LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Three construction workers were buried alive while excavating a relocation site for the sewerage system of a convention center here on Wednesday afternoon, March 12. Police identified the fatalities as Christian Mark Velasco, 41, of Quezon, Isabela,...
DAVAO CITY – Police are preparing charges against the suspect in the killing of a 17-year-old aspiring model in 2020 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. TAGUM City Police Office chief Police Lt. Col. Wildemar Tiu (right) inspects the skeletal remains believed to be of Quinnie Grace Arong....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed the 2.2-kilometer, P313.21-million Bangui Bypass Road Project in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. DPWH-Region 1 Director Ronnel Tan said the four-lane road is expected to shorten travel time between Barangay Bacsil and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Three persons, including the supporter of a reelectionist mayor, were injured in a grenade explosion in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte on Monday, March 3. The victims were identified as Arnold Yu Lubaton, 69, reportedly a staunch supporter of the reelectionist mayor of...
Flights to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from Ilocos Norte’s Laoag International Airport may soon return as the province aims to transform into Southeast Asia’s economic hub through public-private partnership (PPP). This plan is included in the memorandum of agreement (MOA), signed on Friday,...
A missing teenage girl was found dead in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on March 1. Police identified the victim as Ashlee, 14. Investigation said the victim, a Grade 9 student, was last seen talking to her stepfather, Alex, outside the Panabo National High School. The victim was...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – A 51-year-old driver was hacked and killed by his brother-in-law in Sitio Tamurong, Barangay 19 San Lorenzo here on Friday night. Police identified the victim as Pedro Teja. Investigation said that the suspect Efren Dumrique arrived from a drinking session...
Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Anton Lagdameo on Tuesday, Feb. 18, defended the weekend proclamation rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas in Carmen, Davao del Norte that kicked off its campaign for the May elections in Mindanao. SECURITY is tight at the Alyansa para sa...
The Philippine Navy (PN) disproved allegations of the sighting of several Chinese warships in Camarines Norte on Monday night, Feb. 17. Lt. John Emmanuel Sison, director of Naval Forces Southern Luzon (Navforsol) public affairs office, said what the locals spotted were not Chinese warships but...
CARMEN, Davao del Norte – Thousands of people in red and white shirts flocked to the municipal grounds here for the proclamation rally of administration senatorial bets in this year’s midterm elections. About 30,000 people from different parts of the Davao region witnessed the...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 brought joy to the people in the Caraga region on Valentine’s Day. A MOTORIST receives a token from a police officer in Surigao del Norte on Valentine’s Day. (Surigao del Norte PPO) PRO 13-Regional Public Information...
DAVAO CITY – Soldiers killed top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya and widow of the late NPA leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, in an encounter in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. MYRNA Sularte, alias Maria...
