The Catanduanes Tribune


Vol. XX No. 44	January 10, 2001	Virac, Catanduanes

Headlines

Major Developments

The Catanduanes Tribune

Rawis, Virac

Catanduanes,

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Major Developments

100 more Smart PCOs to be set up here

Around 50 to 100 satellite-linked Public Calling Offices will be installed by Smart Communications, Inc. in selected barangays in Catanduanes as part of the company’s P21-billion expansion program this year. [FullStory]

In CNHS overtime case Ombudsman denies Crispino's appeal

The Ombudsman has denied a motion for reconsideration filed by Catanduanes National High School principal Leandro I. Crispino and another official in connection with their alleged illegal overtime claims. [FullStory]

"Praning" slain in hostage drama

The paranoid life of a 42-year old man was cut short by two bullets in the head the other Monday after Virac police decided to end a nearly hour-long hostage thriller in a poblacion barangay, the first ever in Catanduanes. [FullStory]

FICELCO district polls deferred

Two directors of the First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO) will be holding on to their board seats for a little longer after scheduled district elections were ordered reset. [FullStory]








Voters here now 106,170

The number of registered voters in Catanduanes has climbed past the hundred-thousand mark, with the recent voter's registration campaign pushing the total to 106,170. [FullStory]






Solon's printer heads 3 poll early birds

A close associate of Senator Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. last week filed his Certificate of Candidacy for a seat at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, becoming the first local candidate to do so at the start of the election period. [FullStory]