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...
DIPACULAO, Aurora – A dead male blue shark (Prionace glauca) was found washed ashore in Barangay Lipit here on Saturday morning, prompting a rapid response from local officials and marine authorities. It was found at 10 a.m. by resident Danilo Dupale who immediately alerted barangay officials,...
BALER, Aurora – The first female chief of the Aurora Police Provincial Office (APPO) relinquished her post on Saturday. Police Col. Lucile Faycho handed the reins to Police Col. Robert Petate in a ceremony in Camp Ravina here. In her speech, Faycho thanked the Philippine National Police...
The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) has secured additional land to develop an existing airstrip into a commercial airport, providing investors direct access to the ecozone. In a statement, APECO said it has sealed an agreement with the Chua Cham family to acquire 12...
