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...
The Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the European Union (EU), and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group launched a disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) program on Friday to enhance local government units (LGUs)...
As another entry to his #BiyaheNiLuc series, European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron shared about his Easter Day visit to Siquijor. EU Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Veron shares a photo of him in Siquijor on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Photo from Amb. Veron's X account)...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – A man died and three individuals were injured in a collision between two motorcycles on the Aspiras-Palispis Highway (formerly Marcos Highway) in Barangay Tavora, Pugo, this province, on Good Friday. Police identified the victim as Randel Patras. Investigation...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri appealed for peace among fellow members of the International Parliamentarian Union (IPU) amid wars and conflict currently happening in different parts of the world, even in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri appealed...
