LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – An accountancy student from Saint Louis University was crowned Miss La Trinidad 2023 during the coronation night at Benguet State University gymnasium here on Sunday, March 26. Reynice Tello, 21, a resident of Barangay Balili, La Trinidad, Benguet, whose main advocacy...
KIBUNGAN, Benguet – Authorities discovered a marijuana plantation covering 750-square meter lot in the mountains of Sitio Lesbeng and Batangas in Barangay Tacadang in this town on March 22 and 23. Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Regional Special Enforcement Team...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Authorities seized a total of P517,000 worth of shabu, marijuana and nabbed four drug personalities during separate anti-illegal drug operations in Baguio City, Mt. Province, and Benguet on March 21. Brig. General David Peredo, Jr., regional director of the Police...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Fourteen floats, eleven street-dancing, six drum and lyre competitors, and a presentation of twin giant strawberry cakes highlighted a grand celebration of Strawberry Festival here on Saturday, March 18. The celebration’s theme was ‘A Festival for Recovery: Building a...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Fifty members of the Communist Terrorist Group have surrendered to the government, with the latest addition being a 30-year-old man in the province of Abra who voluntarily surrendered to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, La Trinidad, Benguet, on August 1....
Calille, Celeste, and Paul Engler, the family of three who want to save the native trees. (Out of Danger Project) By Jazz Quiambao Here’s a quick question: what Philippine native tree is currently vulnerable, endangered, and with only a few thousand left existing in the whole world? Here’s a...
WOMEN AT WORK Atok's coffee farms are dominated by women who plant their coffee alongside vegetables and flowers (Photo: Apo ni Bayosa) People who grow food should never have to go hungry, yet many of our farmers are—sadly—part of the most underprivileged sectors in the country. It’s a sad...
(UNSPLASH) The municipality of La Trinidad in Benguet registered on Friday, Feb. 10 the country’s coldest temperature so far this 2022-2023 northeast monsoon or “amihan” season at 9.9 degrees Celsius (°C), according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
BOKOD, Benguet - Eleven passengers were injured after the vehicle they were riding on turned upside down at Sitio Taal, Bangao, Barangay Ambuklao in Bokod town here on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Police personnel of Bokod Municipal Police Station immediately responded to the area and brought the victims to...
A man listed as the Muntinlupa police’s No. 8 most wanted person was arrested by authorities in Benguet province on Feb. 5. The arrested person was identified by the police as Arjay Daguio, 31. The suspect (Photo from Muntinlupa police / SPD) At about 5:45 a.m. on Feb. 5, elements from the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a 37-year-old vegetable packer and seized suspected shabu worth almost P48,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balili here on Wednesday night, Feb. 1. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, identified the suspect as Rolando Caranto. Caranto, a...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Marijuana totaling P27.2 million were destroyed and 45 wanted persons were arrested during the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office from Jan. 15 to 31. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police...
