CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police arrested a 53-year-old man wanted for rape in Sitio Dimamaga, Barangay Tamdagan, Vintar, Ilocos Norte on Friday, May 17. Caloy, tagged as the fourth most wanted person in Region 1 (Ilocos), was apprehended on a warrant issued by Judge Bonhoefer Vergara...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two students were killed in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Suyo, Dingras, Ilocos Norte before dawn on Friday, May 17. Police Major Norman Pentang, Dingras chief of police, identified the victims as Wilson A. Vicente, 18, a resident of Barangay Puruganan, Dingras, and...
The Philippines is in a "stiff competition" with other Asian countries in tourism development and promotion, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/KJ Rosales) Marcos said in his speech in Ilocos Norte on Friday, May 17, that the Philippines must...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The provincial government of Ilocos Norte, through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG), reported an initial P38.2 million in damage to agriculture due to the El Niño phenomenon. Engr. Maria Teresa Bacnat, head of the OPAG, said 861.84 hectares...
BUTUAN CITY – A 16-year-old teenage boy was arrested for allegedly robbing the Automated Teller Machine of a rural bank in Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province, on May 3. A TEENAGE boy was arrested for allegedly robbing the ATM of a bank in Agusan del Norte on May 3. A police officer and a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned Camarines Norte provincial officials on the distribution of 52 emergency and rescue vehicles without adopting procedures in the selection and evaluation of the prospective barangay recipients. COA said that Camarines Norte purchased 53 vehicles in...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested on Monday, May 6, a 38-year-old man for allegedly a raping a 14-year-old girl in Las Nieves town, Agusan del Norte province. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said the suspect, alias Tor, was nabbed at...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded the administrators of hospitals owned by the provincial government of Camarines Norte to dispose of their medical wastes properly to safeguard people's health and the environment. The reminder, contained in COA's annual audit reports, was issued to...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The town of Dingras, this province, was placed under a state of calamity due to the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. The municipal council passed Resolution No. 2024-12-473 declaring the town under a state of calamity as scarcity of water resources...
BUTUAN CITY – One-hundred twenty-six police personnel from Surigao del Norte tested negative in a surprise drugs test conducted on Tuesday, April 30, by the Police Regional Office-13. POLICE officers from Surigao del Norte take a surprise drug test on Tuesday, April 30. (PRO 13-RPIO via...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The former municipal agriculturist of Bangui, Ilocos Norte was arrested on Monday, April 29, for malversation of public funds. The 52-year-old suspect, Ilocos Norte’s ninth most wanted person, was arrested for violating Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code. The...
The Armed Forces-Western Mindanao Command cited troops from the Joint Task Force Zamboanga Peninsula-Lanao (ZamPeLan) for neutralizing a sub-leader of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group and four of his followers in Lanao del Norte on Monday, April 29. READ:...
