LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A construction worker drowned in a newly constructed well in Barangay 40 Balatong, this city, on Saturday, September 9. Police identified the victim Jaime Polenday, 24, from Barangay 10 Lubigan, Badoc, Ilocos Norte. Investigation said Polenday was catching frogs in...
ILIGAN CITY – A National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) tower in Barangay Paiton, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte was bombed before dawn on Thursday, September 8. A police officer was killed when a bomb component went off during clearing operation. TOWER No. 14 of the Baloi-Aurora 138-KV line...
PAOAY, Ilocos Norte – The body of a man reported missing on August 29 was found near a creek in Sitio Bacung, Barangay 20, Paratong, this town on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Silvestre Barcelon Bonaobra, 59, a resident of Barangay 18, Tabog, Batac City, Ilocos Norte. Bonaobra...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Ilocos Norte Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc honored five young mathematics wizards from Sarrat National High School (SNHS) who bagged awards at the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad from August 25 to 28. They are Brian Jansen Vallejo, Allen Iver...
The far north, the northern edge of the country, the northernmost tip of the island of Luzon—these descriptions are a tonic for wanderlust, but I would in my youth drive 12 hours to Pagudpud, with a lot of stops because I had never been, or ever wanted to go, to Ilocos in a hurry. It’s...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A construction worker died after he was electrocuted in Barangay 7-A here on Friday, September 1. Police identified as Allyson John Domingo, 22. A resident of Barangay 1, San Nicolas, this province, Domingo was reportedly fixing the molding of a newly constructed...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P13.6 million from three drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Lipata, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte on Tuesday night, August 29. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said two suspects were...
LAOAG CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has run out of documentary stamps required in the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) as more than 3,000 candidates registered for the October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Laoag City election officer Julius Harvey...
Malacañang has declared September 11 as a special non-working day in the province of Ilocos Norte. A long-time supporter of the Marcos family takes a selfie at the grave of late former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani to celebrate his 105th birthday on Sept. 11,...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently turned over a P613,256 livelihood grant to the Gagmay na Mamingwitay sa Tagana-an Fisherfolk Association in Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte. The release of this livelihood grant will surely boost the bangus or milkfish production...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 401st Infantry (Unite N’ Fight) Brigade formally turned over the remains of a slain New People’s Army (NPA) rebel to his family in Sitio Neptune, Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. “Ka Maro,” political instructor of the Sub-Regional Sentro de Gravidad...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake jolted Zamboanga del Norte on Friday morning, August 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said earthquake was registered at 1:15 a.m. and its epicenter was 27 kilometers (kms) west of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte....
