VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A man gunned down his wife before shooting himself inside their house in Barangay San Pedro, this city, on Tuesday, December 19. Police identified the victim as Esperanza Manicar Reyes, an Overseas Filipino Worker. Investigation said Esperanza and husband...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Two barangay tanods or watchmen died after their tricycle collided with a trailer truck after overtaking a car on the national highway in Barangay Nanguneg East here on Friday evening, December 8. Police identified the victims as Manuel F. Cabreros, tricycle driver,...
(Photo by DWPH) Candon City in Ilocos Sur has reaped the social and economic impact of the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) P9.8-million road improvement after the agency fixed a section of Candon-Salcedo-Del Pilar Road. DPWH Region I Director Ronnel M. Tan said the completed...
SAN VICENTE, Ilocos Sur – A man was shot dead on his way home from a cockpit arena in Barangay Bantaoay, here, on Sunday, October 8. Police identified the victim as Waren C. Cubangbang from Barangay San Sebastian, this town. Investigation said Cubangbang was driving a motorcycle with a back...
SANTIAGO, Ilocos Sur – A barangay captain and ex-officio member of the municipal council and his daughter were shot and wounded in Barangay Butol here on Saturday afternoon, October 28. POLICE forensics investigators comb the scene of a shooting incident involving a barangay chairman in Santiago,...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Fifteen candidates here withdrew from the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. Leonila Fortuna, city election officer, said no candidates here have violated campaign rules. The Commission on Elections has called on all BSKE candidates here to...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A suspected member of the “Salisi Gang” died after he was shot by unidentified gunmen in Barangay Ayusan Sur here on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Larry Montibon Igot, 58, farmer and resident of Barangay 139, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City. Igot had...
SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur – A bus driver died in a collision on the national highway in Barangay Poblacion West here on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Melchor V. Molina, 52, of Barangay San Isidro, San Juan, Ilocos Sur. Investigation said the driver of a southbound Isuzu...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – This city is under a state of calamity due to an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that has affected 22 out of 42 barangays as of Sunday, October 1. The city council has approved Resolution Number 353-2023 imposing the declaration. “The declaration of a state of...
SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A barangay tanod or watchman drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Tamurong here on Sunday, October 1. Police identified the victim as Rafael Reyes Albano, 53. Investigation said the victim, a tanod of Zone 3, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was recovered by rescuers...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A police officer died in a motorcycle accident on the national highway in Barangay Puspus, Bantay, Ilocos Sur early Friday morning, September 29. Police said the victim, Police Staff Sgt. Romualdo Mario Valorozo Piamonte Jr., 46, assigned to the Provincial Police Mobile...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – The Bureau of Immigration arrested a fugitive Indian national in a restaurant on the national highway here on Tuesday, September 26. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Prithes Das, jobless, resident of Makati City. Das was allegedly involved in fraudulent...