VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A 39-year-old woman was killed and her daughter was injured in a motorcycle collision in Barangay Beddeng Laud here on Wednesday, April 24. Police Lt. Col. Rogelio Remiendo, police chief here, identified the victim as Emelita P. Abendanio of Barangay Anonang Menor,...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A minor drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Capangdanan here. THE body of a minor who drowned in an irrigation canal is recovered in Bantay, Ilocos Sur. (MDRRMO Dur-as Bantay FB) Police Lt. Reynaldo Renon of the Bantay police station said the boy was reported missing...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – Two sisters drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Bulag here on Wednesday afternoon, April 24. TWO sisters drowned in an irrigation canal in Bantay, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday afternoon, April 24. (MDRRM Dur-as Bantay) Police Corporal Roxanne Angela Padre, investigator...
(L-R) Captain Ivan Roldan, commander of Coast Guard District Northwestern Luzon, and Candon City Mayor Eric Singson sign a deed of usufruct on April 17, 2024 for the establishment of a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) radar tower in Candon City, Ilocos Sur. (Photo courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency discovered 26,700 fully grown marijuana plants in five plantations with a total land area of 4,200-square meters during an eradication operation in Sitio Tangilig, Barangay Bunga, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Friday, April 12....
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – Fifteen candidates are competing in the 2024 Miss Tobacco Philippines beauty pageant at the Candon City Arena here on Thursday, April 11. THIS year's 2024 Miss Tobacco Philippines candidates. (Mayor Eric Singson FB) Candidates represent tobacco-producing provinces all...
SAN VICENTE, Ilocos Sur – A man’s body was discovered on a rice field in Barangay Pudoc here on Tuesday, April 9. THE body of a septuagenarian was found on a rice field in Barangay Pudoc, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur on April 9. Police identified the victim as Guillermo Rebula, 75. Three...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The provincial government of Ilocos Sur and the city government of Vigan have offered a P100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunmen of former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman Marionne Tugade. POSTER offering a P100,000 reward for information...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman from Caoayan, Ilocos Sur was gunned down on Quirino Boulevard here on his birthday on Monday afternoon, April 8. MARION Tugade poses for a selfie hours before he was killed on his birth anniversary on Monday,...
Troops discovered a New People’s Army camp and seized an arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Nagcanasan, Pilar, Abra, near the boundary of Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, on Tuesday, April 2. VARIOUS items were recovered by the military in a New People's Army camp in Pilar, Abra. According to...
Major Rigor N. Pamittan, chief of 5ID public affairs office (Photo courtesy of Pamittan via DWDD) At least 402 individuals were forced to flee their homes when Philippine Army (PA) soldiers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels engaged in a series of armed encounters in Pilar, Abra on Tuesday, April...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Classes were suspended on Wednesday, April 3, in Pilar, Abra and the activities on Tuesday night, April 2, in the 2nd Balicucha Festival here were cancelled following an encounter between the 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the boundary...