LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Reelectionists Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc and Vice Gov. Cecilia Araneta-Marcos filed their Certificates of Candidacy for the May elections before the provincial Commission on Elections here on Tuesday, October 1. MANOTOC (Gov. Manotoc FB) Filing their COCs before the...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned along with his son in the sea of Barangay Calay-ab here. Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhon Arquelada said the body of Rowell M. Paat, 37, of Barangay Bagong Silang, Quezon...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A teenage boy and his father drowned while swimming in the sea of Barangay Calay-ab, this town, on Saturday afternoon, September 28. Ilocos Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhon Arquelada identified the fatality as Artearchealauz Paat, 16,...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police, backed up by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, seized P5.8-million worth of shabu from a high-value individual during the implementation of a search warrant in Bayambang, Pangasinan on Friday, September 27. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Police...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is planning to construct offshore wind (OSW) energy projects in some of strategic ports in the country—the three priority areas are Batangas, Camarines Norte and Ilocos Norte. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said they are now coordinating with...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Two fishermen from Pangasinan were rescued in the sea of Barangay Ambucao, Santiago, Ilocos Sur on Monday, September 23. NATIONAL highway in Santiago, Ilocos Sur. (Wikipedia) Police said a fisherman noticed them – Rocky Bravo, 38, and his brother,...
A barangay chairman and his son were shot dead in Barangay Lapting, San Juan, Ilocos Sur on Monday night, September 23. Police identified the victims as Barangay Caronoan, San Juan, Ilocos Sur Captain Bello Joseph Padua Valorozo, 52, and his son, Jumar Sotelo Valorozo, 24, farmer, also of...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Authorities destroyed fully grown marijuana plants valued at P18.1 million during an eradication operation in the boundaries of Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Kibungan, Benguet on Sunday, September 22. The operation dubbed Indica Bravo was conducted by the 1st Ilocos Sur...
ALILEM, Ilocos Sur – Two men died after their motorcycle rammed a backhoe on the Alilem-Bakun Road in Sitio Macdaar, Barangay Alilem Daya, this town on Friday, September 20. Police identified the victims as Gabriel O. Pias, 18, motorcycle driver, and back rider, Banz C. Balang, 23, residents of...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – The chairman of Barangay 5, San Silvestre, this town, was gunned down on Friday night, September 20. A FORENSICS investigator processes the house of a barangay chairman in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte after he was shot dead on Friday night, September 20. ...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police destroyed fully grown marijuana plants valued at P2 million in an eradication operation in Barangay Licudan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Thursday, September 19. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Police Regional Office-1 director, said a total of 10,050 FGMJPs were...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Eleven persons were injured when the passenger jeepney they were riding in overturned while ascending the zigzag portion of the national highway in Sitio Kakaldingan, Barangay Lungog, this town, on Thursday afternoon, September 19. Police said the vehicle driven by...
