MASBATE CITY, April 29  -- Showing their sincerity and determination to end the culture of violence in this island province of Bikol specially during times of election, Congressman Antonio Kho and his wife Governor Elisa on Tuesday handed over to state authorities 23 high powered firearms and ammunition.

The Ateneo de Naga High School Batch 1974 retains its ties with the Alma Mater with the unfaltering sponsorship of the Alumni Mass every last Sunday of April. For over 15 years now,  the batch has sponsored the said event. This Sunday, April 25, 9 AM at the over-sized Ateneo de Naga chapel, the tradition continues.

Sipocot, CamSur (10 April) - A huge multi-sectoral protest action against the Libmanan-Cabusao Dam Project (LCDP) is set to be held on Wednesday, April 14 in the municipalities of Sipocot and Lupi, Camarines Sur.

The protest action is led by the Alyansa kan mga Namamanwaan laban sa Dam or AnDam (Alliance of Concerned Citizens against the Dam) which is opposing the implementation of what has come to be known as "Dato's Dam" following the sponsorship of the said dam project by Congressman Diosdado "Dato" Arroyo.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 23  -- Law enforcement authorities are on high alert and have fielded additional personnel to maintain tranquility and promote solemnity during the observance of the Semana Santa (Holy Week) across the region.

Joint elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP), and various units of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) have launched "Oplan Semana Santa" designed to maintain order in various churches, major roads, airports, ports and other critical infrastructures, where people might gather to observe the Holy Week from March 29 to April 4 this year.

PILI, Camarines Sur, March 16 - Incidences of violence continue to happen in the island province of Masbate despite the signing of a peace covenant among opposing political leaders here as two supporters of poll candidates were gunned down in the past two days, a military report said.

Major Harold Cabunoc, chief of the 9ID Public Affairs Office, quoting the report from Special Task Force (STF) Masbate, said that Ireneo Lumahog, 51, a resident of Barangay Tubog, Pio V. Corpuz town, was shot dead by two heavily armed men around 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

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).

Intended to mitigate the effects of the worsening dry-spell in Bikol region, the BSWM's cloud seeding operations targeted the worst-hit areas in the island province of Masbate, in Camarines Sur and Albay.

MANILA, Aug. 1  -- Former Philippine president Corazon Aquino died early Saturday morning at age 76 after battling colon cancer for over a year, her family said.

Corazon Aquino's son, Senator Benigno Aquino III, confirmed that the former Philippine leader died of cardio respiratory arrest at 3:18 a.m. local time Saturday (1918 GMT Friday) at the Makati Medical Center in the country's capital Manila.

Aquino was diagnosed with the disease in March 2008 and has been confined at the hospital for more than a month.

MANILA, July 18, 2009- Catholic priest-turned Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio has ended months of speculations by announcing today he will stand for the presidency in next year's elections.

Panlilio said he is already prepared to take the challenge amid the snowballing calls for his presidential bid.

He said he decided to welcome calls for running for a high position because he believes the country needs the best from Filipinos.

Panlilio said he will offer his self to the Filipinos in whatever capacity the country will need his services.

There is almost revivalistic or nativistic about the news that the trains will run once more to Bikol. It has the feeling of the Second Coming. For me anyway.

The major papers carried already photos of the coaches, some being refurbished and some just needing some cleaning. I can picture these trains passing by towns and villages that have died temporary deaths when the trains stopped running.