CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte police director Police Col. Frederick E. Obar has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to probe the murder of barangay chairman Mark Adrian P. Barba and his two companions in Barangay 22 San Guillermo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte before dawn...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – A barangay captain and his two companions were gunned down in Barangay 22 San Guillermo here before dawn on Saturday, Oct. 26. Police identified the victims as Mark Adrian P. Barba, barangay captain of Barangay 6 San Juan Bautista and Association of Barangay Captain...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – Troops from the 5th Infantry Division and police apprehended a high-ranking New People’s Army leader in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte on Monday, Oct. 21. Simon Fiaryao Naogsan Sr., alias Filiw and Wayat, also the spokesperson of the Communist Party of the...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A 49-year-old farmer allegedly stabbed his 38-year-old brother to death in Sitio San Martin, Barangay San Marcelino, Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Friday night, Oct. 18. Police identified the victim as Rodrigo Diego Jr. Investigation disclosed that Rodrigo and his brother...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Reelectionists Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Joseph Marcos-Manotoc and Vice Gov. Cecilia Araneta-Marcos swapped posts and refiled their Certificates of Candidacy on Tuesday, October 8. THE Marcoses, Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew and Vice Gov. Cecilia, have swapped posts...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – Police said a farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Sitio Corcuera, Barangay Laureta, this town, on Tuesday, October 8. The victim, Oswaldo M. Baltazar, 60, was on his way to back to his nipa hut after pasturing his cow in an open field when he was hit during a...
The SM Foundation recently activated its Operation Tulong Express to provide immediate assistance to over 750 families affected by typhoon “Julian” in Ilocos Norte. AN employee-volunteer from SM City Laoag distributes Kalinga packs for victims of typhoon 'Julian' in Ilocos Norte....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Reelectionist Ilocos Norte first district Rep. Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Araneta Marcos III filed his Certificate of Candidacy before the Commission on Elections provincial office here on Monday, October 7. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza...
(Photo: OCD) Additional relief assistance was delivered to communities that were hardly hit by Super Typhoon “Julian” in Batanes and Ilocos Norte, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Monday, Oct. 7. OCD Administrator, Usec. Ariel Nepomueceno said his office has collaborated...
President Marcos said the government will have to do something about the siltation in the river systems of Ilocos Norte as he concluded that it was among the culprits of the damaged dikes in the province due to typhoon Julian. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) In a situation briefing on the...
Typhoon Julian inundates Ilocos Norte, the home province of President Marcos Jr. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Typhoon “Julian” drenched northern Luzon and affected 149,000 individuals, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Wednesday, Oct. 2. A...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte declared a state of calamity due to severe damage from typhoon “Julian.” The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Ilocos Norte, in an emergency session on Tuesday, October 1, issued Provincial Resolution No. 341-2024 declaring the state of...
