Seven houses and a gasoline station were damaged by a whirlwind in Barangay Nagbacalan, Paoay, Ilocos Norte on Saturday afternoon, July 26. Jesus Bacena, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (MDRRMO), said the whirlwind struck at 4 p.m. Nobody was hurt from the 40-second...
LAOAG CITY – Disaster response officials in various parts of Ilocos Norte have been checking landslide and flood-prone areas as tropical storm ‘’Crising’’ continues to bring light to moderate to at times intense rainfall in the province on Friday. "Residents are advised to take necessary...
Another murder rocked Tagum City, Davao del Norte, days after a University of the Philippines-Manila student, Sophia Coquilla, was robbed and killed by four young men in Barangay La Filipina. Police said a 26-year-old businesswoman, Seannen Gellangarin, was allegedly shot and killed by her suitor...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte, at 10:38 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15. Phivolcs said the epicenter was located 21 kilometers southwest of Pasuquin, at a depth of 43 kilometers. The tremor was...
COTABATO CITY – Police tracker teams are pursuing an armed suspect who fatally shot a farmer and wounded his wife early Thursday in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte. Police Major Blayn Lomas-e, chief of the Parang municipal police station, identified the slain farmer as Samuel Lamis of Purok Panay,...
BUTUAN CITY – Rapid police action in Bacuag, Surigao del Norte, led to the swift arrest of a rape suspect Thursday morning, just hours after the crime was reported. The Bacuag police reported that a 27-year-old woman from Purok Lapu Lapu, Barangay Poblacion, approached the police station at 6:19...
A 19-year-old University of the Philippines Manila student was robbed and killed by four individuals in Barangay La Filipina, Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Wednesday, July 9. Police identified the victim as Sophia Coquilla, who was on vacation when she was slain. She sustained 38 stab wounds in...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Surigao del Norte police arrested a 36-year-old security guard five minutes after he allegedly shot and killed a man in a drinking session in Barangay Mabini, Pilar town, Surigao del Norte province. Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO)...
The Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators of the Philippines (ARRAPI) has formally inducted 400 new reservists from Ilocos Norte. The move further strengthened the province’s local defense and disaster response capacity. The mass oath-taking was led by Lt. Col. Michael L. Romero,...
BUTUAN CITY – Lawmen arrested a 30-year-old fisherman for allegedly molesting his 12-year-old neighbor in a banana plantation in Maigo, Lanao del Norte. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office (PRO 10-RPIO) chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro said the suspect is the ninth...
A total of 340 students from the municipality of Kapalong in Davao del Norte have joined the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) flagship initiative promoting youth employability and access to education. DOLE said the program...
COTABATO CITY – Government forces arrested an alleged bomb-making expert of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) local terrorist group following a clash in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte. Brig. Gen. Vladimir R. Cagara, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (1BCT), said soldiers were responding to...
