CONNER, Apayao – A soldier died and a driver and his two helpers were injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a mini-dump truck in Sitio Turayok, Barangay Buluan, Conner, Apayao on Wednesday, March 13. MAP of Apayao with the town of Conner highlighted. Police Capt. Rexton...
PUDTOL, Apayao – Police unearthed a New People’s Army explosives cache in the mountains of Sitio Agura, Barangay Malibang, this town, on December 13. Its location was pointed out by a 57-year-old farmer and member of the West Front Committee, Komiteng Probinsiya Cagayan, Komiteng...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with the police and military in Barangay Upper Atok, Flora, Apayao on Friday morning, October 20. The NPA rebel was identified as Roger Antonio, alias “Bernard” of Barangay Peru, Lasam, Cagayan....
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two communist Militia ng Bayan members surrendered to the police in Apayao and Ifugao on August 16. Alias “Ka Nardo” surrendered in Apayao after a series of negotiations and handed over a homemade pistol with five bullets. On the other hand, alias Ka Ramon yielded in...
The military has recovered the bodies of two persons who were killed in a Cessna plane crash on Tuesday in Luna, Apayao. The Army 503rd Infantry Brigade identified the victims as Capt. Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo and student-pilot Anshum Rajkumar Konde. The body of Tabuzo, the 24-year-old pilot of the...
LUNA, Apayao – Damage to agriculture in the province of Apayao from typhoon “Egay” has reached P546,889,454.66. The typhoon has affected 11,229 farmers and fisherfolk, the Provincial Office of Agriculture Services said. According to POAS, rice and corn plantations, as well as other...
LUNA, Apayao – The remains of a 50-year-old farmer buried alive in a landslide in Calanasan, Apayao at the height of typhoon “Egay” last week have been recovered. The Apayao Provincial Police Office said the search and retrieval team was able to recover the cadaver of Paustino Bucnag Almag....
TUGUEGARAO CITY (PNA) – Two persons died when a Cessna plane crashed in Apayao province, authorities said on Wednesday. However, rescuers could not still retrieve the bodies of Capt. Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo and student pilot Indian Anshum Rajkumar Konde from the crash site. Earlier, the...
Authorities have located the Cessna training aircraft as well as the remains of its two passengers at a crash site in Apayao on Wednesday, August 2, a day after it went missing while en route to Tuguegarao Airport in Cagayan. *(Courtesy of Cagayan provincial information office) * The crash site was...
LUNA, Apayao – This province has sustained almost P148 million in damage to agriculture from typhoon "Egay." The Office of the Provincial Agricultural Services said that 3,242.45 hectares of cultivated land have been affected -- 116.45 planted to high-value crops, fruit trees, and...
LUNA, Apayao – Six persons were reported missing in a landslide that hit Lubong Butao, Calanasan, Apayao, during the onslaught of typhoon “Egay” in Northern Luzon on Tuesday, July 26. Apayao Gov. Elias C. Bulut Jr. said a search operation for the victims is under way. Bulut said torrential...
CONNER, Apayao - A barangay treasurer was arrested after he yielded shabu more than P3,600 during a search warrant operation in his house in Barangay Paddaoan here on Friday, June 9. Police identified the suspect as Johny Lanna, 38, categorized as a high-value individual. The Provincial Drug...
