Benguet Corp., the mining company of the Romualdez family, reported that it has finally completed its P1.4 billion debt restructuring with 23 creditors after 30 years. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said that, on October 22, 2024, it has executed with the remaining...
Listed mining firm Benguet Corp. said on Tuesday, Oct. 15, it secured another 25 years of permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to operate and conduct mining activities in Balanga, Bataan. In a regulatory filing, Benguet Corp. said it received the approval of the...
ASTHRINE PIAS with a coffee grower in Atok The uphill jeepney ride to the coffee-growing town (1,700 meters above sea level), on rocky, dusty and unpaved roads could be daunting. The panorama of a mountain range partly veiled by clouds, with sun rays slicing through, is indeed a sight to...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Reelectionist Benguet Rep. Eric Yap filed his Certificate of Candidacy before the Commission on Elections-Benguet here on Friday, October 4. BENGUET Rep. Eric Go Yap files his COC for his second term. (Zaldy Comanda ) If given another mandate, Yap said he will finish...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Authorities destroyed fully grown marijuana plants valued at P18.1 million during an eradication operation in the boundaries of Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Kibungan, Benguet on Sunday, September 22. The operation dubbed Indica Bravo was conducted by the 1st Ilocos Sur...
SABLAN, Benguet – Hedcor, a renewable energy subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp., donated equipment and seedlings worth a total of P620,000 to this town called the fruit basket of this province. THE town of Sablan in Benguet received farm inputs from Hedcor representatives Geraldine Ronquillo...
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua has advised former presidential spokesman Harry Roque to "be honest" regarding his alleged links to a house in Benguet province as it relates to the controversy on Philippine...
Bureau of Immigration personnel arrested two foreign nationals during a manhunt operation on Saturday, July 27, in Tuba, Benguet in connection with a Chinese involved in a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator in Bamban, Tarlac. The agency identified the suspects as Wang Keping, 35, female, and Khuon...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet –The Police Regional Office-Cordillera located clandestine marijuana plantations in the provinces of Kalinga and Benguet on June 15. Marijuana worth a total of P3.2 million was destroyed. POLICE locate a marijuana plantation in Tinglayan, Kalinga. (Photo via...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police seized and destroyed marijuana worth P11.1 million in eradication operations in Benguet and Kalinga from June 11 to 13. POLICE destroy marijuana plants in the province of Benguet. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) The Benguet Provincial Police Office said they...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana worth P4.2 million in eradication operations in Kalinga and Benguet on June 11. POLICE destroy a marijuana plantation in Barangay Butbut, Tinglayan, Kalinga. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) The Kalinga Police Provincial Office said 14,250 fully...
KIBUNGAN, Benguet – Authorities discovered a marijuana plantation in this town on Monday, May 27. A MARIJUANA plantation is discovered and destroyed in Benguet on May 27. Five-hundred fully grown marijuana plants and 20 kilos of dried marijuana stalks with fruiting tops worth P2.5 million...
