IT DIDN’T RAIN ON VIRAC’S PARADE but just the same these “bastoneras” of the CSC Laboratory High School Drum & Lyre Corps had colorful decorative umbrellas in hand as the fiesta’s biggest draw wound its way around the poblacion last Dec. 7.

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, who’s the fairest of them all? Two sets of beauties were paraded during the Virac town fiesta parade, proving that there’s enough of them to go around on this island. At left is Mutya ng Virac `09 Jigg dela Cruz Ang and her court: 1st runner-up Krizta Camille Valeza, 2nd runner-up Roshainne Delluza, 3rd runner-up Lucyl Princess Nakadate, and 4th runner-up Almira Mikee Aguilar. At left is Binibining Virac `09 Rachel Anne Rodriguez and her court: Bb. Virac Festival Queen Maria Doreena Borbe, Bb. Virac Tourism Jehoney Tabo, 1st Princess Jessica Hermoso, and 2nd Princess Pamela Tarroquin.

A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT for San Andres is the forthcoming implementation by the DOTC of the P100-million Codon Port Development Project, in conjunction with the San Vicente Port development project in Caramoan, Camarines Sur. Both projects were closely followed up by DOTC Assec. Cesar V. Sarmiento, seen here with elated residents of San Andres.

IT’S WHERE I BELONG, declared former Gov. Leandro B. Verceles Jr. who launched his bid to recapture the Congress seat he held for nine years. With him are Councilor Giovanni Balmadrid and Mayor Santos Zafe of Virac, Baras Mayor Jose Teves Jr.., PBM Natalio Popa Jr. and Viga Mayor Abelardo Abundo Sr.

SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AND KIN, Atty. Cesar V. Sarmiento embarks on a campaign to win the province’s lone seat in Congress, a journey which he has vowed to pursue even without the benefit of a political party’s machinery.

IN BEHALF OF JAS, Mrs. Nimfa Santiago holds up the CoC for governor of her son a few hours before the Dec. 1 deadline at the COMELEC. With her are (from left) PBM aspirants Jose Romeo Francisco and Joselito Barceta, Baras Mayor Jose Teves Jr. and JAS chief of staff Lorenzo Templonuevo. (Bob Monterola)

FOR TILAPIA RAISING. Governor Joseph C. Cua beams as he envisions the establishment of a tilapia hatchery at the Virac Breeding Station in Virac following the turnover of P500,000 in new funding from the BFAR regional office through Regional Director Dennis del Socorro last Dec. 3. (Prince Subion/C3)

BEACH BALLET. The afternoon sun hides behind the clouds to give this boy a nice time to “ride” the surf at the beach of Salvacion, Virac, using only a thin piece of plywood. Skim boarding has been taken up by a growing number of youngsters for the brief but satisfying thrill it provides.

MORE VIOLENCE could be in store in the next few weeks as government troops try to avenge two successive harassments conducted by the New People’s Army in Catanduanes that injured eight soldiers. A Navy patrol boat recently delivered jet fuel for the use of Air Force helicopters in anti-rebel missions.

FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL SPOUSES Foundation Inc., through executive director Kathleen Santiago, is this P50,000 check for the meat processing project of the Tibgao-Mabato Contract Growers Association. In photo are Edmundo Alberto, JAS chief of staff Lorenzo Templonuevo, Jr., the association’s project manager Edwin Benavidez, and DVSAFI executive director Fr. Laudemer Jose Gapaz.

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