Legazpi City, Aug. 7 -- The Philippine Statistics Authority in Bicol (PSA-5) reported on Thursday that the inflation rate for July 2025 rose slightly to 1.7 percent, up from 1.5 percent in June. Duri... Read More
Legazpi City, Aug. 7 -- The National Food Authority in Bicol (NFA-5) on Thursday said the palay (unhusked rice) stored in various warehouses throughout the Bicol Region is enough for PHP20 per kilogra... Read More
Legazpi City, Aug. 6 -- Bicol police arrested the No. 1 most wanted person in the region, known as "Jake," a member of the New People's Army (NPA) operating in Masbate, the Police Regional Office in B... Read More
Legazpi, Aug. 5 -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Bicol (DOLE-5) has provided farmers' associations and local entrepreneurs with start-up capital. In a media release on Tuesday, the farmer... Read More
Legazpi, Aug. 5 -- Police operatives seized PHP15 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 170 drug suspects in anti-drug operations carried out in July, the Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5)... Read More
Legazpi City, Aug. 5 -- At least 300 students and recent graduates from Albay benefited from the temporary employment initiative under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) cash-fo... Read More
Legazpi City, Aug. 4 -- More than 131,000 rice farmers across six provinces in the Bicol region have received PHP7,000 cash aid from the Department of Agriculture. In a report Monday, Lovella Guarin,... Read More
Legazpi, Aug. 4 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Bicol reported that it received 44,630 voters' registration applications on Aug. 1 to 3. Comelec-Bicol Director Maria Juana Valeza said the... Read More
Legazpi, Aug. 4 -- The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) confiscated nearly PHP10 million worth of illegal drugs in weeklong anti-drug operations from July 28 to Aug. 3. In a report Monday, PRO... Read More
LEGAZPI CITY, Aug. 2 -- Authorities arrested a 30-year-old suspected drug pusher and seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of more than PHP4 million during an anti-drug operation in Pi... Read More