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...
The province of Ilocos Sur welcomed the opening of a coliseum named after former Gov. Chavit Singson in Vigan City on Saturday, June 21. The event started at 4 p.m. with the blessing of the Chavit Coliseum, followed by a Mass, and the induction of newly elected provincial officials. Highlight of...
More packs of floating shabu were found in the province of Ilocos Sur. The latest was one white sack containing 25 packs discovered in the West Philippine Sea 20 nautical miles south of Barangay Puro, Magsingal on Monday, June 9. Twenty-two yellow and orange packs had the markings “Alishan Jin...
The “Chinese Drug Triad’’ is behind the dumping of more than one ton of shabu recently found by local fishermen drifting in the shores of Zambales, Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. PDEA Director Isagani R. Nerez said the packaging of shabu...
