LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A pack of suspected floating shabu was discovered in the sea of Barangay Masintoc, Paoay, this province, on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) chief, said a 37-year-old resident found the contraband in a...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A lady project engineer was gunned down on Friday night in Sitio Nagmarcaan, Barangay San Marcelino, Dingras, this province. Police Major Norman Pentang, Dingras police chief, said a resident discovered the victim Daisy with bullet wounds in her van that fell in a canal...
LAOAG CITY – A total of 677 families composed of 1,257 individuals in Ilocos Norte were affected by super typhoon "Nando," the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Tuesday. Of the total number, 419 families or 589 individuals are temporarily housed in evacuation...
LAOAG CITY – Malacañang has declared Sept. 11 as a special non-working day in Ilocos Norte to mark the 108th birth anniversary of the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, in signing Proclamation No. 1010 on Sept. 3, said this is to give the people of...
A juvenile Brahminy Kite was rescued after it was found weak while searching for food in Barangay Burayoc, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday. Resident Edison Aguete spotted the bird, approximately weighing half a kilo, in his property and surrendered it to the Municipal Environment and Natural...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in four municipalities and one city in Luzon and Visayas to allow residents to take part in their commemorative events, Malacañang said. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed all proclamations declaring the holidays on July 18. Under...
LAOAG CITY – Four houses, as well as an animal shelter, were hit by a tornado in the coastal Barangay Caaoacan in this city on Wednesday morning. Dr. Melvin Manuel, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said no one was reported hurt during the incident. "We immediately...
Seven houses and a gasoline station were damaged by a whirlwind in Barangay Nagbacalan, Paoay, Ilocos Norte on Saturday afternoon, July 26. Jesus Bacena, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (MDRRMO), said the whirlwind struck at 4 p.m. Nobody was hurt from the 40-second...
LAOAG CITY – Disaster response officials in various parts of Ilocos Norte have been checking landslide and flood-prone areas as tropical storm ‘’Crising’’ continues to bring light to moderate to at times intense rainfall in the province on Friday. "Residents are advised to take necessary...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, at 10:38 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15. Phivolcs said the epicenter was located 21 kilometers southwest of Pasuquin, at a depth of 43 kilometers. The tremor was...
The Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators of the Philippines (ARRAPI) has formally inducted 400 new reservists from Ilocos Norte. The move further strengthened the province’s local defense and disaster response capacity. The mass oath-taking was led by Lt. Col. Michael L. Romero,...
LAOAG CITY – A kilo of shabu approximately worth P6.8 million was recovered in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Monday morning, police said. The Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office (INPPO) said a 44-year-old fisherman noticed a floating plastic package about two miles from the Pasaleng shoreline at...
