SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Four houses were destroyed in a fire in Purok 3, Barangay San Francisco, this city, on Tuesday, April 30. Fire Chief Insp. Jun Eland Wanawan, city fire marshal, said four families were displaced but nobody was hurt. Wanawan said the fire started at 10 a.m....
The European Union (EU) and the Philippines have concluded their joint maritime activity in the waters off Palawan, which enhanced interoperability among Philippine agencies in countering maritime threats. EU's CRIMARIO project supported the Philippine National Maritime Center for the...
Union Bank of the Philippines, a member of the Aboitiz Group, reported a 41 drop in net income to P2 billion for the first quarter of 2024 from the P3.4 billion earned in the same period last year due to costs related to the integration of Citi’s consumer business. UnionBank Chief Financial...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has denounced the reported confiscation of the personal belongings of a photojournalist while he was covering a land dispute in Silang, Cavite last April 20. Citing a report from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the CHR said that...
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has approved the planned P10 billion stock rights offering of Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines which is slated to kick off in May this year. In a disclosure to the PSE, the bank said it is offering about 296.47 million depending on the final offering...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Farmers in this province have shifted to planting drought-resistant crops due to El Nino. The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) has advised farmers to look into alternative crops that do not require much water and can thrive under the extreme heat to...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño phenomenon in this province will soon receive cash assistance from the provincial government. DAVID (FB) Gov. Raphaelle Veronica Ortega-David said they enacted Provincial Ordinance No. 425-2023 that provides cash...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A construction worker drowned while swimming in the sea in Barangay Carlatan here on Sunday, April 7. Police said the victim, Edison Hidalgo, 39, a resident of Purok 2, Barangay Mameltac, this city, was reportedly drunk when he was taken away the strong current....
PUGO, La Union – A 63-year-old man died from heat stroke in Barangay Tavora Proper here over the weekend. Police identified the victim as Carlos Espique. Barangay Kagawad (councilor) Samuel Garcia said the victim was last seen watering plants at around 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 6. Garcia...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police seized marijuana valued at P3 million from eight suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Antonino, Balaoan, La Union on Friday, April 5. BALAOAN town center. (Wikipedia) Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Ilocos police director,...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A 48-year-old lineman of the La Union Electric Co. died after he was electrocuted while repairing a transformer here on Wednesday, April 3. Police identified the victim as Guillermo Laconsay from Barangay Ili Sur, San Juan, La Union. Laconsay was securing his...
A year after pili nuts became available in the European Union (EU) market, EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron turned to his social media followers for his own version of “Who Did It Better?,” but pili nuts version. On X (formerly Twitter), the envoy posted a video slideshow of...
