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...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – Seven suspected “Salisi Gang” members were arrested in an entrapment and dragnet operation in Barangay Vacunero here on Saturday, May 16. Police intercepted the suspects’ maroon vehicle after an alert was issued following a reported theft incident in the capital...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Newly installed Police Regional Office-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jovencio S. Badua Jr. on Friday launched a program to boost anti-crime operations and public trust in the police in the Ilocos region. Badua said the program – Enhanced Anti-Criminality, Law...
Police Brig. Gen. Jovencio S. Badua Jr., a native of Bacnotan, La Union, is the Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) chief effective Friday, May 8. Badua assumed his post during a ceremony in Camp Crame, Quezon City. He replaced Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes who was named head of the Directorate...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has committed to hasten the completion of Kaliwet Bridge in Barangay Nalasin here by the end of this month. After inspecting the ongoing construction of the replacement bridge on Friday, DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. and Japan Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday, May 6, witnessed a live-fire maritime strike drill in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which marked Tokyo’s first deployment of its shore-based anti-ship missile system on...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and United States military will hold a counter-landing live fire exercise at the La Paz Sand Dunes in Laoag, Ilocos Norte on Monday, May 4, as part of this year’s Exercise Balikatan. The AFP said the exercise would simulate the defense of Northern Luzon...
