ISABELA -- Four drug personalities who were caught with an undetermined amount of shabu during a buy-bust operation were arrested in Barangay Malapat in Cordon town here on Monday, Nov. 28. Arrested were alias Noli, 30, and alias Win Win, 36, both residents of Malvar, Santiago City; alias Joey, 44,...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela -- The provincial government of Isabela will resume all activities of the Bambanti festival set on the last week of January next year, with the theme 'ISABELA, Pagharap sa Bagong Hamon ng Kinabukasan.' This time will be more exciting after a two-year pause of celebrating the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Isabela Second District Engineering Office (ISDEO) is expediting the construction of the Barangay Eden-Cabaritan Bridge in San Manuel, Isabela. The bridge is expected to speed up delivery of goods and services and provide travelers a better transport...
BACOLOD CITY --The police and military arrested on Thursday, Nov. 17, a member of the Yunit Militia of the New People’s Army (NPA) tagged in the killing of a former barangay chairman in Isabela, Negros Occidental in 2018. An arrest warrant for murder with no bail recommended was served against...
Vice President Sara Duterte announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, the planned opening of three more satellite offices of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) next year to make its services and programs more accessible to the people. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her message after the Office of...
ISABELA -- The body of a 5-year-old boy who drowned in an irrigation canal in Barangay Daramuangan Norte San Mateo Isabela was found on Saturday morning, Nov. 11, the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management reported on Sunday, Nov. 12. MDRRMO’s Jovener Dupilas told a local radio station here...
(PAGASA-HMD / TWITTER) Residents in low-lying communities in Isabela were warned against possible flooding as the Magat Dam in Isabela discharged water from its reservoir on Monday morning, Aug. 22. In an advisory issued at 9 a.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) has recommended the need to strengthen the vaccination and booster shots campaign in the face of the rising number of active Covid-19 cases in Isabela province. As of Wednesday, Aug. 17, the province has 420 active cases,...
TUMAUINI, Isabela – Three men were arrested for allegedly mauling a policeman in Barangay Santa here Monday, August 15. The Police Regional Office (PRO) 2 identified the suspects as Basilio Lugo Jr., 45; Jayson Rico, 34; and Loyfrey Lugo, 39, residents of this town. Investigation showed that the...
ROXAS, Isabela – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a college student and two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation Wednesday, August 17, in Purok Saranay, Barangay Luna here. Suspects were identified as Dan Paul Santiago, 24, mechanic, of Barangay Sotero Nuesa, Roxas;...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela -- In light of recent flash floods in the municipalities of San Manuel and Aurora, the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has recommended the reactivation of rain gauges and water-level gauges in...
RAMON, Isabela -- The Magat Dam here will release water at 2 p.m. Wednesday, August 17, in anticipation of heavy rains from the "habagat" or southwest monsoon. In a statement, the National Irrigation Administration-Magat River Integrated Irrigation System said the water level at the Magat Reservoir...