Albay, officially the Province of Albay, is a province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Legazpi, the regional center of the whole Bicol Region, which is located in the southern foothill of Mayon Volcano.
Bicol, also known as Bicol Region, is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region V. Bicol comprises six provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula mainland – Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon – and the offshore island provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate.
Legazpi Airport in the Philippines was a major airport in the Bicol Region, serving the vicinity of Legazpi, the capital city of Albay. It has a single runway with dimensions of 2280 x 36 meters, longer than those of the former airports of Bacolod and Iloilo City. The airport can handle medium-sized civilian jets and military aircraft. The airport will be replaced by the new Bicol International Airport once it's opened.
Naga, officially the City of Naga, is a 2nd class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. It is also the third oldest royal city in the country. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 196,003 people.
The Archdiocese of Cáceres is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a Metropolitan See that comprises the Bicol Region, while directly overseeing the third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts of Camarines Sur, Naga City, Iriga City and the Municipality of Gainza. The archdiocese, having been founded in 1595 in Nueva Cáceres, is also considered as one of the oldest dioceses in the Philippines with Cebu, Segovia and Manila, and once had jurisdiction that stretched from Samar in the south and Isabela Province in the north. The seat of the archdiocese is currently located in Naga City, also known as the Queen City of Bicol.
Ambos Camarines, officially the Province of Ambos Camarines, was a historical province in the Philippines found on the northern end of the Bicol Peninsula. It now exists as two separate provinces: Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur.
PBN Broadcasting Network, Inc. is a Bicolano commercial radio/TV broadcast media network that consists of one AM station, four FM stations and one television station.
Central Bikol, commonly called Bikol Naga, also known simply as Bikolano, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Bicolanos, primarily in the Bicol Region of southern Luzon, Philippines. It is spoken in the northern and western part of Camarines Sur, second congressional district of Camarines Norte, eastern part of Albay, northeastern part of Sorsogon, San Pascual town in Masbate, and southwestern part of Catanduanes. Central Bikol speakers can be found in all provinces of Bicol and it is a majority language in Camarines Sur. The standard sprachraum form is based on the Canaman dialect.
News Patrol is an hourly news bulletin of ABS-CBN which replaced ABS-CBN News Advisory. The news bulletin was suspended on May 5, 2020 after ABS-CBN was forced to cease and desist its free TV broadcasting operations given by the order of the NTC. On May 8, 2020, News Patrol continued broadcast on cable channels TeleRadyo, ANC, Cine Mo!, TFC, online via ABS-CBN News' website, Facebook, YouTube and iWant TFC. It also served as the main newscast for Kapamilya Channel until it was replaced by a TV Patrol simulcast.
DWAI-TV, channel 7, is a local commercial television station in Naga, Camarines Sur owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. Its studios and transmitters are located at GMA Broadcast Complex, Concepcion Pequena, Naga, Camarines Sur.
Philtranco Service Enterprises, Inc. is a bus company in the Philippines, servicing routes to Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, and Northern Mindanao. It is the oldest bus operator in the Philippines and in Asia. It is also the only bus carrier with a nationwide public transport franchise. Philtranco currently has more than 250 buses for its operations.
DZNC-TV was a local commercial television station in Naga, Camarines Sur. It is operated and owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios, transmitter, and broadcast facilities are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Panganiban Drive, Naga City. It was launched on December 31, 1990 as the Bicol Region's first television station.
DZAE-TV also known as ABS-CBN Legazpi was a local commercial television station in Legazpi, Albay owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and broadcast facilities are located at the ABS-CBN Compound, Vel-Amor Subdivision, Legazpi City, Albay while its transmitter is located at Mount Bariw, Estanza, Legazpi City, Albay. The station had previously operated as an originating station on June 16, 1997, which aired TV Patrol Legazpi until its cancellation on November 25, 2005. Its merger with TV Patrol Bicol on November 28, 2005 led to it becoming a relay station from Naga's TV-11.
24 Oras Bikol, formerly Baretang Bikol is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Bicol. Anchored by Elmer Caseles, it premiered on September 17, 2012 replacing Bicolandia Isyu Ngonian. It was simulcasted in TV-7 Naga, TV-12 Legazpi, TV-8 Daet, TV-2 Sorsogon, TV-7 Masbate and TV-13 Catanduanes.
The Bikol languages or Bicolano languages are a group of Central Philippine languages spoken mostly in the Bicol Peninsula in the island of Luzon, the neighboring island province of Catanduanes and the island of Burias in Masbate. There is a dialect continuum between the Visayan languages and the Bikol languages; the two together are called the Bisakol languages.
DWLA-TV, channel 12, is a local commercial television station in Legazpi, Albay owned and operated by GMA Network Inc.. Its transmitter and broadcast facilities are located at Mt. Bariw, Estanza, Legazpi City.
Marhay na Aga Kapamilya (MAK) was the only local morning show in the Bicol Region produced by ABS-CBN Regional Network Group. It is aired live daily from ABS-CBN Naga Broadcast Center from 6:15 to 7:00 AM Monday to Friday, simulcast over ABS-CBN TV-4 Legazpi, TV-10 Daet and Masbate (DYME-TV), TV-7 Sorsogon and Virac (DZAC-TV).
Regional TV Weekend News is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA News TV, GMA Network and GTV. It premiered on July 27, 2019 on GMA News TV and on March 21, 2020 on GMA Network. The show concluded on GMA Network on April 25, 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached the Bicol Region on March 27, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Albay.
Balitang Bicolandia is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Bicol. Anchored by Jessie Cruzat, Katherine Henry and Rhayne Palino, it premiered on February 1, 2021.
