SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – A 51-year-old driver was hacked and killed by his brother-in-law in Sitio Tamurong, Barangay 19 San Lorenzo here on Friday night. Police identified the victim as Pedro Teja. Investigation said that the suspect Efren Dumrique arrived from a drinking session...
Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Anton Lagdameo on Tuesday, Feb. 18, defended the weekend proclamation rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas in Carmen, Davao del Norte that kicked off its campaign for the May elections in Mindanao. SECURITY is tight at the Alyansa para sa...
The Philippine Navy (PN) disproved allegations of the sighting of several Chinese warships in Camarines Norte on Monday night, Feb. 17. Lt. John Emmanuel Sison, director of Naval Forces Southern Luzon (Navforsol) public affairs office, said what the locals spotted were not Chinese warships but...
CARMEN, Davao del Norte – Thousands of people in red and white shirts flocked to the municipal grounds here for the proclamation rally of administration senatorial bets in this year’s midterm elections. About 30,000 people from different parts of the Davao region witnessed the...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 brought joy to the people in the Caraga region on Valentine’s Day. A MOTORIST receives a token from a police officer in Surigao del Norte on Valentine’s Day. (Surigao del Norte PPO) PRO 13-Regional Public Information...
DAVAO CITY – Soldiers killed top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya and widow of the late NPA leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, in an encounter in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. MYRNA Sularte, alias Maria...
A SIMPLE LIFE Balay Piddig and Balay Batac Between the adults’ work and the two kids’ schooling, my son Jem and his family could spare only four days of last month’s Chinese New Year weekend. Arriving on day one and leaving on day four, what could they do, where could they go, anything...
A crew of BRP Nestor Reinoso establishes contact with South Korean passenger vessel UDOSARANG 1, which encountered mechanical malfunction off Burgos, Ilocos Norte on Feb. 5, 2025. Nine Filipino crew were rescued. (Photo: Philippine Navy) A South Korean passenger boat that malfunctioned while...
MARCOS, Ilocos Norte – A septuagenarian was allegedly stabbed to death by his son during a heated argument in their residence in Sitio 6, Barangay Tabucbuc here on Tuesday night, Feb. 4. Police identified the victim as farmer Pedro T. Mateo, 79. Investigation disclosed that the...
A police officer wanted for his alleged involvement in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 was arrested on Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, in Barangay Making, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Maguindanao del Norte police chief Police Col. Eleuterio Ricardo Jr. identified the suspect as Police Officer 1...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A truck driver was shot and killed in Barangay Minante Dos, this city, on Saturday, Feb. 1. Police identified the victim as Ariel Lorenzo, a resident of Barangay Villa Luna here. Investigation said the victim was on his way home from work when a man wearing a bullcap,...
Authorities battle a grass fire that razed a mountainous area in Carasi, Ilocos Norte on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) A total of 50 hectares of land that were being cultivated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) were among those destroyed in a nearly...
