Barcenilla Jr Grandmaster Banjo Barcenilla pummeled GM Alexei Barsov of Uzbekistan twice to power defending champions Laguna Heroes to a 16-5-4.5 bashing of the Cagayan Kings in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Wesley So Cup Wednesday, May 19. Barcenilla, who carried the...
The widening works on the 70.6-meter Labato Bridge in Barangay Namabbalan, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province have been completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed on Sunday, May 16. The newly-widened Labato Bridge. (Photo from the DPWH) DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said...
The government has tightened the community quarantine status of three provinces for the next two weeks in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Residents of Tondo, Manila receive food packs from local barangay officials and policemen in observance of Mother's Day on May 9, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/...
BUGUEY, Cagayan – Two teenage students died while their companion was rescued from drowning in a beach in Barangay Paddaya Weste here Sunday. Police identified the fatalities as Marnie Tierro, 16, and Jhonford Sagud, 13; and the rescued victim as Ronalyn Iris, 15, also a student. A report...
Forty-two agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cagayan now have their own farm lots after receiving land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday, May 10. LANDLESS TO LAND OWNERS -- Forty-two farmers in Cagayan were given their own farm lots by the Department of Agrarian Reform...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo When Pigalo Bridge in Isabela was devastated by typhoons Pedring and Quiel in 2011, farmers who wanted to deliver their agricultural products to Manila or Tuguegarao had to take a 76-kilometer detour via Alicia-Angadanan-San Guillermo-Naguilian Road. Residents of...
In a village up north, a community pantry literally goes out of its way to reach more vulnerable families. NOT YOUR ORDINARY COMMUNITY PANTRY -- A moving pantry in Cataggaman Nuevo, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan delivers food to families using a "kareta" pulled by a carabao. (Photo courtesy of the...
Six parish churches in the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro have been closed after its priests tested positive for coronavirus. ARCHDIOCESE OF CAGAYAN DE ORO/MB These parish churches are Jesus Nazareno and San Isidro, both in the city; and Our Lady of Candelaria in Tagoloan, Inmaculada Concepcion in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the local government units (LGUs) have so far provided relief assistance amounting to more than P1.72 million to the families affected by Typhoon “Bising" in the country's four regions. The DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations...
President Duterte is not backing down from his bloody war on illegal drugs even if he ends up in jail. In his visit to Cagayan do Oro City Friday, the President said he is ready to go to prison over his relentless campaign against illegal drug trade, renewing his resolve to protect and preserve the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of a 905-meter road connectivity project for industry and trade development in the town of Lasam in Cagayan province. (DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing a report from the DPWH Regional Office 2, Public Works Secretary...
The Philippine government has released a revised set of water discharge protocols for Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, to avoid a repeat of unprecedented flooding that drowned Cagayan province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses last year. It was last week, during the congressional...
