LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office recorded damages from the 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Monday. AN establishment in Ilocos Norte sustains damage from the magnitude-5.6 earthquake. Ilocos Norte PDRRMO head Marcel Tabije...
The Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) has urged a safe observance of the new year. POLICE Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 director, inspects firecracker stalls in Barangay Ortega, Balaoan, La Union on Monday morning, Dec. 30. (Photo via PRO1) PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A member of Bureau of Fire Protection was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in front of his house in Barangay Pantay Daya here on Sunday, Dec. 29. Police identified the victim as Senior Fire Officer 1 Anthony T. Manuel, 40, assigned to the BFP-Vigan....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices are closely monitoring the impact of the magnitude-5.6 earthquake that rocked Ilocos Norte on Monday, Dec. 30. READ:...
Phivolcs A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted Ilocos Norte on Monday morning, Dec. 30, based on the earthquake bulletin from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The tremor was initially measured at magnitude 5.8. The earthquake occurred at 10:56 a.m. and its epicenter...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health warned the people in the Ilocos region to avoid using “boga” to welcome the new year due to the danger that the improvised cannon brings to the user. DOH-Ilocos Region Director Paula Paz M. Sydiongco urged parents to keep an eye on their children as...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices in Region 1 (Ilocos) remain on heightened alert for the possible effects of the successive offshore earthquakes in Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur in the past few days. PDRRMO-Ilocos Sur chief Rhon Arquelada said that...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A 24-year-old man allegedly hit and killed his 74-year-old mother after she scolded him in Sitio Banga-an, Barangay Dinwede West, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur on Friday afternoon, Dec. 20. Police Capt. Alden Isang, Cervantes chief of police, identified the...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has deployed hundreds of personnel to secure the Ilocos region this Christmas under the Ligtas Paskuhan program. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista said policemen backed by other law enforcement agencies, local government units,...
BANGUI, Ilocos Norte – A United States Marine drowned in the sea of Sitio Suyo, Barangay Baruyen, this town, on Friday, Dec. 20. Police Staff Sgt. Dominic Tangliben, Bangui police investigator, identified the victim as Corporal Edmond Zhu, 20. The victim and colleague Corporal Isaac...
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 1 is set to conduct the Lakbay Alalay motorist assistance program to ensure safe travel for motorists in the Ilocos region this holiday season. Teams from the regional and district engineering offices will be deployed round-the-clock from 8...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a dump truck in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 17. Police identified the victim as Mark Adrian Amper, 23, of Sarrat. A MAN lies on a grassy area after his motorcycle collided with a dump truck in...
