The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) is exploring a potential agreement with Spanish engineering firm IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture SAU to establish a food and logistics hub at the Casiguran-based ecozone. APECO President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gil...
BALER, Aurora – No casualties were reported from severe tropical storm “Paolo” that made landfall in this province on Friday morning. No serious damage to properties and agriculture were also reported as of posting time. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Elson Egargue...
BALER, Aurora – Gov. Isidro Galban suspended work in government offices and classes on all levels in this province as tropical cyclone "Paolo" is expected to make landfall over southern Isabela or northern Aurora on Friday morning, Oct. 3. Galban ordered frontline offices to be on alert to ensure...
The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) is seeking potential investors to inject funding for two transportation projects that will seamlessly connect the Casiguran-based economic zone (ecozone) to the global investment market. Speaking before delegates and members of the...
BALER, Aurora - Vice Gov. Isidro "Sid" Galban was sworn in as the new governor of this province following the death of Gov. Reynante A. Tolentino on Monday due to illness. Galban was inducted by Judge Edith Cynthia A. Wee-Cabbat on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the provincial capitol. An engineer by...
BALER, Aurora - Aurora Gov. Reynante Tolentino passed away on Monday, Sept. 22, three weeks after taking a medical leave. A Facebook post by daughter Aurora second district board member Yam Tolentino said her father died at 7:33 a.m. No further details and cause of death were posted by the...
Tropical Depression Mirasol is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm as it moves over the Luzon Strait after making landfall in Aurora, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday, September 17. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) raised Signal No. 1 in 15 areas on Tuesday, September 16, as Tropical Depression Mirasol steadily moved westward approaching the Isabela-Aurora area. In its 11 p.m. tropical cyclone bulletin, PAGASA said...
Tropical Depression Mirasol continues to maintain its strength as it moves northwestward, approaching Isabela and the northern portion of Aurora, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported on Tuesday, September 16. In its latest tropical...
Tropical Depression Mirasol may make landfall in Isabela or the northern portion of Aurora by Wednesday morning, Sept. 17, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tuesday, Sept. 16. At 4 p.m., the state weather bureau said the center of...
Nine people were killed and six others were injured in a collision involving two passenger vans and a truck in Barangay San Pablo, Aurora, Isabela before dawn on Saturday, July 19. Police said the eight fatalities were the driver and seven passengers of a commuter van – Oseas Calderon, driver,...
BALER, Aurora – The Aurora Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has raised its alert level to blue, activating its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and initiating full-scale preparedness for tropical depression ‘’Crising.’’ The cyclone continues to affect...
