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...
ILIGAN CITY – Seven suspected "salvage" or summary execution victims were found in a shallow grave in Sitio Lapao, Barangay Karkum, Sapad, Lanao del Norte on Sunday, January 7. SEVEN bodies were dug up in a shallow grave in Sapad, Lanao del Norte over the weekend. (Sapad Municipal Police...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – This city logged 35 animal bite cases in the first three days of this year, the City Health Office said. Dr. Joseph Adaya, city health officer, said victims have been injected with anti-rabies vaccine and most of them were 15-years-old and below. Adaya said the city...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Police destroyed 9,006 pieces of illegal firecrackers and 269 “boga” or improvised cannon worth P52,690 seized in this province during the holidays in a ceremony here on Friday. POLICE Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Police Regional Office 1 director, and Police...
ILIGAN CITY – The 1st Infantry Division has condemned the ambush of three intelligence soldiers in Munai, Lanao del Norte in which two of them were killed. MAP of Lanao del Norte with the town of Munai highlighted. Major Gen. Gabriel C. Viray III, 1st ID commander, expressed deep sadness...
