CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A 36-year-old man died and his back rider was injured when their motorcycle rammed a farmer and a cow in Barangay Sagsagat, San Ildefonso, this province, on Sunday night, May 12. Police identified the victim as Jayson Belizar of Palao, Bangued, Abra and...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A schoolboy drowned in the sea of Barangay Daclapan, Cabugao, this province, on Sunday, May 12. Police identified the victim as Justine, 7, a Grade 1 pupil of the Daclapan Elementary School and resident of Barangay Daclapan. Investigation said the victim...
SINAIT, Ilocos Sur – An 18-year-old man died when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a passenger van on the national highway in Barangay Magsaysay here on Sunday night, May 12. Police identified the victim as Mark Nelson T. Inong from Barangay Sallacapo, Sinait. Investigation said the...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported that 2,610 barangays in Region 1 are drug-cleared as of March 2024. PDEA-Region 1 Director Joel B. Plaza said the drug-cleared barangays are 79.89 percent of the total in the Ilocos region composed of the...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth a total of P3.1 million in a two-day operation in Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan from May 6 to 7. Seven suspected drug pushers were arrested, Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 chief,...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 seized illegal drugs worth P36.6 million in the Ilocos region from April 1 to 30. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 director, said 84,300 fully grown marijuana plants, 2,589.58 grams of dried marijuana leaves, and 2,864.37 grams of...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – A 62-year-old man allegedly stabbed his son to death during a heated altercation inside their house in Barangay Marozo here on Sunday night, May 5. Police identified the victim as Norman Yamson, 35. Investigation said the victim and the suspect, Flordelino T. Tadeo, arrived...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police arrested the fourth wanted person in the Ilocos region or Region 1 in Rosario, La Union last May 2. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, PRO-1 director, said the 21-year-old male suspect was a resident of Barangay 55-A, Barit-Pandan, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The...
TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur – A 59-year-old widow was shot dead in Barangay Libtong here on Thursday night, May 2. MAP of Ilocos Sur with the town of Tagudin highlighted. Police said the victim, Flora L. Villamar, was in front of her house after talking to her two siblings when men on board a...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The town of Dingras, this province, was placed under a state of calamity due to the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. The municipal council passed Resolution No. 2024-12-473 declaring the town under a state of calamity as scarcity of water resources...
SAN ESTEBAN, Ilocos Sur – Two persons were killed and another was injured in collision between a motorcycle and a closed van in Barangay San Pablo here before dawn on Wednesday, May 1. Police identified the victims as Joseph C. Tuscano, 55, driver of the motorcycle, and his back rider...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The former municipal agriculturist of Bangui, Ilocos Norte was arrested on Monday, April 29, for malversation of public funds. The 52-year-old suspect, Ilocos Norte’s ninth most wanted person, was arrested for violating Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code. The...
