BADOC, Ilocos Norte – Two senior citizens were killed and four were injured after a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) plunged into a creek in Barangay Santa Cruz Norte here on Friday night, June 12. Police said the 69-year-old male driver from Abra allegedly fell asleep while driving and lost control...
CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur – The chairman of Barangay Turod-Patac here was gunned down on Friday, June 12. Police said the victim, Leo Ronnel Tabaco Taverna, 39, was sitting in front of a neighbor’s house at around 1:45 p.m. when a pickup truck arrived. Two men disembarked and shot him. The suspects...
LAOAG CITY – Uniformed personnel, government workers, and volunteers placed absorbent pads and spill booms on Tuesday to contain an oil spill after a cargo vessel ran aground along the shoreline of Barangay La Virgen Milagrosa in Badoc, Ilocos Norte. Following a meeting with the multiagency oil...
A domestic cargo vessel carrying gravel was forced into a hazardous emergency beaching after running aground off Ilocos Norte on Monday, June 8, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The vessel, MV MSCI 1, was operating in the area when it hit shallow waters near the shoreline of Barangay La...
LAOAG CITY – Cargo vessel LCT MSCI 1 ran aground on Monday near the shorelines of Barangay La Virgen Milagrosa in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, according to local authorities. An initial report from the Sinait Police Station in the adjacent Ilocos Sur province said the vessel carrying aggregates was en...
SUYO, Ilocos Sur – A man wanted for theft was killed during a shootout with police serving a warrant of arrest in Sitio Lipay, Barangay Urzadan, here on Thursday, June 4. Police Capt. Godofredo Ribuyaco, chief of the Suyo Municipal Police Station, identified the suspect as Jun. Ribuyaco said Jun...
LAOAG CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) bared Wednesday the opening of the Kaliwet Bridge in Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur, a project that had been under construction since June 9, 2025. Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon, who inspected the project last month, gave an...
MAGSINGAL, Ilocos Sur – A barangay councilor was shot dead in his home in Barangay Bungro here on Monday night, June 1. Police Capt. Melvin Trinidad, police chief here, said the 50-year-old victim was resting in the veranda at 10:15 p.m. when unidentified men arrived and shot him in the face. The...
PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte – Wildlife volunteers on Sunday rescued a distressed green sea turtle weighing 10.4 kilograms in Sitio Dialao in Barangay Caparispisan in this municipality. Raymond Sesuca, Corporate Social Responsibility manager of North Luzon Renewable Energy Corp., told the Philippine...
PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte – Two elderly women were killed and seven others were injured in an accident in Barangay Caunayan here on Thursday afternoon, May 28. Police Lt. Joemar Hernandez, deputy chief of the Pagudpud Municipal Police Station, said the accident occurred at around 5 p.m. The victims,...
BADOC, Ilocos Norte – A 56-year-old balikbayan or returning Filipino was shot dead by two men onboard a motorcycle while walking with his wife in Barangay Aring here on Wednesday afternoon, May 27. Badoc police chief Police Capt. Elison Pasamonte said the victim sustained multiple bullet wounds...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – A 34-year-old man who was celebrating his birth anniversary and his companion were killed in a motorcycle crash in Barangay Tablac here before dawn on Friday, May 22. The victims were residents of Barangay Dan-ar, Santiago, Ilocos Sur. Police said the motorcycle driven...
