Police in Pangasinan and Cagayan provinces destroyed confiscated illegal firecrackers on Saturday, Dec. 27. Pangasinan The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office recovered 10,906 illegal firecrackers, mufflers, and “boga” or improvised cannon. These were destroyed as part of the intensified...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Authorities intensified safety advocacy after four fireworks-related injuries were recorded this Christmas in Cagayan Valley region. The Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) reported two cases on Christmas Day. CVMC chief Dr. Cherry Lou Antonio said a 13-year-old boy...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon opened the Piggatan Detour Bridge in Alcala town, Cagayan province on Friday, Dec. 19. It was built after the old bridge collapsed on Oct. 6, due to an overweight vehicle. Traffic and travel were severely...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – Five people were injured after a delivery truck plunged into a 20-meter-deep ravine in Barangay San Carlos here on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Dennis Domingo, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said the truck was on its way to Aparri, Cagayan...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police Regional Office-2 chief Police Brig. Gen. Antonio Marallag Jr. inducted 411 newly promoted police officers in the Cagayan Valley region on Monday, Dec. 15. Promotees – six police commissioned officers (PCOs) and 405 police...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized two kilos of suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million in a buy-bust operation in Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday, Dec. 13. A suspected drug pusher was arrested in the operation. The contraband recovered from the 41-year-old high-value individual was hidden inside a...
Motorists are advised to expect heavy traffic along Buntun Bridge in Cagayan Valley on Dec. 15 as buses ferry beneficiaries for the government’s land ownership distribution, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Saturday, Dec. 13. The agency said congestion is likely on both...
Police arrested a 62-year-old man wanted for the killing of Barangay Kagawad Alfred Alvarez of Rizal town, Cagayan province in 2018. The suspect, Simon, the sixth most wanted person in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley and allegedly a member of the Labang Crime Group linked to gun-for-hire, robbery,...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — Police arrested a 27-year-old fake dentist in an entrapment operation on Dec. 3 here. The operation was conducted after police discovered that the female suspect was offering dental services online by messaging potential clients. The Philippine Dental Association (PDA)...
Police arrested 70 wanted persons in the Cagayan Valley region from Nov. 20 to 26. Four were most wanted persons and 66 were other wanted individuals. “These consecutive arrests highlight our strengthened campaign on manhunt operations,” Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two maintenance section personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay San Juan, Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan province, on Friday morning, Nov. 28. Wilzon Valdez, DPWH-Ilocos information officer, identified the...
A total of 13,135 individuals were affected by the massive flooding in Cagayan triggered by incessant rains, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Thursday. The PDRRMO said affected residents were from 50 barangays in nine towns in the province. As of Thursday...
