DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte – A wanted person was killed while his companion was hurt and arrested during a law enforcement operation in Sitio Siawan, Barangay Tamontaka here Tuesday night. Police Lt. Col. Esmail Madin, the municipal police station chief who led the operation,...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested a 40-year-old construction worker for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman in 2024 and 2025 in Lanao del Norte. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) chief Police Major Joan G. Navarro said the suspect was tagged as the sixth most wanted...
A juvenile Brahminy Kite was rescued after it was found weak while searching for food in Barangay Burayoc, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday. Resident Edison Aguete spotted the bird, approximately weighing half a kilo, in his property and surrendered it to the Municipal Environment and Natural...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A top Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) commander was killed in an ambush in Barangay Cusipan, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte on Wednesday, July 30. The victim was identified as Asbirin Naing Kalahuddin, 68, leader of Snake Camp Muran and resident of Barangay Cusipan. Police...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in four municipalities and one city in Luzon and Visayas to allow residents to take part in their commemorative events, Malacañang said. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed all proclamations declaring the holidays on July 18. Under...
LAOAG CITY – Four houses, as well as an animal shelter, were hit by a tornado in the coastal Barangay Caaoacan in this city on Wednesday morning. Dr. Melvin Manuel, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said no one was reported hurt during the incident. "We immediately...
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...
