Candidates from Cagayan Valley and Quezon have filed their Certificates of Candidacy in the mid-term elections next year before the Commission on Elections. REELECTIONIST Isabela Rep. Tonypet Albano (seated) gives the thumb-up sign as he files his Certificate of Candidacy. In Cagayan, Vice...
PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin Dela Cruz-Galicia gives updates on super typhoon Julian in a program presented by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Oct. 1, 2024. (Courtesy of OCD) (Updated) A record-high amount of rainfall was dropped by super typhoon “Julian” in Basco, Batanes while at...
CAMP MARCELO ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Authorities uprooted 100,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth P20 million in Sitio Ulima, Barangay San Juan, Rizal, Cagayan on Saturday, September 28. AUTHORITIES seized P20-M marijuana in Cagayan on Saturday. These were burned onsite and...
The national government prepositioned food and other essential supplies for individuals who will be affected by typhoon “Julian”. In a situational report on Sunday, Sept. 29, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said a total of 1.9 million family food packs worth...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – The Philippine National Police has named Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr. as the new Police Regional Office-2 (Cagayan Valley) director. POLICE Lt. Gen. Michael John F. Dubria, the officer-in-charge of the office of the PNP...
Two boys drowned in Santa Teresita and Peñablanca, Cagayan this week. An 11-year-old boy drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Villa in Santa Teresita on Tuesday. Police said the victim, John, a resident of Barangay Villa, and his two friends went to the irrigation canal to fish. They...
IGUIG, Cagayan – Authorities arrested a municipal councilor here for a drug case on Saturday, September 14. The Police Regional Office 2 identified the suspect as Emerito Gasmen. Gasmen, considered a high-value target, was wanted for violating Sections 5 (sale) and 11 (possession) of...
The failure of the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan to deposit P2.142 million in its local treasury as of Dec. 31, 2023 deprived the local government unit of the immediate use of funds for its priority programs and projects. Worse, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its 2023 annual report that...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela – A New People Army leader was killed in an encounter on Wednesday, September 11, in Barangay Baliuag, Peñablanca, Cagayan, the military said on Saturday, September 14. The Army 5th Infantry Division identified the fatality as Edgar M. Arbitrario, alias...
CAMP ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police nabbed a New People’s Army rebel considered as the most wanted person in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) during an encounter in Peñablanca, Cagayan on Thursday, September 12. Police Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Birung, Police Regional Office-2 chief,...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Two New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with soldiers in Sitio Pallay, Barangay Baliuag, Penablanca, this province, on Wednesday morning, September 11. A FORMER Polytechnic University of the Philippines student-turned-amazon was among the two...
The United States government has turned over a mobile storage unit and mobile energy systems to the local government of Cagayan to allow the province to store food and non-food items during emergency situations. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Director Ryan Washburn handed over the...
