The US top diplomat in the Philippines is currently exploring President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. home province, Ilocos Norte, not only to discover Washington's potential programs there but also to see its wonders. In a series of Twitter posts that started on Feb. 7, Ambassador MaryKay...
A first-of-a-kind planetarium has been unveiled by the Philippine Science High School - Ilocos Region Campus (PSHS-IRC) as part of its plan to enrich STEM education offered on the campus. PSHS-Ilocos Region Campus Director Dr. Ronnalee N. Orteza, PSHS Executive Director Lilia T. Habacon, Former...
LA UNION – About P7,564,000 worth of marijuana plants were uprooted during joint eradication operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office I (PDEA ROI) and other law enforcement units in Sitio Balay, Barangay Sapdaan, Santol, La Union on Friday, Jan. 27. PDEA...
SUYO, Ilocos Sur -- The municipal mayor of Suyo, Ilocos Sur is seeking the implementation of more infrastructures, particularly road concreting projects, to bring more economic development programs in the depressed areas in his town. Suyo town Mayor Mario B. Subagan said the newly opened 250-meter...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union -- The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO 1) marked today the Day of National Remembrance of the SAF 44 held at the PRO 1 Grandstand here. Photo via Freddie Lazaro / MANILA BULLETIN PMGen Valeriano T. De Leon, Director for Information and Communications Technology...
The province of Ilocos Sur will get the biggest share from the proceeds of the RA 7171 Virginia tobacco excise tax fund in Fiscal Year 2020 while the province of Isabela will receive the highest share from the Burley and Native tobacco excise tax fund pursuant to RA 8240. In the Local Budget...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office in Ilocos (Region 1) has ordered the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPO) to validate reports that some police officers allegedly harassed a widowed farmer who testified in a Senate probe on the skyrocketing price of onion. Photo: Philippine...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union -- Police operatives uprooted marijuana plants with an estimated worth of P4.7 million in two plantation sites located in the mountainous boundary of Ilocos Sur and Mountain Province on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Police BGen. John C. Chua, the Region 1 police director,...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan (PNA) – Ilocos region police director Brig. Gen. John Chua and the four police provincial directors of the region have submitted their courtesy resignation in adherence to the call of Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. last week. In...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- At least 13 members of Communist Front Organization (CFO) surrendered recently to police operatives in La Union and Ilocos Sur through the implementation of the revitalized Philippine National Police’s ‘Kasimbayanan’ program in the region. Police Brigadier...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, La Union -- Police operatives arrested three suspects in separate theft and robbery incidents in Region 1 provinces and Cordillera region in a checkpoint operation in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur early Saturday morning, Jan. 7. Ilocos region director PBGen John C. Chua...
CAMP FLORENDO, San Fernando City, La Union – Police arrested 10 wanted persons in Region 1 or the Ilocos region on Thursday, Jan. 5. The Ilocos Norte Provincial Office nabbed three – Ivory Ann Balderamos, 36; Jose Calaycay, 44, and Ann Farah Jane Manrique, 32. The La Union Provincial Police...
