A 15-year-old girl died after the motorcycle she was driving crashed into a tree as she was evading patrolling police officers in Barangay Corocor, Bacarra town, Ilocos Norte province on Thursday night. Police Capt. Joseph Calderon, Bacarra chief of police, said lawmen spotted the victim and a...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – Troops from the 5th Infantry Division and police apprehended a high-ranking New People’s Army leader in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte on Monday, Oct. 21. Simon Fiaryao Naogsan Sr., alias Filiw and Wayat, also the spokesperson of the Communist Party of the...
Twenty-three units of modern public utility jeepneys (PUJs) were launched on over the weekend by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Ilocos Norte to ply the Laoag City–Bacarra–Pasuquin route. (Photo from DOTr Secretary Art Tugade's Facebook) Transportation Secretary Arthur P....
Mayor Fritzie Gapasin has placed the whole town of Bacarra in Ilocos Norte under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting Monday until further notice. After months of zero cases, several residents of Bacarra sounded the alarm to declare MECQ with the increasing number of confirmed...