LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The town of Dingras, this province, was placed under a state of calamity due to the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. The municipal council passed Resolution No. 2024-12-473 declaring the town under a state of calamity as scarcity of water resources...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The former municipal agriculturist of Bangui, Ilocos Norte was arrested on Monday, April 29, for malversation of public funds. The 52-year-old suspect, Ilocos Norte’s ninth most wanted person, was arrested for violating Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code. The...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – This town is under a state of calamity after 15 out of 22 barangays are experiencing a water crisis due to the El Niño phenomenon. THE town of Solsona in Ilocos Norte is rationing water due to El Niño. Mayor Joseph de Lara said that water rationing is ongoing in 15...
BADOC, Ilocos Norte – A man was shot dead in Barangay Caraitan here on Friday afternoon, April 19. Police Capt. Elison Pasamonte, town chief of police, said the victim, Emmanuel Salcedo of Barangay Cabangtalan, Sinait, Ilocos Sur, was on his way home on a motorcycle after visiting his...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Damage caused by grass and forest fires in this province in the first quarter of this year has reached P10 million. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Victor Dabalos said that about 5,000 hectares were affected in the towns of Solsona, Piddig,...
CAMP JUAN, Laoag City – A retired lawman yielded suspected shabu during a search warrant operation in Badoc, Ilocos Norte on April 1. A RETIRED lawmen yielded suspected shabu in a search waraant operation in Ilocos Norte. Seized from the suspect by the Ilocos Norte Drug Enforcement Unit and...
CAMP Florendo, La Union – A parcel containing suspected dried marijuana leaves and kush were discovered by a delivery rider in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on Maundy Thursday. THIS package had suspected marijuana and kush worth P3,300. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) A report reaching the Police...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two tons of tilapia (Saint Peter’s fish) died in a fish kill in Barangay Metro Gabu here recently. TILAPIA Engr. Shiela Opelac, head of the city agricultural office here, said the fish kill affected at least 200 fish cage operators. Opelac blamed the incident on sea...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police arrested the fourth most wanted person on the regional level in the Ilocos region in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sunday, March 24. A RAPE suspect is his rights during his arrest in Dingras, Ilocos Norte. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) The 27-year-old...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – A 42-year-old farmer drowned in a creek in Barangay 26, Oia-Upay Abulao, here on Tuesday, March 19. Police Capt. Sygman Benigno, Paoay police chief, said on Thursday, March 21, that the victim, Artemio Bailon, a resident of Barangay 26, Oiag-Upay Abulao, had a drinking...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – An 18-year-old Grade 12 student died from a cobra bite in Barangay Crispina, Banna, this province, on Tuesday, March 19. Barangay Chairman Reynaldo Duldulao said on Thursday, March 21, that the victim, Luisa Agpuon, was bit while changing her clothes inside her...
VINTAR, Ilocos Norte – A septuagenarian who went viral on social media for throwing wood on the driver of a fast-moving and noisy motorcycle in front of her house in Barangay Bulala here on Wednesday morning, March 6, has apologized to the public for her actions. LEANO talks about the viral...
