VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Ilocos Norte and Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices are on heightened alert as a series of earthquakes rattled the two provinces in the past days. EPICENTER of the magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Ilocos Sur on Friday morning, March 14....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Three construction workers were buried alive while excavating a relocation site for the sewerage system of a convention center here on Wednesday afternoon, March 12. Police identified the fatalities as Christian Mark Velasco, 41, of Quezon, Isabela,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed the 2.2-kilometer, P313.21-million Bangui Bypass Road Project in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. DPWH-Region 1 Director Ronnel Tan said the four-lane road is expected to shorten travel time between Barangay Bacsil and...
Flights to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from Ilocos Norte’s Laoag International Airport may soon return as the province aims to transform into Southeast Asia’s economic hub through public-private partnership (PPP). This plan is included in the memorandum of agreement (MOA), signed on Friday,...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – A 51-year-old driver was hacked and killed by his brother-in-law in Sitio Tamurong, Barangay 19 San Lorenzo here on Friday night. Police identified the victim as Pedro Teja. Investigation said that the suspect Efren Dumrique arrived from a drinking session...
A SIMPLE LIFE Balay Piddig and Balay Batac Between the adults’ work and the two kids’ schooling, my son Jem and his family could spare only four days of last month’s Chinese New Year weekend. Arriving on day one and leaving on day four, what could they do, where could they go, anything...
A crew of BRP Nestor Reinoso establishes contact with South Korean passenger vessel UDOSARANG 1, which encountered mechanical malfunction off Burgos, Ilocos Norte on Feb. 5, 2025. Nine Filipino crew were rescued. (Photo: Philippine Navy) A South Korean passenger boat that malfunctioned while...
MARCOS, Ilocos Norte – A septuagenarian was allegedly stabbed to death by his son during a heated argument in their residence in Sitio 6, Barangay Tabucbuc here on Tuesday night, Feb. 4. Police identified the victim as farmer Pedro T. Mateo, 79. Investigation disclosed that the...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A truck driver was shot and killed in Barangay Minante Dos, this city, on Saturday, Feb. 1. Police identified the victim as Ariel Lorenzo, a resident of Barangay Villa Luna here. Investigation said the victim was on his way home from work when a man wearing a bullcap,...
Authorities battle a grass fire that razed a mountainous area in Carasi, Ilocos Norte on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) A total of 50 hectares of land that were being cultivated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) were among those destroyed in a nearly...
CARASI, Ilocos Norte – A grass fire struck this town on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 30. SMOKE from a grass fire in Carasi, Ilocos Norte. (OCD FB) The Bureau of Fire Protection-Ilocos Norte on Friday, Jan. 31, declared that the fire in the mountainous parts of Barangay Barbaquezo and Virbira is...
Authorities battle a grass fire that razed a mountainous area in Carasi, Ilocos Norte on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) A grass fire struck Carasi, Ilocos Norte which has so far affected 300 hectares of land, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported. The grass fire occurred in a...
