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:...
Five members of local terror group Daulah Islamiyah-Maute Group died while five soldiers were wounded in a fierce gun battle in Munai, Lanao del Norte on Monday, April 29. Maj. Gen. Gabriel Viray III, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division, said the operation stemmed from intelligence...
President Marcos has handed over P100,000 financial assistance to seven soldiers in Maguindanao who were wounded while performing their duty. Marcos distributed the cash checks when he visited the wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers during his visit in Maguindanao del Norte on Monday, April 29. The...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – This town is under a state of calamity after 15 out of 22 barangays are experiencing a water crisis due to the El Niño phenomenon. THE town of Solsona in Ilocos Norte is rationing water due to El Niño. Mayor Joseph de Lara said that water rationing is ongoing in 15...
