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CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – Five people, including three minors, drowned when their wooden boat capsized along the Cagayan River in Barangay Naguilian Sur here on Friday, July 7. Report reaching the Ilagan City Police Station identified the victims as Mervin Balubar, 36; Crisel Alvarez, 43; and...

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A 39-year-old man and his nephew drowned in the Cagayan River in Barangay Centro 1 here on Saturday, May 13. The victims were identified as Michael and his nephew, an eight-year-old Grade 2 pupil. Police said the victims from Barangay Ugac Sur, this city, and their...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is mulling the completion of the dredging of a "mega island" along the Cagayan River by early next year. According to DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, about 8.43 percent of the target 970,962 cubic meters of a sandbar in Barangay Dummum in the...

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) an additional P4.65 billion fund assistance for the agency's ongoing projects that aim to remove the sandbars in Bicol and Cagayan rivers. Cimatu, who is also the chairman of Task Force Build Back Better...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started dredging the Cagayan River as part of rehabilitation efforts to prevent or minimize the risk of massive flooding in nearby areas. (Photo from Department of Environment and Natural Resources) In a statement on Saturday, July 3,...