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PILI, Camarines Sur (Dec 8, 2011) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked P220.300 million for farm to market roads in the Bicol region that will start construction on January 2012.

DA Bicol regional director Jose Dayao said on Friday (Dec. 2) that in view of the worldwide climate change, the Aquino government’s thrust on food security shall give importance to building  infrastructure in rural areas, including irrigation facilities,  to support strategic agricultural zones.

FORT BONIFACIO, Taguig City (Nov. 30, 2011) - Rebels who fled the relentless pursuit operations of the Army in the province of Masbate suffered another humiliating defeat in the hands of government forces in Sorsogon, a military official said.

Lt. Col Teody Toribio, Commanding Officer of the 31st IB stationed in Juban town in Sorsogon said that his unit dealt a decisive blow against the Masbate-based rebels during an encounter at about 2:00pm yesterday, Nov 29, which yielded 8 high-powered rifles.

SORSOGON CITY (Oct. 21, 2011) - Outspoken Sorsogon bishop, Arturo Bastes told local news group “Media Solutions” how Iron ore mining is slowly destroying the environment in Matnog, Sorsogon, as he also opposed  a planned geothermal exploration around Bulusan
volcano that poses risks to communities.

During the “Ecumenical Bishop’s Forum” held in Legazpi City, the effects of mining in the Bicol region was discussed and Bastes dared pro-mining officials in Sorsogon to live with the poor people in the mining areas.

LEGAZPI CITY (Aug 31, 2011) - Local organizers of a nationwide transport strike slated today predict 95 percent of the Bicol region shall be paralyzed by their protest action.

Public utility vehicles are expected to stop plying the streets of Bikol for 24 hours starting midnight last night up to midnight tonight.

NAGA CITY Philippines (July 20, 2011) - 'Juaning' skirted the Bikol region as a tropical depression but it triggered landslides, flooding and mudflows that caused extensive damage to properties and public infrastructure.

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC), said that Juaning caused the death of 32 people in the Bikol region - 12 in Albay, 6 in Catanduanes, 6 in Camarines Norte, 5 in Camarines Sur, 2 in Masbate and 1 in Sorsogon.

NAGA City (July 25, 2011 6:00 PM)  - Tropical Depression Juaning continues to accelerate, now moving northwestward - just to the east of Catanduanes. Its rainbands are spreading across the Bicol Region and Samar Provinces including Southern Quezon.

As of 6:00 PM today, the tropical depression was located 180 kilometers East Norheast of Virac, Cartanduanes at coordinates 14.0º North Latitude 125.8º East Longitude packing ceterwind of 55 kilometers per hour and gustiness up to 75 kilometers per hour, moving at 17 kilometers per hour towards Isabela-Cagayan area.

MANILA, Philippines (June 30, 2011) - A priest and several Catholic bishops were controversial recipients of luxury sports utility vehicles (SUVs) during the dying months of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presidency.

This was revealed by Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) yesterday. According to reports, the previous management of the agency purchased the vehicles out of its charity fund under questionable justifications.

LEGAZPICITY, March 30 2011  — The Bicol University (BU) in Albay has become the first state-run university in the country which programs and courses all passed the international standard of managing a tertiary learning institution and offering academic service.

LEGAZPI CITY--- The implementation of the government’s poverty alleviation program across the country through the conditional cash transfer (CCT) changed the lives of the poorest of the poor communities in the countryside, an official of Land Bank of the Philippines in Bicol told Bicol Mail.

LEGAZPI CITY, March 2 2011 -- There are at least 251 Bikolano overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that were caught in an armed conflict in Libya that need to be rescued and brought back to the country, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Bikol said Wednesday.

The agency said OWWA database records indicated that the 251 OFWs are residents of Bikol and are presently working in Libya. Of these, 98 are from Camarines Sur; Albay, 85; Camarines Norte, 29; Sorsogon, 25; Catanduanes, 8; and Masbate, 6.

JUBAN,Sorsogon– Two thousand affected residents around Mt Bulusan were evacuated immediately after the latest ash explosion at around 9:30am here today, a military official said.

LtCol Santiago Enginco, Commanding Officer of the 49^th Infantry Battalion based in Juban town said that he immediately deployed 5 military vehicles to assist the evacuation at around 10:00am.