The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday night, May 20, identified the two pilots killed in the crash of an Aermacchi SF-260 trainer aircraft in Tuba, Benguet during a military training flight. In a statement, the PAF identified the fatalities as First Lieutenant Ruth Angelique R. Pasos and...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) confirmed that one of its trainer aircraft crashed in Tuba, Benguet on Wednesday morning, May 20, prompting an immediate investigation to determine what went wrong in a routine navigation exercise over northern Luzon. PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Christina...
BAGUIO CITY – Two Philippine Air Force personnel were injured after the fixed-wing training aircraft they were flying crashed into a dense forest in Mount Cabuyao, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba town, Benguet province, on Wednesday, May 20. Police Lt. Col. Roy Calulot, spokesperson of the Police...
Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon has relieved two officials of the DPWH-Cordillera after a 13-year-old boy recently plunged to his death due to the lack of road safety signages and traffic control devices on a deserted collapsed road in Barangay Beckel, La Trinidad,...
The Quezon City government received another batch of vegetables from farmers in Atok, Benguet on Thursday, May 14, as it continued its rescue-buy initiative supporting agricultural producers and providing food assistance to vulnerable sectors in the city. The delivery, which arrived at Quezon...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police Col. Dionisio D. Bonoy, a native of Itogon, Benguet, was appointed as new Benguet Provincial Police Office chief. Bonoy assumed the position in a ceremony in Camp Major Bado Dangwa here on May 13. The event was presided over by Cordillera police chief Police Brig....
TUBA, Benguet – Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon on Friday apologized for the delayed repair of damaged roads and other infrastructure here, saying he would ensure that the P20 million requested in October, as well as other disaster quick response funds (QRF), are...
BOKOD, Benguet — A 72-year-old woman was found dead and buried in remote Barangay Daclan here on Sunday, May 3. A resident saw the woman’s son burying what appeared to be an object. The resident asked a relative to check the area. The relative discovered a human foot protruding from the ground...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited the Benguet Agri-Pinoy Trading Center (BAPTC) here on Friday to ensure the government 's ongoing efforts to address the impact of the crisis on the agricultural sector and outlined some of the measures to help farmers. Marcos,...
BAGUIO CITY – The municipal government of Itogon is requesting the Office of the President to allocate P200 million to erect a bridge and prevent dangerous river crossings following the death of two media practitioners in a flash flood. “The proposed bridge will serve multiple upland...
BAGUIO CITY – La Trinidad, Benguet Mayor Roderick Awingan said the triplet strawberry cake event of the town’s month-long Strawberry Festival has only a few events left before it ends. “We thank our residents, the people of La Trinidad and our neighboring towns, as well as those from Baguio...
Police seized around P150 million worth of what they described as substandard and unregistered products in a raid in one of the units of an industrial zone in Noveleta, Cavite. Maj. Gen. Robert AA Morico II, director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), said the seized products...
