BONTOC, Mountain Province – Sen. Imee Marcos personally distributed educational assistance to 1,000 students in Mountain Province at the Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School here on August 20. The assistance is under the Makabasa Latta! educational support program for victims...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A tourist was arrested after he yielded P722,640 worth of marijuana bricks in a checkpoint in Poblacion here on August 11. The suspect was identified as Raymart Flogio Mendoza, 30, a resident of Tondo, Manila. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera...
PARACELIS, Mountain Province – A 26-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her jealous live-in partner in the early morning of June 26 in Sitio Tangngag, Poblacion here. The Paracelis Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Clexy Ligligon Ilacad. The suspect who fled after the incident...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, June 16, that it has finished a total of 1.3 kilometers of tunnel civil works for the mountain tunnel component of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project. *(Courtesy of DPWH) * This means that the DPWH successfully...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) joined the local government units (LGUs) of Sadanga, Mountain Province, and Tinglayan, Kalinga, in asking the feuding tribes to keep sobriety and calmness following the killing of a hunter from...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – Authorities arrested four drug personalities and seized suspected shabu valued at P227,000 in a search warrant operation in Sitio Matoytoyok, Barangay Bontoc Ili, here, on Sunday, Feb. 19. Police identified the suspect as Gregorio Caramto Binmuyag, 53, a...
CAMP GERONIMO MONTES, Mountain Province – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to the police and military at the Mountain Province Provincial Police Office here on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Col. Sibly Dawiguey Jr., Mountain Province police chief, said the surrenderer was a member of the Kilusang...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Two former members of the Milisyang Bayan (MB) surrendered to the military in Mountain Province on Saturday, Jan. 14. Lt. Col. Marcelo F. Valdez Jr., commander of the Army 69th Infantry (Cougar) Battalion, said alias “Jake” and “Roger” yielded one improvised...
BAUKO, Mountain Province – A 17-year-old Grade 11 student died and her brother was injured after they were struck by a falling rock while riding a motorcycle in Monamon Sur here on Friday, Jan. 6. Police identified the victim as Amanda Loyola Manocay. The Bauko Municipal Police Station said...
BAUKO, Mountain Province – Two laborers drowned while fishing in a lake in Barangay Mayag, Bauko, Mountain Province, on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Police identified the victims as Mayzzon Vicente Batatas, 24, and Czar Jay Vicente Opag, 20, residents of Barangay Kayan West, Tadian, Mountain...
HIGHER LOVE The author at 5,000 meters (15,000 ft.) above sea level, raising a DIY Philippine flag The other night, we had some friends over for dinner. School is out and many of our friends are going away on holiday so we decided to hold a final catch up with our kids with us before we go our own...
A former squad leader of the New People’s Army surrendered to authorities in Camp Henry Acmor, Barangay Butigue, Paracelis, Mountain Province on Dec. 8. A report submitted to Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, director of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, said the surrenderer, “Ka Rogelio,” led...
