SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – El Niño has destroyed 34.4 hectares of land planted to rice and affected 30 farmers in Barangay Evangelista, Tayug, Pangasinan. Department of Agriculture (DA)-Regional Field Unit 1 (Ilocos) Information Officer Vida Cacal said damaged rice plants were under booting...
An 18-year-old man died after his motorcycle crashed in Barangay Burgos, Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur on Friday, February 9. Police identified the victim as Ralphe Richee L. Pacurza, resident of Barangay Badas, San Juan, Abra. Investigation said Pacurza lost control of his motorcycle and went...
A business club has donated P1 million to the provincial government of Ilocos Norte to support micro, small, and medium enterprises in the province. Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc assured the Anvil Business Club of the prudent use and thanked the organization for the donation. ILOCOS Norte Gov....
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake rocked the province of Ilocos Norte past noon on Wednesday, February 7. A MAGNITUDE-5.9 earthquake rocked Ilocos Norte past noon on Wednesday, with epicenter in Pagudpud. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake struck at 12:05...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) and 22 component local government units bagged the 2023 Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Awardees were Adams, Bacarra, Badoc, Bangui, Banna,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – This province kicked off its month-long 206 th foundation anniversary celebration with the distribution of over P32 million in financial assistance and the groundbreaking of the Ilocos Norte Central Terminal Hub and Parking Building here led by Gov....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte celebrates its 206th foundation anniversary on Friday, February 2. Gov. Matthew Marcos Manotoc will lead the celebration starting with a flag-raising ceremony and highlighted by the distribution of assistance and awarding of projects...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – An 18-year-old man died as a result of a snake bite in Barangay Capangdanan here on Friday, January 26. Police identified the victim as Joross del Castillo of Barangay Capangdanan. Del Castillo stepped on a brown snake while on his way to visit their rice field. The snake bit...
(Phivolcs) A 4.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Ilocos Norte on Friday afternoon, Jan. 26, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquake, which struck at 3:05 p.m., had its epicenter 17 kilometers (km) southwest of Adams, Ilocos Norte, and...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) destroyed P6-million worth of marijuana plants in a two-day eradication operation in Mount Leteban, Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Sitio Les-eng, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet province...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) seized suspected shabu worth P714,000 in buy-bust operations in Pangasinan and La Union last week. TWO suspected drug pushers were arrested and shabu valued at P340,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Two men drowned in the Ilocos region on Sunday, January 21. Police identified the victims as Mario Ila, 56, and Raymundo Inobaya Sr., 60. Ila, of Batac City, Ilocos Norte, drowned while swimming on a river in Barangay San Isidro, Dumalneg, Ilocos Norte following a...
