BUTUAN CITY – A bomb threat abruptly suspended work at the Agusan del Norte provincial capitol here on Tuesday, October 3. Agusan del Norte Community Affairs Officer (CAO) Edgar M. Palarca Jr. said work was suspended at 10 a.m. “Our police authorities have taken swift action to ensure the...
BUTUAN CITY – Preparations are underway for the 2023 Siargao International Surfing Tournament, dubbed as the most exciting and thrilling sea sporting event of the year, at Cloud 9 in the country’s surfing capital, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, from October 25 to 31. General...
BUTUAN CITY – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) has provided rice aid to former New People’s Army (NPA) fighters in Agusan del Norte. FORMER New People’s Army (NPA) rebels receive rice aid from the OPAPRU and 23 rd Infantry Battalion in...
The Sandiganbayan has convicted former mayor Constantino Bernardo Navarro IV of Del Carmen town in Surigao del Norte for delay in the liquidation of the P3 million intelligence funds he took from the municipality in two tranches in 2010. Since the prosecution allowed Navarro to plead guilty to a...
DAPA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. launched “Walang Gutom 2027,” the country’s pioneer food stamp program (FSP), at Teatro Nan Dapa, here, on Friday, September 29. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrives in Dapa, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Mayor Riza Rafonselle Timcang of Socorro, Surigao del Norte is seeing “real threat and imminent danger” from the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI), a group accused of child abuse and cult-live activities, following a raucous rally on Saturday, September 25. On Monday,...
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – A modified tricycle driver was killed in a collision with a truck on the national highway in Barangay Juan, this town, on Saturday, September 23. Police identified the victim as Joel Asuncion, 39, a resident of Barangay Man-anteng, Solsona. Investigation said the victim...
ILIGAN CITY – Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, led the unveiling of the Symbol of Peace monument at the 6th Infantry Division headquarters in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, on Thursday, September 21. ARMED Forces Chief...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Thousands of Ilocos Norte residents availed themselves of assistance and services from the different government agencies during the opening day of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) at the Ilocos Norte Centennial Arena near the Mariano Marcos State University...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now investigating reports of a religious cult supposedly collecting the cash grant of its members who are part of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Secretary Rex Gatchalian defends the proposed P207.37-billion...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) announced a reduction in the power rate for residential customers in this province this month. In an advisory, INEC said the residential power rate is down to P11.5517 per kilowatt hour (kWh) inclusive of Value-Added...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – One-hundred fifty-one applicants were hired on the spot during the “Naruay a Panggedan” job fair held in a popular mall here in line with the 106th birth anniversary celebration of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. recently. Anne Marie Lizette B. Atuan,...
