Around 500,000 residents in Cagayan province and 1,000 families in Isabela province are potentially at risk due to the impacts of super typhoon “Betty,” local disaster officials revealed Saturday, May 27. (Members of the Philippine Army's Light Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team prepare a...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has started deploying personnel and equipment for super typhoon “Betty” (international name “Mawar”). Officer-in-charge regional director Reynaldo Alconcel ordered district engineering offices...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Some Mindanao-based groups of LGBTQ people and school-based organizations called on the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) here to resolve an issue on alleged gender discrimination involving a student. The university found itself dragged in a...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Cagayan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) is ready for the possible impact of super typhoon “Mawar.” Arnold Azucena, head of the Task Force Lingkod Cagayan-Quick Response Team (TFLC-QRT), presented their preparations and...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Local authorities have urged residents in low-lying and flood-prone areas in this city to be vigilant against the effects of super typhoon “Mawar” (international name). AN aerial view of an area in Cagayan de Oro City. (Franck Dick Rosete) Although the island of Mindanao...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The decomposing body of a woman was found in a vacant lot in Barangay Annafunan East here on Tuesday, May 23. Police identified the victim as Jasmin Grace Casale, 21, of Barangay Atulayan Norte, this city. According to Police Capt. Rosemarie Taguiam, city police...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Northern Mindanao (Region 10) on Monday, May 22, destroyed illegal drugs and expired medicines valued at over P18 million through thermal destruction in a cremation facility in this city. PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 10...
ABULUG, Cagayan – A seaman was arrested in a buy-bust operation here, a report said on Monday, May 22. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Regional Office 2-Batanes Provincial Office and Abulug police identified the suspect as Denis Tagoc Viloria, 39, of Pamplona, Cagayan. Viloria yielded...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Following various achievements here and abroad, Olympian and 32nd Southeast Asian Games boxing gold medalist Carlo Paalam expressed hope that “more Cagayan de Oro boxers” would represent the country in international competition, notably the Olympics. OLYMPIAN and 32nd...
ENRILE, Cagayan – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed a bridge-widening project here that will give motorists a safer and more convenient travel. LIWAN Bridge (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) DPWH-Cagayan Third District Engineering Office (CTDEO) District Engineer...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The rehabilitation of the oldest bridge in Cagayan Valley, the Buntun Bridge, has started. The improvement of the structure will guarantee the safety and convenience of residents and travelers going to and from Tuguegarao City proper. The Department of Public Works...
United States (US) Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson is “absolutely” open to meeting with governors who have expressed concern about the opening of four additional sites that the US military would have access to under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). US Ambassador...
