Albay Gov. Joey Salceda on Sunday bemoaned the tepid response of the international donor community to the Philippines’ plea for aid for close to a million victims of super Typhoon “Pablo” (international name: Bopha), saying that countries whose huge greenhouse emissions caused climate change should bear a bigger responsibility for its victims.
Groundworks are being firmed up for the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) Conference Workshop on Climate Change and Tourism to be hosted by Albay province on Sept. 11 and 12, an official of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Bicol confirmed on Friday.
The Japanese government has handed to the province of Albay a 739-million yen (P398 million) grant for the construction and rehabilitation of schools in disaster-prone areas in the province.
At least 5,000 flag-waving children in school uniform and residents were awed by the visit of Queen Sofia of Spain, the first foreign dignitary to come to Albay since Pope John Paul II’s visit in February 1981.
More than 3,000 children trooped to a series of reading activities on the first three days of the six-day PH-US Pacific Angel humanitarian mission in Albay province, an official of the Philippine Navy said Thursday.
CAGRARAY ISLAND, Philippines—Manny Pacquaio is set to buy a 1,000-square-meter lot worth P12 million and build a vacation villa at the luxurious Misibis Bay Resort on this island in Albay. Pacquiao, awed by the luxury and privacy of the resort that is a 25-minute ride by fastcraft from Legazpi City, said he intends to build [...]
