines Sur stand to benefit from a 30 million-peso scholarship program of the provincial government, as Governor L-Ray Villafuerte and Department of Education Secretary Armi Luistro sign today the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) pertaining to the said grant.

Naga City (March 15, 2011) – High electricity bills are inevitable and forthcoming and Jane Barrameda, OIC Manager of the Camarines Sur II Electric Cooperative (CASURECO II), urges member-consumers to implement their own energy-saving  measures to render the power hike tolerable.

Bagacay, Tinambac, Camarines Sur (May 14, 2011) – Most Rev. Leonardo Z. Legazpi, Archbishop of the Diocese of Caceres, opens today the third and newest parish in the town of Tinambac in an elaborate ceremony called canonical erection and solemn installation of Parish of Saint Peter the Apostle.

Naga City (May 13, 2011)  - The Therma Luzon Incorporated, an affiliate of the Aboitiz Group of Companies and the main power supplier of Camarines Sur II Electric Cooperative (CASURECO II), has suspended the contract to sell electricity to the cooperative because of the latter’s failure to pay its debts amounting to 67 million pesos. This was revealed by Jane Barrameda, OIC General Manager of CASURECO II.

Naga City (May 12, 2011) - “We need reform. We need to prioritize the patients. We need to take care of the poor.” These were the words of Dr. Efren Nerva, the new hospital chief, as he addressed the personnel of the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) in a meeting at the BMC auditorium yesterday, May 11.

Batasan Pambansa, Quezon City (May 12, 2011) – Ako Bikol partylist (AKB) is neutral on the issue of partitioning of Camarines Sur into two provinces, as inititated by Congressman Noli Fuentebella of the 4th legislative district of Camarines Sur.

Naga City  (May 6, 2011) – Trains, the most cost-effective of all means of land transportation,  will not be spared from the ill effects of continued oil price increases as the Philippine National Railways (PNR)  imposes fare hike in the middle of May this year.