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...
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...
