Legazpi City, Aug. 8 -- Over 221,000 indigent senior citizens in the Bicol Region have received their social pension for 2025, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) said F... Read More
Legazpi City, Aug. 7 -- More than 142,000 rice farmers in the Bicol Region will benefit from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s decision to temporarily suspend rice importation for 60 days starting S... Read More
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