(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Catanduanes on Sunday, May 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 24 kilometers southeast of Virac. The depth of focus of the quake was 49 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
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Package containing suspected cocaine found floating off Baras, Catanduanes waters
(Eagle News) — Suspected illegal drugs were again recovered floating off the waters of the country, this time in Baras, Catanduanes. A police report said the “white crystalline granules” alleged to be cocaine were found inside a brown package floating off the sea by a fisherman around 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 7. The fisherman turned over the package to the police later in the day. The substance will be turned over to the Philippine […]
2 quakes hit Catanduanes, aftershocks expected, says Phivolcs
(Eagle News) – A 5.9 magnitude quake hit Catanduanes at 2:19 pm on May 5, Saturday, with a depth of 46 kilometers. This came four hours after a magnitude 4.6 quake hit the province, 19 kilometers south east of Baras. Both quakes were of tectonic origin. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) advisory, it is expecting aftershocks after the latest quake that hit Catanduanes Saturday afternoon. The quake was […]
Former NBI official tagged as owner of land on which Catanduanes shabu lab stood surrenders
(Eagle News) –A former National Bureau of Investigation official who was tagged as the owner of the property where a shabu laboratory in Catanduanes once stood has surrendered. The NBI said Atty. Augusto Eric Isidoro, who was the director of the NBI Central Mindanao Regional Office, is now under its custody in the main headquarters in Manila after his voluntary surrender on March 20, 2018. The NBI said the Fifth Judicial Region, Regional Trial Court […]
Ilang landslides, naitala sa Catanduanes
Ni Orlando Encinares Eagle News Service VIRAC, Catanduanes (Eagle News) – Ilang landslide ang naitala sa lalawigan ng Catanduanes kamakailan. Ilan dito ay nangyari sa Brgy. Paniquihan at Brgy. Benticayan sa bayan ng Baras. May naitala rin sa mga bayan ng Viga at Gigmoto. Hanggang ngayon ay inaalam pa kung may mga naapektuhan sa pangyayari. Ayon sa Provincial Disaster RIsk Reduction Management Office, sanhi ito ng bagyong “Agaton” at ang nararanasang mga pag-ulan dahil naman […]
4.1-magnitude quake strikes Catanduanes
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude quake struck Catanduanes on Tuesday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake took place at 11:14 a.m. Its epicenter was at 68 kilometers northwest of Pandan in Catanduanes, Phivolcs said. It added that the quake had a depth of 10 kilometers. An Intensity 3 was felt in Naga, and an Intensity 2 in Legazpi. No aftershocks are expected.
Cop who claimed shooting of drug suspects in Catanduanes was state-sponsored recants; withdraws resignation from police force
(Eagle News) — The Catanduanes policeman who alleged the city’s chief of police and police director had asked him to deliver an “accomplishment of 5-10 deaths of drug personalities” has recanted his statement. Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs, made the disclosure about P01 Vincent Tacorda’s recantation during his committee’s hearing on the deaths of Kian Loyd delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and another alleged to be Reynaldo de […]
MDRRMO meeting isinagawa sa Camarines Norte bilang paghahanda sa bagyong Nina
By Jigz Santos Eagle News Service Camarines Norte SAN Vicente, Camarines Norte(Eagle News) — Nagsagawa ng pagpupulong ang mga nasa pangunahing sangay dito sa bayan ng San Vicente ng Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO Council) upang maisagawa ang mga kaukulang paghahanda sa banta ng kalamidad ng bagyong Nina (international name Nock-Ten) na inaasahang magla-landfall sa kalupaan ng Catanduanes ngayong Linggo, Disyembre 25. Ang mga kasama sa pagpupulong ay mga kinatawan ng municipal health office, Department […]
Tropical storm Nina to make landfall over Catanduanes on Sunday, Dec. 25
(Eagle News) — The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, said tropical storm Nina (international name Nock-Ten) is expected to make landfall on Sunday, at around 5 p.m. or 8 p.m., over the Bicol region, and is going to affect Southern Luzon and Metro Manila. Nock-Ten is expected to be packing winds of up to 194 kilometres (120 miles) an hour and gusts of nearly 241 kilometers by Sunday, according to the US Joint Typhoon Warning […]
One dead as Philippines faces ‘most damaging typhoon’
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – At least one person was killed and three were missing as the Philippines faces what could be “the most damaging” storm this year in the approaching Typhoon Sarika, officials said Saturday. A man was found dead on the seashore while three fishermen were reported missing in the eastern island of Catanduanes as Sarika, packing maximum winds of 180 kilometres (112 miles) per hour, passed nearby, the civil defence office said. […]
Mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo nagsagawa ng clean up drive sa Virac, Catanduanes
CATANDUANES — Masiglang nakipagkaisa ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa isinagawang clean up drive sa coastline ng Virac, Catanduanes. Layunin ng community service na maipakita ang pagmamalasakit sa kalikasan lalo na at tumitindi na ang epekto ng El Niño sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa. Layunin din na mapanatili ang kagandahan ng puting baybayin na isa sa mga magagandang atraksiyon sa probinsya ng Catanduanes (Eagle News Service, Ace Casper De Vera, Report by Viel […]





