Major Rigor N. Pamittan, chief of 5ID public affairs office (Photo courtesy of Pamittan via DWDD) At least 402 individuals were forced to flee their homes when Philippine Army (PA) soldiers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels engaged in a series of armed encounters in Pilar, Abra on Tuesday, April...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Classes were suspended on Wednesday, April 3, in Pilar, Abra and the activities on Tuesday night, April 2, in the 2nd Balicucha Festival here were cancelled following an encounter between the 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the boundary...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – A vendor drowned on the sea in Barangay Calao-an here on Easter Sunday. MAP of Ilocos Sur with Candon City highlighted. Police identified the victim as Domell B. Peñaloza, 21, a resident of Barangay Calao-an. The victim, who was reportedly drunk, joined his...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The fifth most wanted person in Ilocos Sur was apprehended by the police in Concepcion, Tarlac on Easter Sunday. A RAPE suspect in Ilocos Sur was nabbed in Tarlac on Easter Sunday. The suspect’s warrant of arrest for six counts of statutory rape was issued by the...
SANTA CRUZ, Ilocos Sur – Police rescued a four-year-old boy from drowning in the swimming pool of a beach resort in Barangay Sagat here on Black Saturday. Police Major Paul Vincent Tadeo, town chief of police, said the boy was accidentally pushed by another child into a deep portion of the...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – The Balicucha Festival showcasing rich religious and cultural practices and products, specifically the Balicucha or sugarcane candy, here unwraps on Easter Sunday. SANTA Maria, Ilocos Sur municipal hall (Now Na Sta. Maria Ilocos Sur FB) Mayor Brigido “Boy” Camarillo...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A 28-year-old construction worker was shot and wounded in his house in Barangay Paras, this town, on Maundy Thursday. MUNICIPAL Hall of Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur. Police said the victim, Rizen de Guzman, was talking over the cellphone when the suspect, Leo...
CAOAYAN, Ilocos Sur – Police arrested on Tuesday, March 26, an 18-year-old out-of-school youth for allegedly robbing his grandfather of more than P1 million and stealing a car in Barangay San Lorenzo Querubin here on Monday, March 25. MAP of Ilocos Sur with the town of Caoayan...
The cadaver of a child was found on a beach in Barangay Darapidap, Candon City, Ilocos Sur on Saturday, March 23. MAP of Ilocos Sur with Candon City highlighted. Police Lt. Col. Jessie Balinang, Candon City chief of police, said that they are conducting an investigation to identify the victim and...
CAOAYAN, Ilocos Sur – A 55-year-old man drowned on a river in Barangay Pandan here on Friday night, March 22. Police identified the victim as Samuel Abrogena. Abrogena’s body was found floating by residents before dawn on Saturday, March 23. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – The body of a man was found floating on the Abra River near the new President Quirino Bridge in Barangay Banaoang here on Sunday, March 17. The cadaver was reeled in by a resident fishing on the river at 9 a.m. Police described the victim as 5’8”, medium-built,...
BANTAY, Ilocos Sur – A jail guard was gunned down on his way to work to the Ilocos Sur Provincial Jail in Barangay Taleb here on Monday morning, March 11. Police identified the victim as Jayson Barrientos Parchmento, 45, a former policeman and Prison Guard 3 of the Ilocos Sur Provincial Jail...
