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	Bicol Express is Coming Back
	The train service that can take travelers from Manila to Naga City in under 10 hours is set to make a comeback in the next few months, promising to help the Bicol Region maximize its immense potential for economic growth. The state-run Philippine National Railways (PNR) has been working on the Manila-Naga rehabilitation since the start of the Aquino administration.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-05-26
	Ateneo de Naga Alumna is NOVA 2010 Awardee
	A Bicolana alumna of Ateneo de Naga University, deeply involved in literacy outreach program for native Aeta minorities, is one of the recipients of the National Outstanding Volunteer Award (NOVA) for Youth Category for 2010. Ms. Ira Sheena Howard got an award from President Benigno C. Aquino III in a ceremony held at the Manila Hotel yesterday, May 24. The president, apparently eager to underscore the importance of volunteerism had worked with the organizers to find a slot in his tight schedule to ensure that he personally confer the awards.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-05-26
	Bikol Risk from Chedeng Reduced
	Naga City - May 25, 2001 at 7pm, Typhoon Chedeng moves north-northwestwardly at 13 kph towards northern Philippine Sea, as it becomes a Category 3 typhoon (in the Simpson Typhoon Scale) with peak wind velocity of 195 kph and gustiness up to 240 kph. The center of Typhoon Chedeng is located at 13.1º North Latitude 127.6º East Longitude.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-05-25
	Cam Sur Lenten Rites
	CALABANGA, Camarines Sur - Some 200,000 people from the neighboring towns of Bombon, Magarao and Canaman and Naga City some 15 km away are expected to do the traditional sacrificial walk today to the "Hinulid Shrine," the 18th century icon of the crucified Christ in Bgy. Sta. Salud here.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-04-21
	Naga Cut Garbage By Half
	A couple with their two young boys is on a bicycle with a sidecar, stopping in front of the first gate of University of Nueva Caceres in Naga City around 9pm. They are an ordinary sight around the place, stopping at piles of trash along the road, and inspecting the entire heap for recyclable items and those that can be turned into compost. They load the dirty treasures into the sidecar and rearrange the trash they do not need into a neat stack before leaving it behind and proceeding to search the streets for more trash.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-04-07
	PBB Cancels Audition
	The scheduled audition for the next housemates of "Pinoy Big Brother" set for Wednesday, March 16 in Naga City, Camarines Sur was canceled. In a message sent to abs-cbnNEWS.com, the PBB production unit decided to cancel the much- anticipated audition due to an approaching transport strike in the said city. .....Read Full Article Posted 2011-03-15
	New Hospital in Naga
	Mayor John Bongat attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Naga Imaging Center Cooperative along Roxas Avenue, Diversion Road here. The site would soon be the location of NICC Doctor’s Hospital. The tertiary hospital will feature state of the art facilities, including diagnostic equipment. It will also house presidential and private suites, 55 private rooms, semi-private rooms, wards and doctors’ clinics, among others. These facilities will cater the medical needs of all Naguenos and residents of its neighboring municipalities. NICC boasts of 100 doctors who will be manning the service cooperative under the headship of its general manager, Dr. Francia Lim Antonio......Read Full Article Posted 2011-03-09
	Camarines Sur El Verde
	Camarines Sur Governor Luis Raymond Villafuerte launched the El Verde has set a new Guinness World Record for planting most number of trees simultaneously. There were 64,096 trees planted at Siruma last February 23, 2011. This is a world record that made Camarines Sur popular not just here in the Philippines but around the world.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-03-04
	Naga Freedom Obelisk of Pres. Noynoy Aquino
	Visiting Naga for the first time, President Benigno S. Aquino was in Naga for the groundbreaking ceremony of a symbolic figure showing Naga’s continuous pursuit for peace, freedom and justice. "Freedom Obelisk," the structure will serve as multipurpose structure that will address the educational needs of the community. This is located at the former site of billboard structure beside the Plaza Quezon.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-03-01
	Albay - Bicol Meet
	Albay marked its class to rule the recent Palarong Bicol which Guinobatan hosted at the Albay Sports Complex. Albay has a total of 140 gold medals, 88 silvers and 68 bronzes for the total haul of 296 medals, posting a record of 489.7 points, 54.5 points ahead over dislodged 2010 champ Camarines Norte, which got only 434.5 points and finished as 1st runner-up.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-02-08
	Naga City Market Photo Contest
	The Naga City Public Market, once called as one of the biggest commercial establishments in Southeast Asia when huge malls was still farfetched, is now regaining its reputation as one of this city’s pride with the upcoming photo competition. The contest aims to create awareness among stakeholders signifying the city’s intention to promote the marketplace as one of its tourist destinations. Competing photographers can choose from 2 themes: first, Mercado nin Higos asin Disiplina kan Nagueno and second, Merkado: Urgulyo kan Nagueno, sa Kinaban Bistado.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-02-06
	STI Inauguration
	STI Naga Academic Center recently inaugurated its newest campus at Naga City last 31 January. According to owner Atty. Monico V. Jacob, the Naga Academic Center is one of the 6 new campuses built by STI. There are now 60 campuses and over 65,000 students of STI all over the country. The blessing and inauguration of the Center began with a 9:00 A.M. mass presided by Msgr. Zosimo Sañado, Naga Cathedral’s Parish Priest; he was joined by Fr. Rogelio Largoza, Fr. Gerry Hernandez, Fr. Louie Occiano, Fr. Wilmer Tria, and Fr. Daet.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-02-01
	Fire destroyed 30 houses in Naga City
	About 30 structures, including a boarding house, homes and small stores, were by a fire that started at around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Naga Fire Marshall Achilles Santiago said firemen responded to the call at 5 a.m. and instantly sent four fire trucks to end the fire that started in the Barrameda boarding house on Bayabas Street, Abella, Naga City.....Read Full Article Posted 2011-02-05
	Speeds up distribution of Philhealth cards in Naga City
	In obedience to the directive of President Benigno Aquino III to buoy up programs that will ease poverty, the Department of Health (DOH) here, together with PhilHealth personnel has mailed its members in various municipalities in Camarines Sur to speed up the distribution of PhilHealth Cards to qualified beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program otherwise known as 4Ps Program......Read Full Article Posted 2011-01-29
	Full alert to Naga
	Police also tightened security in Naga City, Camarines Sur following the bus blast in Manila on Tuesday. Police Inspector Alvin Orquita, team leader of the City Public Safety Management Company, said this came from a directive from former Naga Mayor and now Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. Several checkpoints have already been set up across the city......Read Full Article Posted 2011-01-29
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