TUBA, Benguet – A mining company production department supervisor was killed in landslide in a mining site here on Dec. 1. The victim, whose name was not disclosed by the police, is a 48-year-old native of Pangasinan and resident of Philex Mines, Camp 3, Tuba. According to the Tuba Municipal...
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...
BAGUIO CITY – A 74-year-old man who was among the nine victims of a landslide in Tuba, Benguet, during the height of super typhoon "Nando" Monday died while being treated in a hospital. Four vehicles, a Ford Ranger, a Toyota Innova, a Toyota Grandia, and a tanker truck, all headed to Baguio...
BAGUIO CITY – Nine people were injured by landslides triggered by tropical cyclone ' 'Nando ' ' in Sitio Begis, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet on Monday afternoon. Several vehicles, including a fuel tanker, a commuter van, and a car, were destroyed. Rescue teams evacuated...
BAGUIO CITY – A pregnant woman and a 17-year-old student were killed in landslides during heavy rains in in Mankayan, Benguet and Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Police said the victims were Ivy Khate Ogues Dizon, 18, eight-months pregnant, of Barangay Guinaoang, Mankayan, and a...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The family of Police Patrolman Aaron Blas who has been missing for 45 days following training in Itogon town, Benguet province, has offered a P200,000 reward for anyone who can provide information on his whereabouts. Blas, 25, a native of San Gregorio, Luna, Apayao, was...
The Kennon Road infrastructure projects earlier described by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as “useless” were traced to irregularities committed under the previous administration, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan said on Tuesday, Aug. 26. In...
TUBA, Benguet – Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Monday defended the Kennon Road rockshed project, which President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. branded as "useless" during his inspection on Sunday. In an interview, Bonoan assured that the Kennon Road rockshed remains effective in...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Police Col. Lambert Suerte was appointed as Benguet Police Provincial Office chief. Suerte replaced Police Col.Joseph Bayongasan in a turnover ceremony in this camp on Monday. Suerte received the command symbol and the property and equipment inventory book from...
ITOGON, Benguet – Over 200 families in this mining town fled their homes due to landslides caused by incessant rains. Cyril Batcagan, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), asked miners to temporarily stop any mining activities while bad weather continues....
Search and rescue (SAR) operations were conducted amid heavy rain for a missing 35-year-old man in Barangay Kias, Baguio City, on July 30. The man was reported missing after he allegedly slipped and swept away in a river on Tuesday, July 29. Rescuers expanded their search area from Barangay Kias to...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two employees of the Benguet Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) were killed after the loader they were riding plunged into a ravine approximately 100 meters deep in Lower Kesbeng, Poblacion, this town, on Tuesday afternoon, July 29. Police identified the victims as La...
