VIGAN CITY – A moderately strong tectonic earthquake with a strength of 5.6 magnitude rocked the provinces in extreme Northern Luzon on Saturday night, but no damage initially reported here. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported that the quake occurred at...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – Officials and residents of this city remembered the “Ikkis ti Candon” (Cry of Candon) uprising during the 125th anniversary of the Philippine Independence on Monday, June 12. SINGSON Mayor Eric D. Singson led the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – Two persons died in separate road accidents in this city and Cervantes, this province, on Sunday, June 11. Police identified the first victim as Dennis Dacumos, 57, of Barangay Rosario, Cervantes. Investigation said Dacumos jumped out of the jeepney he was riding...
SANTA, Ilocos Sur - - The incumbent president of the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College (ISPSC) died and six others were injured in a collision between a bus and a pickup truck on the national highway in Barangay Mabilbila Norte here at noon on Saturday, June 3. ARCE Police identified the victim...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Two farmers died of suffocation inside a deep well in Barangay Amguid, Candon City, Ilocos Sur on Tuesday, May 30. Police identified the victims as Elmer Javillo, 42, and Jomar Galinato, 37, residents of Barangay Amguid. Investigation said Javillo went...
Toyota Motor Philippines has opened its 74th outlet in the country in Candon City to serve the mobility needs in the Ilocos Region. Toyota Ilocos Sur will be a ‘3S’ Facility that provides sales, service, and spare parts. Situated in a 2-hectare lot, the dealership will have a total floor area...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A student died while one other was injured after the motorcycle they were riding in fell into a drainage canal in Barangay Nalvo in Sta. Maria town, this province, on Friday, May 12. Police said that Mark Lawrence Canezo, 18, a Grade 11 student, the...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – Four farm-to-market roads and a barangay health center under the 2022 Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) projects of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) were formally opened on May 5,...
SUGPON, Ilocos Sur – Joint operatives from the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have destroyed P6.928-million worth of fully grown marijuana plants in the mountainous area of Sitio Sawangan, Barangay Danac, here, according to Police Capt. Rovic R. Nelmida. The plantation...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – A barangay chairman was killed while his wife was wounded in a gun attack before midnight on Thursday, April 20, in Barangay Conconig East here. Police identified the fatality as Romeo Rabang Sr., 63, barangay captain of Barangay Conconig East. Investigation said...
Narvacan in Ilocos Sur may not ring a bell or be part of your travel itinerary, but soon, it would be especially as a seven-hectare property owned by Luis "Chavit" Singson called "Sulvec Greece" will have attractions available to tourists and the public in the future. Aerial views of the Sulvec...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Local officials and residents of this world’s heritage town due to its well-preserved Our Lady of Assumption baroque church have formally opened on Easter Sunday morning, April 9, their week-long Balikutsa Festival. THIS attractive balikutsa and other...
