CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Two persons died in road accidents in Ilocos Norte on Tuesday, October 10. Police identified the fatalities as Rubiliza Baoit, 50, of Barangay Daquioag, Marcos, Ilocos Norte, and Edwin Acosta, 27, a construction worker and resident of Barangay Catangraran, Solsona,...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Fifteen candidates here withdrew from the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. Leonila Fortuna, city election officer, said no candidates here have violated campaign rules. The Commission on Elections has called on all BSKE candidates here to...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A barangay kagawad (councilor) running for chairman in the barangay elections was arrested after a search warrant operation in his house here on Friday, October 6, yielded suspected shabu and marijuana. Police identified the suspect as Windel Tamayo, 38, of Barangay 4,...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A suspected member of the “Salisi Gang” died after he was shot by unidentified gunmen in Barangay Ayusan Sur here on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Larry Montibon Igot, 58, farmer and resident of Barangay 139, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City. Igot had...
SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur – A bus driver died in a collision on the national highway in Barangay Poblacion West here on Friday, October 6. Police identified the victim as Melchor V. Molina, 52, of Barangay San Isidro, San Juan, Ilocos Sur. Investigation said the driver of a southbound Isuzu...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) declared 446 barangays in this province as drug free during the joint third quarter meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PDAC) at the capitol here on September 27....
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has arrested 24 violators and confiscated 22 firearms in the Ilocos region in line with the Commission on Elections gun ban for the barangay elections on October 30. Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua, PRO-1 chief, said that these accomplishments...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is closely monitoring the effects of the moderately strong magnitude-5.7 earthquake that jolted extreme Northern Luzon before noon on Wednesday, October 4. Randy Nicolas of the PDRRM...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – This city is under a state of calamity due to an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that has affected 22 out of 42 barangays as of Sunday, October 1. The city council has approved Resolution Number 353-2023 imposing the declaration. “The declaration of a state of...
SANTA CATALINA, Ilocos Sur – A barangay tanod or watchman drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Tamurong here on Sunday, October 1. Police identified the victim as Rafael Reyes Albano, 53. Investigation said the victim, a tanod of Zone 3, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was recovered by rescuers...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A police officer died in a motorcycle accident on the national highway in Barangay Puspus, Bantay, Ilocos Sur early Friday morning, September 29. Police said the victim, Police Staff Sgt. Romualdo Mario Valorozo Piamonte Jr., 46, assigned to the Provincial Police Mobile...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – The Bureau of Immigration arrested a fugitive Indian national in a restaurant on the national highway here on Tuesday, September 26. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Prithes Das, jobless, resident of Makati City. Das was allegedly involved in fraudulent...