CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Four drug personalities were arrested during separate anti-illegal drugs operations of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in the provinces of Apayao and Abra on Saturday, Dec. 17. PRO Cordillera director Brig. General Mafelino Bazar said operatives of Conner Municipal...
PUDTOL, Apayao -- Eight farmers who were trapped in the rising water of a river here were rescued by joint members of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRM) on Dec. 6. Photo via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN The Pudtol Municipal Police Station (MPS) said the farmers...
KABUGAO, Apayao – High-powered firearms owned by the Komiteng Larangan Guerilla North Abra of the New People’s Army were recovered in armed encounter on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Barangay Maragat here. Troops were conducting combat operations after receiving information about the presence of...
(PHIVOLCS) A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Apayao and neighboring areas on Thursday evening, Nov. 24, according to the initial bulletin of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 13 kilometers northwest of Calanasan, Apayao at 11:05 p.m....
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – A former mayor tagged in the killing of the deputy prosecutor of Isabela in Conner, Apayao in 2021 surrendered to the police in Apayao on Wednesday, Nov. 16. BEGTANG Capt. Marnie Abellanida, information officer of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, said Leonardo...
LUNA, Apayao – A soldier was reported killed while another was wounded during the Philippine Army’s encounter with the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 18, at the boundary of Conner and Cabugao towns in this province. Col. Reynaldo Ogay, provincial director of the...
LUNA, Apayao – A total of 165 youth joined the three-day provincial summit of the Kabataan Kontra Droga at Terorismo (KKDAT) held in Luna Central School, Barangay Poblacion, Luna, Apayao from July 29 to July 31. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The summit with the theme ‘Pagsulong ng Nagkakaisang...
At least four people died while more than 60 others were injured when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the northern parts of Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said. Quoting reports from the local...
FLORA, Apayao – Some 298 farmers from the barangays of Flora in Apayao province are now reaping the benefits of the improved Sta. Maria-Mallig-Upper Atok Farm-to-Market Road (FMR). Photo via Zaldy Comanda According to the Joint Inspectorate Team (JIT), the 11.8-kilometer road project which was...
BAGUIO CITY -- A total of P141.3 million worth of fertilizer discount voucher, farm machineries and equipment were simultaneously turned over by the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera to rice and corn farmers in Apayao and Abra province. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The turnover was done on Saturday,...
LUNA, Apayao - A farmer died after the tricycle he was driving collided with a dump truck along the municipal road in Barangay Salvacion, Luna, Apayao, on Saturday afternoon, June 25. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The victim was identified as Lawrence Malag Duran, a farmer and resident of Barangay Swan,...
CONNER, Apayao – Two suspected recruiters of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested in a police checkpoint on Conner-Tuguegarao City Road here last Sunday, June 12. They were identified as alias “Ka Cris,” 36, of San Mateo, Isabela and Quezon City, and alias “Ka Zin,” 30, of Malabon...
