Troops discovered a New People’s Army camp and seized an arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Nagcanasan, Pilar, Abra, near the boundary of Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, on Tuesday, April 2. VARIOUS items were recovered by the military in a New People's Army camp in Pilar, Abra. According to...
Major Rigor N. Pamittan, chief of 5ID public affairs office (Photo courtesy of Pamittan via DWDD) At least 402 individuals were forced to flee their homes when Philippine Army (PA) soldiers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels engaged in a series of armed encounters in Pilar, Abra on Tuesday, April...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Classes were suspended on Wednesday, April 3, in Pilar, Abra and the activities on Tuesday night, April 2, in the 2nd Balicucha Festival here were cancelled following an encounter between the 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the boundary...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police Regional Office-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista said the Holy Week in Region 1 or the Ilocos region was generally peaceful. However, nine drowning incidents – seven in Pangasinan and two in Ilocos Sur – and five vehicular accidents were recorded...
CAMP JUAN, Laoag City – A retired lawman yielded suspected shabu during a search warrant operation in Badoc, Ilocos Norte on April 1. A RETIRED lawmen yielded suspected shabu in a search waraant operation in Ilocos Norte. Seized from the suspect by the Ilocos Norte Drug Enforcement Unit and...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – A vendor drowned on the sea in Barangay Calao-an here on Easter Sunday. MAP of Ilocos Sur with Candon City highlighted. Police identified the victim as Domell B. Peñaloza, 21, a resident of Barangay Calao-an. The victim, who was reportedly drunk, joined his...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The fifth most wanted person in Ilocos Sur was apprehended by the police in Concepcion, Tarlac on Easter Sunday. A RAPE suspect in Ilocos Sur was nabbed in Tarlac on Easter Sunday. The suspect’s warrant of arrest for six counts of statutory rape was issued by the...
SANTA CRUZ, Ilocos Sur – Police rescued a four-year-old boy from drowning in the swimming pool of a beach resort in Barangay Sagat here on Black Saturday. Police Major Paul Vincent Tadeo, town chief of police, said the boy was accidentally pushed by another child into a deep portion of the...
CAMP Florendo, La Union – A parcel containing suspected dried marijuana leaves and kush were discovered by a delivery rider in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on Maundy Thursday. THIS package had suspected marijuana and kush worth P3,300. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) A report reaching the Police...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two tons of tilapia (Saint Peter’s fish) died in a fish kill in Barangay Metro Gabu here recently. TILAPIA Engr. Shiela Opelac, head of the city agricultural office here, said the fish kill affected at least 200 fish cage operators. Opelac blamed the incident on sea...
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...
