ALILEM, Ilocos Sur — A tense overnight hostage crisis involving a minor ended without bloodshed after police rescued the child and persuaded an armed suspect to surrender following hours of negotiations in Barangay Daddaay here. The minor was safely rescued on Saturday, August 29, but the...
TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur — A three-year-old child was allegedly stabbed to death by his own 29-year-old father in Barangay Lacong here on Friday, August 28, police said in a belated report. Police said the suspect, also a resident of this town, fled after the incident and is now the subject of a...
SUYO, Ilocos Sur — Police have collected DNA sample from a woman, which will be eventually be compared to that from skeletal remains that were found in a remote area here, that authorities said could be her child who has been missing since 2020. The Suyo Municipal Police Station collected the DNA...
NUEVA ERA, Ilocos Norte — A 24-year-old college student was killed while his girlfriend was wounded when they were shot by a motorcycle-riding gunman in front of their residence in Barangay Uguis here Thursday night, August 27. Police identified the fatality as alias "Jay,” a resident of Sitio...
SINAIT, Ilocos Sur — A 44-year-old man tagged as the prime suspect in the killing of a businesswoman in Badoc, Ilocos Norte was arrested after police raided his rented house here and seized a .45-caliber pistol and 21 rounds of ammunition on Wednesday night, August 26. The suspect, identified...
NAGBUKEL, Ilocos Sur — A 44-year-old police personnel was arrested after allegedly causing a disturbance, assaulting a responding police officer, and threatening other officers at Ambarangan Waterfalls in Barangay Mission, Nagbukel, Ilocos Sur, Sunday. The incident began after police received a...
STA. MARIA, Ilocos Sur — A tricycle driver died after an acacia tree fell on him while he was sleeping inside his vehicle at the Innanus TODA Parking Area on Dakota Street in Barangay Poblacion Sur here on Monday, Aug. 24. Police Lt. Jenson Refuerzo, officer-in-charge of the Sta. Maria Municipal...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur — Two men were killed while two others were hurt in separate vehicular accidents in Ilocos Sur on August 21 and 22, police said. A 39-year-old carpenter died after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck along the national highway in Barangay Calanuitan,...
BADOC, Ilocos Norte — A 49‑year‑old businesswoman was shot dead, allegedly by her live‑in partner, in Sitio Alalucap, Barangay Labut, Badoc, Ilocos Norte, early Friday, Aug. 21. Police said the victim, identified as “Liza,” married, sustained a gunshot wound to the head. The suspect,...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur — Two people were killed and four others were injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided head‑on with a truck along the national highway in Barangay Banaoang here before dawn Wednesday, Aug. 19. Police identified the fatalities as the 22‑year‑old driver of the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Monday, Aug. 10, said it delivered immediate relief assistance to more than 4,000 families affected by flooding caused by the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” in Ilocos Norte. From Aug. 3 to 7, the OVP said its Disaster Operations Center (OVP DOC)...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – This province has recorded P11 million in damage to agriculture due to the combined effects of the southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), in its 5 p.m. situational report on...
