BAKUN, Benguet – Police arrested two suspected drug couriers and recovered marijuana worth P17.7 million here on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Lawmen flagged down a vehicle during a checkpoint in Sitio Gakian, Barangay Gambang but it suddenly turned around. Police pursued caught up with the vehicle in Sitio...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Authorities discovered fully grown marijuana plants valued at P2 million during an eradication operation in Sitio Manggahan, Barangay Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet on Saturday, Nov. 23. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Joel Plaza said...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Authorities uprooted marijuana plants valued at P2.6 million in six plantations during an eradication operation in Sitio Manggahan, Barangay Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet from Nov. 21 to 22. The area is reportedly near the tri-boundary of Ilocos Sur, La Union, and...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Suspected marijuana worth a total of P6.2 million was eradicated in Tinglayan, Kalinga and Bakun and Kibungan, Benguet on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar said the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group of the Kalinga...
Despite the tight supply situation in the Luzon grid, plant owner and operator Hedcor Inc. opted to shut down its 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility as the host-community ignored an earlier letter from the Department of Energy (DOE) instructing the power firm to continue the operation of its...
Owing to its mandate of ensuring sufficient power supply for the country, the Department of Energy (DOE) has directed Hedcor Inc. to continue running the three generating units of its 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility in Benguet province. The power plant had been served with cease and desist...
Threat of closure of the three generating units of the 70-megawatt Bakun hydropower facility in Benguet province is seen causing ‘added stress’ on Luzon grid power supply, which is already treading on ‘tight margins’ because of forced outages predicaments of some plants. On that premise,...
