SINAIT, Ilocos Sur – Two persons died in a three-vehicle collision in Barangay Jordan here on Wednesday evening, September 18. Police identified the fatalities as Leobert I. Noriel, 24, of Barangay Cabulalaan, Sinait, driver of a black Sym Bonus motorcycle, and Edmund A. Villapaz, 31, credit...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police burned 10,300 fully grown marijuana plants and 51,600 marijuana seedlings valued at P4.1 million in an eradication operation in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday, September 18. AUTHORITIES torched marijuana valued at P4.1 million in Sugpon, Ilocos...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The provincial government awarded P25,000 and food packs each to five fishermen who surrendered packs of shabu they recovered on the West Philippine Sea in this province last month. GOV. Manotoc (center) They were Johny Zamora of Burgos town, Fragante Felix Patoc...
SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A Good Samaritan rescued a 14-year-old Grade 9 student from drowning in the sea of Barangay Paratong here on Saturday morning, September 14. Police Capt. Marlon Martinez, chief of police here, said the victim, Cris Asuncion, of Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was taken away...
MAGSINGAL, Ilocos Sur – A 36-year-old drug surrenderer was found dead with multiple bullet wounds beside his modified tricycle in this town on Wednesday morning, September 11. Police identified the victim as Marnoel T. Santiago, a resident of Barangay Labut here. Santiago’s body was found on a...
Close to P158-million of assistance were given to farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte to boost agriculture production in the province. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of assistance to farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2024. (Noel Pabalate)...
President Marcos has declared Sept. 11 as a special non-working day in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the 107th birth anniversary of his father, former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation 671,...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to grace the 107th birth anniversary celebration of his father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. (FEM), with residents and officials of this province on Wednesday, September 11. PRESIDENT Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Three fishermen from Pangasinan were rescued in the West Philippine Sea in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte on Thursday, September 5. Coast Guard Lt. Senior Grade Joseph Christian Sagun, chief of the Coast Guard unit in Ilocos Norte, identified the three fishermen as...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police seized shabu and marijuana worth P141.7 million in the Ilocos region last August. The Police Regional Office-1 said they recovered 2,053 marijuana plants, 2,000 marijuana seedlings, 6,170.27 grams of dried marijuana leaves, and 20,669.87 grams of shabu....
BANNA, Ilocos Norte – A suspected gun-for-hire was killed in a broad daylight ambush in Barangay Tabtabagan here on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Isaac Casay, 54, alias Bigso, of Poblacion 1, Adams, Ilocos Norte and Barangay Santo Niño, Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte. Casay...
A 70-year-old woman died hours after rescuing a five-year-old boy from being rammed by a multicab in Barangay Poblacion Norte, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Susana Antolin Abarra. Investigation said Abarra had just finished attending Mass at 5 a.m....