Criminal and administrative complaints were filed on Wednesday, Oct. 11, before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against Panabo City, Davao del Norte Mayor Jose E. Relampagos in the appointment of the city's budget officer as officer-in-charge when he travelled abroad from Sept. 21, to 23, 2023....
TALICUD ISLAND, Davao del Norte – A group of elderly Moro women belonging to the Sama-Laminusa tribe is seeking assistance to market their traditional hand-woven sleeping mats. LAPID Adlawan checks Romblon leaves in Talicud Island, Davao del Norte, the raw materials for weaving traditional...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A barangay kagawad (councilor) running for chairman in the barangay elections was arrested after a search warrant operation in his house here on Friday, October 6, yielded suspected shabu and marijuana. Police identified the suspect as Windel Tamayo, 38, of Barangay 4,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) declared 446 barangays in this province as drug free during the joint third quarter meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PDAC) at the capitol here on September 27....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is closely monitoring the effects of the moderately strong magnitude-5.7 earthquake that jolted extreme Northern Luzon before noon on Wednesday, October 4. Randy Nicolas of the PDRRM...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of former Davao del Norte congressman Arrel R. Olaño for the misuse of his P7.72 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2007. Olaño had been convicted of three graft and three malversation charges together with...
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,...
