Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to conduct a thorough investigation into the case of children being allegedly sexually abused and forced into marriages by a religious cult in Surigao del Norte. In a privilege speech on Monday, September 18, Hontiveros alleged that the...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – One person died and four others were injured in a lightning strike in Barangay Nagpatpatan, Solsona, this province, on Sunday, September 18. Police identified the fatality as Bong Valera, a resident of Barangay Catangraran, Solsona. The injured, Melencio Juan, Vick...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino led the groundbreaking of the Microgridterprises project, a biomass power plant that aims to provide electricity for Manobos in Sitio Mambago, Kapalong, Davao del Sur. Together with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Tolentino launched the project...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says the province is the perfect location for a new base under Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)....
For those residing outside the vicinity of Metro Manila, it may be challenging to find specialty restaurants when sudden cravings for fine dining, such as steaks, strikes. But, for the residents of Sta. Maria, Bulacan, including Bulakenos living nearby, high-quality steak is easily accessible...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte reported no damage from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that rocked extreme Northern Luzon on Tuesday night, September 12. However, the Office of Civil Defense said on Wednesday, September 13, that five people were reported injured due to...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two persons died and three others were injured when their motorcycle with sidecar or “kurong-kurong” collided with a bus on the national highway in Barangay 18, Magnuang, here on Sunday, September 10. Police identified the fatalities as Jonathan Parbo, 40, farmer,...
BUTUAN CITY – Eighty children of former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Agusan del Norte received early Christmas gifts from the military over the weekend. Recipients received clothing, hygiene kits, food packs, and other essentials during a gift-giving activity held at the headquarters of...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Agricultural College (INAC) has unveiled a rice paddy art of Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. RICE paddy art of Gov. Manotoc. (Contributed photo) Vice Gov. Cecilia Araneta-Marcos represented Manotoc during the unveiling...
President Marcos on Monday, Sept. 11, led the celebrations for his father former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s 106th birth anniversary in his hometown of Batac, Ilocos Norte. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offers flowers during a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument of the late President...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to grace the 106th birth anniversary celebration of his father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., in this province on Monday, September 11. Highlights of the event are a concelebrated Mass at the Immaculate...
BOLINAO, Pangasinan – A fisherman was attacked by a shark in the sea in the Ilocos region and taken to a hospital here on Saturday, September 9. The Bolinao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office rescued the victim after receiving a call from a concerned citizen. "Sakay ng banca ang...
