Bicol River News Today

Our countrys politically disturbing situation today has impelled me to hark back to this cautionary essay that I wrote in the early 2000s bewailing our tendency as a people to consign ourselves to the patently inferior choices and deceivingly attractive but terribly bad decisions that make life so miserable for many of us.

Many of the false statements mythologizing the Marcoses are being circulated—in the form of press releases, transcripts, and audiovisual recordings—by offices under the Presidential Communications Office.

The first era of sustained infrastructure investment projects in the country since independence can be attributed to the first Marcos presidency.

Albay 3rd District Rep.Fernando T. Cabredo (PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - The Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives has approved House Bill (HB) 1405 which seeks to establish Mt. Masaraga in Albay as a protected area. In an interview on Friday, Albay 3rd District Rep. Fernando T. Cabredo, the author of the bill, said Mt. Masaraga must be protected because of its rich biological diversity. "Mt. Masaraga has a vital role as a critical watershed for the Bicol River Ba...

Revive the Bicol River Basin Development Program Office (BRBDPO), Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis "LRay" Villafuerte has asked of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. A section of the Bicol River Basin (Photo from Department of Environment and Natural Resources website/riverbasin.d

Two cities of the same fate, Cagayan de Oro City and Naga City have seen their fair share of devastation caused by natural hazards in the past. Today, they lead the way in building resilient systems to change their tales from victims to victors of disasters.

Toxic and wastes watchdog group BAN Toxics highlighted the need for proper waste reduction and sound waste management during the celebration of the

There is a new president of the National Unity Party (NUP). (Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte's Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, a former House deputy speaker, led the new officers of the respected political party after he was elected as party pre

Rare Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Camarines Sur, Philippines. On Tuesday, an Irrawaddy dolphin that had died was discovered along the beach in Barangay Bonot, Calabanga town, Camarines Sur province.

At least 10 Philippine species were seen to have been seriously affected by Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) that devastated the Visayas and Mindanao last December, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. Natividad Y. Bernardino, OIC director of the DENR’s Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB),…