CAMP DIEGO SILANG, San Fernando City, La Union – Marijuana valued at P22.6 million was destroyed in eradication operations by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and police in the mountainous areas of Ilocos Sur and La Union from Oct. 23 to 25. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, Police Regional...
Progressive fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has called on Environment Secretary Raphael Lotilla to investigate the ongoing offshore dredging operations in Ilocos Sur, which the group said have caused severe income losses to more than 9,000 small...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Forty-eight houses were damaged by tornadoes spawned by super typhoon ‘’Nando’’ here on Monday. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Arwin Vendiola said the tornadoes that started in the sea struck at 11 a.m. and affected Barangays Nagsayaoan,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) carried out pre-emptive evacuations and rescue operations in Northern Luzon on Monday, September 22, due to the impact of Super Typhoon “Nando”. In Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur, personnel of the Coast Guard Sub-Station Sta. Catalina, in coordination with the Bureau...
The provincial government of Ilocos Sur has scheduled Friday, Aug. 22, as “Day of Rejuvenation” for its employees to enable them to prepare for the week ahead. “We wish to inform the public that on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, the provincial government will observe a Day of Rejuvenation," the...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown on Friday formally declared the historic and miraculous Our Lady of the Assumption Church here as minor basilica during a Mass celebrating the Feast of the Saint Mary the Assumption. With Brown were Nueva...
LAOAG CITY – Residents of Ilocos Sur province no longer need to travel far to seek medical treatment as the newly upgraded Ilocos Sur Medical Center (ISMC) in Candon City is ready to cater to more patients with new facilities inaugurated on Tuesday. First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos led the formal...
VIGAN CITY – The city government has set up a help desk where commuters can lodge their complaints against abusive tricycle drivers and operators. The complaint desk, established by the Public Safety and Traffic Management Office, is located at the Vigan City Hall Legislative Building. It also...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union -- A 38-year-old farmer was allegedly stabbed to death by his father during a heated altercation inside his house in Sitio Cangao, Barangay Tiagan, San Emilio, Ilocos Sur on Monday evening, July 28. Police identified the victim as Zaldy Callang. Investigation said the victim...
SANTA, Ilocos Sur – The municipal government has ordered the pre-emptive evacuation of residents living in coastal barangays to minimize the impact of typhoon ‘’Emong’’ (international name ‘’Co-May’’). “With expected heavy rainfall, strong winds, flooding, landslides, storm...
CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur – A man drowned while saving his grandson in Barangay Pug-os here on Tuesday, July 22. Police identified the victim as Nestor R. Viriña, 66, a resident of Barangay Quezon, Cabugao. Investigation said the victim and grandsons Darrel James Montero dela Cruz and Joshua Castillo...
BANAYOYO, Ilocos Sur – A 21-year-old construction worker drowned while retrieving his slippers thrown by his co-worker into a river as a practical joke at the height of tropical storm “Crising” here on Saturday, July 19. Police Capt. Medward G. Galay, Banayoyo chief of police, identified the...
