A 54-year-old man was robbed and killed inside a passenger bus in Carmen, Davao del Norte on Saturday, Dec. 28. Police said the victim bound for Davao City rode the bus in Tagum City. Two men boarded the bus a kilometer away from where the victim rode. Upon reaching Barangay Santo Niño,...
BANGUI, Ilocos Norte – A United States Marine drowned in the sea of Sitio Suyo, Barangay Baruyen, this town, on Friday, Dec. 20. Police Staff Sgt. Dominic Tangliben, Bangui police investigator, identified the victim as Corporal Edmond Zhu, 20. The victim and colleague Corporal Isaac...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a dump truck in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 17. Police identified the victim as Mark Adrian Amper, 23, of Sarrat. A MAN lies on a grassy area after his motorcycle collided with a dump truck in...
(Courtesy of Department of Public Works and Highways) The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, Dec. 13, the extension of the Cauplasan Bridge closure along the Ilocos Norte-Apayao Road until Jan. 31, 2025, due to "unforeseen delays" in its rehabilitation. In a...
(Unsplash) Davao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Alan “Aldu” Dujali filed on Monday, Dec. 9, a resolution batting for an immediate investigation into certain provincial officials' alleged involvement with illegal Philippine offshore gaming...
A senior aquaculturist at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Saturday, Dec. 7. A report from the Davao del Norte Provincial Police Office (PPO) identified the victim as Karen Diana Candilosas, 42,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur are assessing the possible damage from the magnitude-5.7 earthquake on Wednesday, Dec. 4. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/4/phivolcs-5-7-magnitude-quake-jolts-ilocos-norte...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested 15 wanted persons in Surigao del Norte province from Nov. 28 to 30. Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office Director Police Col. Nilo T. Texon said among those apprehended were two individuals from General Luna, Siargao Island for qualified theft; two elderly men...
Three persons died and 35 others were hospitalized after allegedly consuming improperly cleaned sea turtle meat in Barangay Linao, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, authorities said Monday, Dec. 2. THREE members of the Teduray tribe died after eating allegedly tainted...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police recovered unlicensed guns, accessories, and bullets from a septuagenarian during a search warrant operation in Barangay Inaban, Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya on Thursday, Nov. 28. The suspect was identified as Cledera, 76, widow, and...
ILIGAN CITY -- The Commission on Elections officer in Nunungan town in Lanao del Norte province was shot dead in Purok 1, Barangay Curva Miagao, Salvador, Lanao del Norte, on Monday, Nov. 25. VALLECER Police identified the victim as Markus Orlando Vallecer of Cagayan de...
BANNA, Ilocos Norte – A 21-year-old man died and five individuals were injured when a truck loaded with sacks of palay (unhusked rice) plunged into a ravine on the Banna-Batac Road in Sitio Payao, Barangay 1 Valenciano, this town, on Wednesday night, Nov. 20. Police identified...
