The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has mobilized BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) and an aircraft to monitor, challenge, and escort a Chinese research vessel suspected of conducting illegal marine scientific research off the coast of Ilocos Norte. Tan Suo 3 was detected entering the country’s...
(Courtesy of Domingo Quilindrino / Facebook) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is reaching out to local fishermen in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte after reports surfaced that their traditional fishing grounds are being frequented by Vietnamese fishing boats. PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The police chief of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte and three of his colleagues were relieved from their posts after a video of a lawman hurting a complainant at the police station over the weekend went viral online. OBAR Ilocos Norte police chief Police Col. Frederick...
CAMP FLORENDO, City of San Fernando, La Union – Police Brig. Gen. Lou Evangelista, Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) chief, has ordered an immediate investigation on the viral video of police officers from the Pasuquin Municipal Police Station in Ilocos Norte who allegedly engaged in acts of...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Ilocos Norte and Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices are on heightened alert as a series of earthquakes rattled the two provinces in the past days. EPICENTER of the magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Ilocos Sur on Friday morning, March 14....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Three construction workers were buried alive while excavating a relocation site for the sewerage system of a convention center here on Wednesday afternoon, March 12. Police identified the fatalities as Christian Mark Velasco, 41, of Quezon, Isabela,...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Department of Public Works and Highways recently completed the 2.2-kilometer, P313.21-million Bangui Bypass Road Project in Bangui, Ilocos Norte. DPWH-Region 1 Director Ronnel Tan said the four-lane road is expected to shorten travel time between Barangay Bacsil and...
Flights to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from Ilocos Norte’s Laoag International Airport may soon return as the province aims to transform into Southeast Asia’s economic hub through public-private partnership (PPP). This plan is included in the memorandum of agreement (MOA), signed on Friday,...
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte – A 51-year-old driver was hacked and killed by his brother-in-law in Sitio Tamurong, Barangay 19 San Lorenzo here on Friday night. Police identified the victim as Pedro Teja. Investigation said that the suspect Efren Dumrique arrived from a drinking session...
A SIMPLE LIFE Balay Piddig and Balay Batac Between the adults’ work and the two kids’ schooling, my son Jem and his family could spare only four days of last month’s Chinese New Year weekend. Arriving on day one and leaving on day four, what could they do, where could they go, anything...
A crew of BRP Nestor Reinoso establishes contact with South Korean passenger vessel UDOSARANG 1, which encountered mechanical malfunction off Burgos, Ilocos Norte on Feb. 5, 2025. Nine Filipino crew were rescued. (Photo: Philippine Navy) A South Korean passenger boat that malfunctioned while...
MARCOS, Ilocos Norte – A septuagenarian was allegedly stabbed to death by his son during a heated argument in their residence in Sitio 6, Barangay Tabucbuc here on Tuesday night, Feb. 4. Police identified the victim as farmer Pedro T. Mateo, 79. Investigation disclosed that the...
