SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – The Balicucha Festival showcasing rich religious and cultural practices and products, specifically the Balicucha or sugarcane candy, here unwraps on Easter Sunday. SANTA Maria, Ilocos Sur municipal hall (Now Na Sta. Maria Ilocos Sur FB) Mayor Brigido “Boy” Camarillo...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A 28-year-old construction worker was shot and wounded in his house in Barangay Paras, this town, on Maundy Thursday. MUNICIPAL Hall of Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur. Police said the victim, Rizen de Guzman, was talking over the cellphone when the suspect, Leo...
CAOAYAN, Ilocos Sur – Police arrested on Tuesday, March 26, an 18-year-old out-of-school youth for allegedly robbing his grandfather of more than P1 million and stealing a car in Barangay San Lorenzo Querubin here on Monday, March 25. MAP of Ilocos Sur with the town of Caoayan...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has promoted 2,156 police officers in the Ilocos region. A NEWLY-promoted policewoman receives her rank insignia during the oath-taking at the Police Regional Office-1 Grandstand in San Fernando City, La Union on Monday. (Photo via Freddie G....
The cadaver of a child was found on a beach in Barangay Darapidap, Candon City, Ilocos Sur on Saturday, March 23. MAP of Ilocos Sur with Candon City highlighted. Police Lt. Col. Jessie Balinang, Candon City chief of police, said that they are conducting an investigation to identify the victim and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police arrested the fourth most wanted person on the regional level in the Ilocos region in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sunday, March 24. A RAPE suspect is his rights during his arrest in Dingras, Ilocos Norte. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) The 27-year-old...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 will deploy a total of 2,707 policemen to secure the Holy Week and the “summer” vacation in the Ilocos provinces from March 25 to May 31. EVANGELISTA (PRO-1 FB) Ilocos police chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista said the...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Ilocos has activated its “Lakbay Alalay” motorist’s assistance program for the Holy Week. Teams composed of uniformed DPWH crew will be deployed in strategic locations in the region round-the-clock from March 28 to 29. The DPWH...
CAOAYAN, Ilocos Sur – A 55-year-old man drowned on a river in Barangay Pandan here on Friday night, March 22. Police identified the victim as Samuel Abrogena. Abrogena’s body was found floating by residents before dawn on Saturday, March 23. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – A 42-year-old farmer drowned in a creek in Barangay 26, Oia-Upay Abulao, here on Tuesday, March 19. Police Capt. Sygman Benigno, Paoay police chief, said on Thursday, March 21, that the victim, Artemio Bailon, a resident of Barangay 26, Oiag-Upay Abulao, had a drinking...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – An 18-year-old Grade 12 student died from a cobra bite in Barangay Crispina, Banna, this province, on Tuesday, March 19. Barangay Chairman Reynaldo Duldulao said on Thursday, March 21, that the victim, Luisa Agpuon, was bit while changing her clothes inside her...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – The body of a man was found floating on the Abra River near the new President Quirino Bridge in Barangay Banaoang here on Sunday, March 17. The cadaver was reeled in by a resident fishing on the river at 9 a.m. Police described the victim as 5’8”, medium-built,...
