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LEGAZPI CITY, March 23  -- The Bicol International Airport project in Barangay Alobo here recently received an additional P23 million to complete its right-of-way acquisition which has so far attained close to a 75 percent mark of accomplishment.

The amount is on top of the P82 million earlier released by Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) to compensate the land owners whose property the new airport will occupy.

SORSOGON CITY, March 23 --For more than three years now, shellfish enthusiasts who have avoided different kinds of shellfish particularly green mussel (locally known as tahong) harvested from Sorsogon Bay, now have a reason to party following release of laboratory results that the bay is finally free from the deadly red tide toxin.

Latest laboratory results of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) say shellfish collected at Sorsogon Bay in Sorsogon City, Sorsogon province, is now free from the toxic red tide organism.

DAET, CAMARINES NORTE (26 March) - BARELY TWO MONTHS before the May polls, a dragging electoral protest since 2007 has ended at the Provincial Capitol here, with incumbent Gov. Jesus "Atoy" Typoco Jr. finally giving-up his office shortly after 5:00 P.M. on Thursday (March 25), after a "Letter of Recognition" served by DILG Bicol Director Blandino Maceda had recognized Edgardo "Egay" Tallado, as the new chief executive of the province.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 24  -- Residents and the business sector here are anticipating frequent power brownouts following the recent termination of the Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO) operation and management (O&M) contract of the National Power Corporation (NPC).

The ALECO Board passed a resolution recently terminating the operation and management contract of the NPC after it claimed that it would be more advantageous for the electric cooperative to be managed by the members of the Board of Directors (BOD).

LEGAZPI CITY, March 26- As the campaign period for local candidates started Friday, the Bicol regional police office based here has placed all its field units the island province of Catanduanes under heightened alert against possible retaliatory attacks by communist guerrillas for recent setbacks suffered from intensified military operations in the area.

MASBATE CITY, March 26  -- Determined to put an end to the culture of violence and fear during election period in this island province of Bikol, authorities here have shifted to high gear their campaign against loose firearms and political armed groups.

With the start of the local political campaign today, the drive on the gun ban by members of Task Force Masbate (TFM) have accelerated with the arrest of 48 violators and the seizure of 45 high and low powered firearms since January 10, this year.

In pursuit of its ideals to provide their Nursing students with a productive and competitive training ground for health care, the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) had recently tied up with South East Asia 's leading television network ABS-CBN, for their student's affiliation.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 23  - The Department of Social Welfare and Development-United Nations Development Programme (DSWD-UNDP) joint recovery project continues in Bikol region to help victims of various calamities.

Bikolanos devastated by the series of destructive typhoons which hit the Bikol Region since 2006 are starting to recover from their ordeal, with a lot of help from the DSWD-UNDP Bicol Recovery Project.