LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested three delivery riders while having a pot session in Sitio Bayabas, Barangay Pico, here on Sunday night, Jan. 29. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and La Trinidad Municipal Police Station received...
Dehydrated tamarillo candies sold in zip pouches (Jomarie Mangeg) Benguet has a lot more to offer than highland vegetable crops. Jomarie Mangeg believes that the local fruit tamarillo has a lot of potential for the local industry, and to help local farmers. She wants the tamarillo to gain...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a 60-year-old pastor wanted for murder in Benguet in Sitio Balantog, Barangay Poblacion, Luba, Abra on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, identified the suspect as Melchor Langbayan Balance, a resident of Barangay Ol-olingen,...
SABLAN, Benguet – A 21-year-old miner drowned in a waterfall in Poblacion, Sablan, Benguet on Monday, Jan. 2. The Sablan Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Leoncio Joe Balag-ey Lang-ay, a resident of Sitio Naiba, Tuding, Itogon, Benguet. The victim and his two friends went...
BAGUIO CITY – Three-hundred fifty hectares have been affected in a forest fire that hit Itogon and Bokod in Benguet. The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, through the Philippine Air Force-Tactical Operations Group 1 and Bureau of Fire Protection-Cordillera...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) must send a strong message to traders involved in the big-time smuggling of agricultural goods. Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Go Yap (Facebook) Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Yap said the BOC can do so by filing air-tight, non-bailable cases against such smugglers,...
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...
ITOGON, Benguet – Some 117 students received gifts from members of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Officer’s Ladies Club during their outreach activity at Bethesda Ministries International in Barangay Tuding, Itogon, Benguet on Nov. 25. A STUDENT receives a gift from the Police Regional...
Authorities have destroyed marijuana totaling P4,827,500 in the boundaries of Ilocos Sur and Benguet. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Ronald Allan DG Ricardo said that they uprooted more or less 11,200 fully grown marijuana plants and seized 2,000 marijuana seedlings...
MANKAYAN, Benguet – The Benguet Police Provincial Office has put up five solar streetlights for the safety of residents in Sitio Dong-as, Barangay Cabiten, this town. Five streetlights were installed by the Benguet PPO under the Pailaw Project on Nov. 15. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet PPO...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- A businesswoman is now in jail after she was caught possessing shabu during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office in Barangay Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The arrested businesswoman was identified as Jay Anne Ceriaco...
By RALPH LAUREN ABAINZA Purple yam, locally known as ube, is a staple crop in the Philippines. From halo-halo to ube jam, the tuberous root vegetable is one of the most popular ingredients in Filipino desserts and pastries. This purple variety of yam is considered one of the most sought after crops...
