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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived in Albay on Wednesday to visit Mayon evacuees so he could check out their condition and hand out aid.

LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – The initial assessment of roads and buildings in Masbate after the magnitude-six earthquake on Thursday, Feb. 16, showed that 61 houses, 15 schools, and six buildings were damaged, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)- Region 5 (Bicol) said. THE wall of an establishment sustain

LEGAZPI CITY - At least 319,725 households in Bicol Region have benefited from the 1,358 completed sub-projects worth PHP742.89 million of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) for 2022, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) said on Wednesday. Ranelle Anne Sertan, DSWD-5 social marketing officer, said the sub-projects were identified through KALAHI-CIDSS' planning process with the participatory situational analysis and community consultations that focus on responding to the needs of the comm...

LEGAZPI CITY -Five persons died while two others went missing in Bicol due to the effect of the shear line and series of low pressure areas during the past few days, the Office of Civil Defense in the region (OCD-5) said in a report on Thursday. The fatalities were identified as Julius Garcia, 7, who drowned after falling into a flooded part at the back of their house; Aga Abuyo, whose body was found by residents in Busig river; Angelo Amarado, 21, whose body was found in Talisay, Camarines Norte after he went swimming. In Albay, Dante Mancera, 45, who was last seen fishing along Jovellar Rive...

GOV'T AID.A representative from Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Bicol (OWWA-5) gives her message during the awarding of the Tulong PUSO livelihood grant to Guinobat Overseas Filipino Workers Family Association of Tabaco City last Jan. 13, 2023. The members of the association accepted their first tranche of the PHP250,000 grant.(Photo courtesy of OWWA-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY -The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has distributed PHP4.1 million in livelihood grants to seven overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) organizations in the Bicol Region. In an interview on Thursday, Ma...