SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The floating library MV Doulus Hope will again dock at the San Fernando International Seaport, Poro Point, this city, from March 7 to 24. LA Union Gov. Raphaelle Veronica ‘Rafy’ Ortega-David (right) meets representatives of GBA Ships as rolling library MV Doulos...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – This province celebrates its 174th foundation anniversary on Saturday, March 2. A HOT air balloon show is among the activities in the 174th foundation anniversary of La Union. (Photo via Freddie Lazaro) Various activities have been slated to mark the event, among...
Team Philippines once again impressed the world with outstanding performances on the ice at the prestigious International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) in Shanghai, China. Team Philippines represented at the 2024 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating...
The European Union has allocated €500,000 (over 30 million Philippine pesos) in response to widespread flooding and landslides that left large parts of Mindanao inundated since late January. The aid will address the immediate needs of 12,000 people in some of the worst-hit, isolated areas in...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency destroyed 21,700 fully grown marijuana plants valued at more than P4 million in a two-day eradication operation in the hinterlands of Ilocos Sur and La Union from February 21 to 22. AUTHORITIES discover fully...
LUNA, La Union – A 50-year-old man was shot dead in front of his children in Barangay Alcala here on Tuesday, February 20. Police identified the victim as Alexander O. Concepcion. Investigation said Concepcion had just arrived home with his two minor children from school at about 11 a.m....
Tourism in La Union continues to recover from the pandemic as more than 550,000 tourists visited the province in 2023. SURFERS in Barangay Urbiztondo, San Juan, La Union. (Freddie G. Lazaro) The provincial government said 550,359 tourists visited La Union last year, an 11 percent increase...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Police arrested a man tagged as a national most wanted person in Barangay Bungol, Balaoan, this province, on Sunday, February 11. Police Major Rey Sales of the Philippine National Police-Regional Highway Patrol Unit 2 identified the suspect as Roy Guno, a...
Jay-R Esquivel rode his way to the top and became the lone Filipino winner in the inaugural World Surf League (WSL) Baler International Pro after ruling the men’s longboard qualifying series (LQS) Tuesday, Feb. 6, at the Sabang Beach in Aurora. Jay-R Esquivel wins the inaugural Baler...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- Stall owners affected by the fire that razed the public wet market in this city on January 11 have received P10-million cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). P7.5 million came from the DSWD Field Unit 1 while P2.5...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Kamila Valieva's doping ban has resulted in Russia being demoted from gold to bronze in the team figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the International Skating Union (ISU) said on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Russia's Kamila Valieva (AFP) The then 15-year-old's positive test in...
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), the banking unit of the Aboitiz Group, is planning to raise P10 billion from a stock rights offering even as it reported a 28 percent drop in net income last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said its Board of Directors...
