SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A motorcycle rider was killed in a crash during a motor racing event on the diversion road in Barangay Paratong here on Sunday, Feb. 9. Police identified the victim as Richmond F. Pablico, 22, a resident of Barangay Balaleng Amianance, Bantay, Ilocos Sur....
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur -- A bus conductor drowned while trying to rescue his son in the sea of Barangay Sived here on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 8. Police Lt. William Costales Jr., town deputy chief of police, identified the victim as Jayson Pabo, 46, of Barangay An-annam, Bantay, Ilocos Sur. The...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A meat vendor was shot dead on the diversion road in Barangay Aggay here on Friday, Feb. 7. Police identified the victim as Zosimo Blanco, 60, a former soldier and a resident of Barangay Vacunero, Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur. Investigation said the victim was driving his...
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...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – One-thousand, seven-hundred seventy-seven police officers from the Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista led the mass oathtaking, donning, and pinning of ranks at the PRO-1 Grandstand in this...
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...
A 43-year-old farmer was allegedly gunned down by his cousin on Wednesday morning, Jan. 29, in Barangay Patong, Magsingal, Ilocos Sur. Police identified the victim as Edmon Unciano Ronquillo. Initial investigation said the victim was on his way to feed his pigs when the suspect, Maynard Unciano...
