A barangay chairman and his son were shot dead in Barangay Lapting, San Juan, Ilocos Sur on Monday night, September 23. Police identified the victims as Barangay Caronoan, San Juan, Ilocos Sur Captain Bello Joseph Padua Valorozo, 52, and his son, Jumar Sotelo Valorozo, 24, farmer, also of...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Authorities destroyed fully grown marijuana plants valued at P18.1 million during an eradication operation in the boundaries of Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Kibungan, Benguet on Sunday, September 22. The operation dubbed Indica Bravo was conducted by the 1st Ilocos Sur...
ALILEM, Ilocos Sur – Two men died after their motorcycle rammed a backhoe on the Alilem-Bakun Road in Sitio Macdaar, Barangay Alilem Daya, this town on Friday, September 20. Police identified the victims as Gabriel O. Pias, 18, motorcycle driver, and back rider, Banz C. Balang, 23, residents of...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – The chairman of Barangay 5, San Silvestre, this town, was gunned down on Friday night, September 20. A FORENSICS investigator processes the house of a barangay chairman in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte after he was shot dead on Friday night, September 20. ...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police destroyed fully grown marijuana plants valued at P2 million in an eradication operation in Barangay Licudan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Thursday, September 19. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Police Regional Office-1 director, said a total of 10,050 FGMJPs were...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – Eleven persons were injured when the passenger jeepney they were riding in overturned while ascending the zigzag portion of the national highway in Sitio Kakaldingan, Barangay Lungog, this town, on Thursday afternoon, September 19. Police said the vehicle driven by...
SINAIT, Ilocos Sur – Two persons died in a three-vehicle collision in Barangay Jordan here on Wednesday evening, September 18. Police identified the fatalities as Leobert I. Noriel, 24, of Barangay Cabulalaan, Sinait, driver of a black Sym Bonus motorcycle, and Edmund A. Villapaz, 31, credit...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police burned 10,300 fully grown marijuana plants and 51,600 marijuana seedlings valued at P4.1 million in an eradication operation in Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday, September 18. AUTHORITIES torched marijuana valued at P4.1 million in Sugpon, Ilocos...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The provincial government awarded P25,000 and food packs each to five fishermen who surrendered packs of shabu they recovered on the West Philippine Sea in this province last month. GOV. Manotoc (center) They were Johny Zamora of Burgos town, Fragante Felix Patoc...
SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A Good Samaritan rescued a 14-year-old Grade 9 student from drowning in the sea of Barangay Paratong here on Saturday morning, September 14. Police Capt. Marlon Martinez, chief of police here, said the victim, Cris Asuncion, of Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was taken away...
MAGSINGAL, Ilocos Sur – A 36-year-old drug surrenderer was found dead with multiple bullet wounds beside his modified tricycle in this town on Wednesday morning, September 11. Police identified the victim as Marnoel T. Santiago, a resident of Barangay Labut here. Santiago’s body was found on a...
Close to P158-million of assistance were given to farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte to boost agriculture production in the province. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of assistance to farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2024. (Noel Pabalate)...