LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Benguet Provincial Police Office has a new leader. NEWLY installed Benguet police chief Police Col. Joseph Bayongasan (right) receives the command flag from Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. during the change of...
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-eight illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies have been convicted for illegal bet collection in the province of Benguet. The Regional Trial Court of Benguet said 27 illegal bet collectors were sentenced from August to December 2023. The 28th was convicted on January 26,...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) performs water drops using a bambi bucket onboard a Super Huey helicopter to suppress a wildfire in Brgy. Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet on Jan. 29, 2024. (Photo by PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) deployed personnel equipped with firefighting skills to suppress a...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday, Jan. 29, said the temperature in La Trinidad, Benguet has dropped to 9.7°C, the lowest record since the "amihan" season started in the country. Unsplash This surpassed the record on Jan. 27 when...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) destroyed P6-million worth of marijuana plants in a two-day eradication operation in Mount Leteban, Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Sitio Les-eng, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet province...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana worth P5.6 million in a two-day eradication operation in Benguet and Kalinga from January 17 to 18. A total of 27,170 marijuana plants, including three kilos of dried marijuana stalks, worth P5.674 million were uprooted and burned. The...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed 15,600 fully grown marijuana plants and 5,000 seedlings worth P3.3 million in Kibungan, Benguet on Thursday, January 11. These were discovered in three plantations with a total land area of...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A drone helped the National Bureau of Investigation (PDEA) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) discover 15 marijuana plantations in Sitio Bana, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet on Wednesday, January 10....
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth P2.8 million in Benguet and Kalinga during an eradication operation from December 24 to 30. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Operations Division said 6,825 fully grown marijuana plants with a standard drug price of...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Government troops destroyed an estimated 32,585 fully grown marijuana plants worth P6.5 million in the provinces of Kalinga and Benguet, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said on Thursday, September 21. Police Col. Carolina Lacuata, Public Information Office chief of the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police seized suspected shabu worth a total of P248,717.48 from three drug pushers in Benguet on August 25. Suspects were identified as Myler Ballosong, 31; Dave Wag-e, 37, and Myra Bugtong, 27. The Benguet Provincial Police Office said Ballosong was arrested by the...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) has reported P8.7 million in damage to facilities from typhoon “Egay” that battered service areas on Tuesday, July 25. Beneco has restored power to 80.1 percent of member-consumers as of Saturday, July 29. Power has been restored to 190...
