CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The Department of Agriculture said Region 2 or Cagayan Valley has sustained P180 million in damage to corn from the El Niño phenomenon. DA-Region 2 El Niño Action Officer Paul Vincent Balao said 8,737 hectares of rain-fed farms planted to corn were partially...
SANCHEZ MIRA, Cagayan – Debris from a suspected foreign rocket was found in the sea of this town on Saturday, March 2. DEBRIS from a foreign rocket was found in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan over the weekend. (PCG) Philippine Coast Guard District Northeastern Luzon spokesperson Coast Guard...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A transport cooperative official has criticized the city government for the lack of implementation of the Local Public Transport Route Plan here. A TRADITIONAL jeepney on Gaerlan St., Cagayan de Oro City. (Franck Dick Rosete) Luzminda Escobidal, manager of the PN Roa...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government is hounded by the issue of heaps of garbage on the main road going to the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan here. But the city government said that these are recyclable materials from junk shops. A GARBAGE truck arrives at the sanitary landfill in...
PAMPLONA, Cagayan – Two policemen died and three colleagues were injured in a car crash in Barangay Nagattan here on Tuesday morning, February 27. MAP of Pamplona, Cagayan Police Major Llewilyn D. Guzman, chief of police here, identified the fatalities as Police Master Sgt. Bryner Bakidan,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A village chief from one of the numbered barangays here and some city lawmakers have disagreed with the ordinance institutionalizing the “purok” system in providing development programs in every barangay in this city. POLICE Station 6 Puerto, members of the Barangay...
A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the military in Sitio Laoc, Barangay Pateng, Gonzaga, Cagayan on Friday, February 23. THE military engaged New People's Army rebels in Sallapadan, Abra and Gonzaga, Cagayan. The 502nd Infantry Brigade encountered remaining members...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) found out in a recent inspection at city hall that not all external services of city government offices were reflected in their Citizen’s Charters. Jutchel Nayra, regional chief of ARTA-Northern Mindanao, said on Tuesday, February 20,...
APARRI, Cagayan – The families of Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda here and his five companions, dubbed the Aparri 6, who were gunned down one year ago in Nueva Vizcaya, marked their first death anniversary on Monday, February 19. “Today, we commemorate the tragic death of Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda...
ECHAGUE, Isabela – A 17-year-old teenager drowned on the Cagayan River in Barangay Malitao here on Saturday, February 17. Police identified the victim as Jenelyn Culalan of Santiago City, Isabela. Culalan and a 15-year-old female student were swimming on the river when they were taken by the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Families affected by a fire in Barangay Nazareth here on February 15 have appealed for financial aid or construction materials to enable them to rebuild their houses. FAMILIES affected by a fire in Barangay Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City temporarily stay in tents at the...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – A New People’s Army arms cache was discovered in Barangay Masi, Zinundungan Valley, Rizal, Cagayan on Valentine’s Day. Major Gen. Audrey L. Pasia, 5 th Infantry Division chief, said the 17 th Infantry Battalion and the police unearthed...
