PNA Bicol

LEGAZPI CITY, March 5 (PNA) —- Six people died on the spot and three others were injured when the driver of a 22-wheeler truck lost control of the wheels and the vehicle collided with a motorcycle running on the opposite lane before smashing onto two houses alongside the national highway in Tabaco City, Albay, said a report that reached the headquarters here of the Police Regional Office (PRO5)-Bicol on Monday morning.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 2 (PNA) —- After a decade of serving the Bicolanos as head of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Bicol and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDDRRMC), Bernardo “Raffy” Alejandro is leaving for another post at the OCD central office in Quezon City.

NAGA CITY, March 2 (PNA)--Giving due importance to filmmakers outside of Metro Manila, the head of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), who was here on a recent visit, said the government body is focusing its efforts on the development of regional cinemas.

LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 23 (PNA) —- Legazpi City Mayor Noel E. Rosal welcomed the start of civil works construction for the P1.5-billion SM-Legazpi, a public-private partnership between Henry Sy’s SM Prime Holdings and the city government, which Rosal said puts Legazpi in the map as a trading hub not just in the Bicol region but possibly in Southern Luzon, and which also promises to generate employment for thousands of people in the provinces.

SORSOGON CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) -- Passengers in the province of Sorsogon barely felt the transport strike initiated by transport group CONDOR-Piston nationwide as transportation went on normally since this morning.

LEGAZPI CITY, Sept. 26 (PNA) —- Welcome honors during the flag-raising ceremony at the City Hall and a motorcade around the city greeted 20-year-old Janelle Mae Frayna, the country’s first woman chess Grandmaster (GM), when she arrived in Legazpi City Monday morning.

PILI, Camarines Sur, Sept. 21 (PNA) -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte arrived here Wednesday afternoon and proceeded to Camp Elias Angeles, headquarters of the 9th Infantry Division (ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Barangay San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur, to visit the troops.

LEGAZPI CITY, June 16 (PNA) -- Internet users in the Bicol Region will soon have an improved local Internet traffic quality and better Internet experience.