CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Various medical establishments in this city, including the Philippine Dental Association, are having difficulty disposing their hazardous waste, Councilor Roger Abaday said in his special report during the regular session of the city council here on Monday, Feb. 20. ABADAY...
The attempt to eliminate all the trails that would disclose their identity did not become that successful for the attackers of Aparri, Cagfayan Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda after police investigators were able to save some numbers in the chassis and engine of the getaway vehicle that was found burned...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The ad hoc committee of the city council chaired by Councilor James Judith II has finished the committee report on the reinvestigation of the special Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) “ayuda” (assistance) in this city after almost six months of investigation. JUDITH...
The Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines (VMLP)-Cagayan chapter strongly condemned the ambush of Aparri, Cagayan Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda and four others in Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday, Feb. 19. “We are shocked and saddened that one of our officers has been added to the number of fallen victims...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Sunday, Feb. 19, a thorough investigation into the ambush-slay of Appari, Cagayan Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda in Nueva Vizcaya to determine the motive and eventually lead to the identification of perpetrators. PNP...
The vice mayor of Aparri, Cagayan and five others were killed in an ambush in Sitio Kinacao, Barangay Baretbet, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday morning, Feb. 19. AN ambush victim in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya is taken to a hospital. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Lt. Col. Saturnino Soriano, regional...
WOUNDED New People’s Army rebel Orion Yoshida is taken for treatment following an encounter in Baggao, Cagayan. (Cagayan PIO FB) BAGGAO, Cagayan – Police and Army forces captured a wounded Filipino-Japanese New People’s Army rebel here following an encounter on Monday, Feb. 13. He was...
APARRI, Cagayan – A former government employee was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maura here on Wednesday morning, Feb. 15. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) identified the suspect as Bernardo Alicias Jr., alias "Berns," 37. Alicias was...
The Philippine Army (PA) said on Wednesday, Feb. 15, that it would immediately release assistance to the families of the soldiers killed in the shooting incident at the 4th Infantry Division (ID) headquarters in Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City last week. ARMY commanding general Lt. Gen. Romeo...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed Monday, Feb. 13, to improve its programs that will cater to the mental health of the soldiers. A HORRIFIC shooting incident rocked the camp of the Army 4th Infantry Division in Cagayan de Oro City on Feb. 11, 2023. (File photo: 4th ID / Facebook) Col....
The Philippine Army (PA) said an investigation is under way to determine possible gaps that have triggered the shooting incident at the headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division (ID) in Cagayan de Oro City that left five soldiers dead, including the perpetrator. "This is an isolated case. The Army...
Power rates in Mindanao region are expected to go down soon thanks to the completion by next month of the transmission link between Visayas and Mindanao by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said on Monday, Feb. 13. Cagayan de...