GAMU, Isabela – Three suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed and three high-powered guns were recovered in separate encounters between the rebels and the soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division (5ID) in the provinces of Kalinga and Cagayan on...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth P4.5 million in Tinglayan, Kalinga, on Thursday, April 27. The Kalinga Police Provincial Office (PPO) under the Police Regional Office-Cordillera and the 141st Special Action Company of the Philippine National Police-Special...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) joined the local government units (LGUs) of Sadanga, Mountain Province, and Tinglayan, Kalinga, in asking the feuding tribes to keep sobriety and calmness following the killing of a hunter from...
A 19-year-old college student drowned while trying to rescue his cousins in the Chico River in Barangay Calanan, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Thursday, March 30. The Tabuk City Police Station said the victim, Franz Dumaguing, of Lubuagan, Kalinga and Bulanao Centro, here, along with his cousins and...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – A former member of the New People’s Army received P65,000 assistance from the Enhanced Community Local Integration Program (ECLIP) here recently. Major Noel Laguiwed, Pinukpuk Municipal Police Station chief, said the rebel returnee also received an additional P20,000...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and shabu valued at P129,200 was seized in separate search warrant operations in Barangay Lacnog here on Thursday, March 23. Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, identified the suspects as...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Authorities destroyed marijuana worth P4.4 million in a three-day eradication operation from March 22 to 24 in Barangay Butbut Proper here. Authorities burned a total of 10,400 fully grown marijuana plants from 1,200-square meter plantation and 20,000 grams of dried...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Twelve suspected illegal loggers were arrested in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Calaccad, Tabuk City, Kalinga, on Friday, March 24. In a report to Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, suspects were identified as Tiggangay Malana Dumirag, 69; Johndee...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo recently visited a country in the Middle East that apparently did not have a single distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) needing shelter at the Philippine government-run Bahay Kalinga there. That country is the Kingdom of Bahrain. “We are satisfied that in our...
BALBALAN, Kalinga – A New People’s Army leader was killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army 50th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Babacong, Barangay Gawaan, here on Thursday, March 9. Major Rigor Pamittan, chief of the 5th Infantry Division Public Affairs Division in Camp Melchor dela Cruz,...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana valued at P105 million in two barangays in Tinglayan, Kalinga over the weekend. Two large plantations were discovered on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Barangay Tulgao West and 500,000 fully grown marijuana plants valued at P100 million were uprooted....
The Parañaque City government launched on Monday, Feb. 20, the “Kalinga Day” at the Parañaque City Sports Complex. Mayor Eric Olivarez said the “Kalinga Day” will be conducted every Monday to accommodate more residents who are asking help from the city government. Olivarez said the...
