BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) fighters surrendered to the Agusan del Norte 2nd Police Mobile Force Company in Agusan del Norte, police reported on Monday, January 29. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said that...
Personnel of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division conduct an accounting of seized weapons from a group of Dawlah Islamiyah militants during a series of counter-terrorism operations in Piagapo, Lanao del Sur from Jan. 25 to 26, 2024. (Photo courtesy of 1st Infantry Division) Government...
ILIGAN CITY – Soldiers killed nine Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group members in an encounter in Barangay Taporog, Piagapo, Lanao del Sur on Thursday, January 25. SOLDIERS view the remains of nine Dawlah Islamiyah fighters slain in an encounter in Lanao del Sur on January 25. (Photo via Bonita...
(Phivolcs) A 4.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Ilocos Norte on Friday afternoon, Jan. 26, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquake, which struck at 3:05 p.m., had its epicenter 17 kilometers (km) southwest of Adams, Ilocos Norte, and...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two men drowned in the Ilocos region on Sunday, January 21. Police identified the victims as Mario Ila, 56, and Raymundo Inobaya Sr., 60. Ila, of Batac City, Ilocos Norte, drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay San Isidro, Dumalneg, Ilocos Norte following a...
DAVAO CITY – A town in Surigao del Norte has expressed interest in hosting a massive government housing program. The Office of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) and San Benito, Surigao del Norte Mayor Maria Gina Menil recently discussed the implementation of...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and an undetermined number of his comrades were wounded in a gun battle with soldiers in Sitio Calaitan, Barangay Simbalan, Buenavista town, Agusan del Norte province on Tuesday, January 16. A COMMUNIST rebel was killed in a gun...
(Photo by PCG) A cargo vessel carrying 170 tons of cement accidentally tilted due to bad weather off Bayangan Island in Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, Jan. 15. PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Armando Balilo said 13 crew members of M/V Star Sabang were rescued by personnel of the Coast Guard Sub-Station...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Provincial Health Office has confirmed a report that a man recently died from cat rabies in this city, the first such case recorded in this province. A MAN died from cat rabies in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte recently. Dr. Rickson Balalio, officer-in-charge...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Five students of the Sarrat National High School in Sarrat, this province, bagged six medals at the World International Mathematical Olympiad (WIMO) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from January 5 to 8. FIVE students of the Sarrat National High School in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte...
ILIGAN CITY – A man allegedly killed his girlfriend and raped her 13-year-old daughter in Sitio Panadtaran, Barangay Gumagamot, Lala, Lanao del Norte on January 5. DELOS SANTOS (Contributed photo by Michael Navarro) Initial investigation conducted by the Lala Municipal Police Station led by...
ILIGAN CITY – Two minors died in a fire in Purok 4, Barangay Titunod, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on Sunday night, January 7. RESIDENTS watch as a fire hits a sitio in Barangay Titunod, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on January 7. (Photo courtesy of Ronalie Mie Rubio) Police Capt. Eric...
