BAGUIO CITY – Authorities recovered P42,960,000 worth of dried marijuana leaves and stalks at Sitio Silay, Poblacion in Tinglayan, Kalinga on Friday, Dec. 23. Personnel from PIU/Philippine Drug Enforcement Unit, Tinglayan Police Station, RID Police Regional Office-Cordillera, RPDEU, and...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three New People’s Army rebels will be home this Christmas with their families after they surrendered to the government here on Thursday, Dec. 15. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said that the surrenderers, “Ka Landing” and “Ka...
A Grade 12 student and her 15-year-old cohort were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Tabuk City, Kalinga on Sunday, Dec. 11. Police identified the adult suspect as Maila Daligdig Tayaan, 21. The two suspects are residents of Rizal, Kalinga. Suspects were nabbed by the police after they sold a...
Covid-19 Positivity Rates in Metro Manila and Luzon Provinces as of Dec. 10, 2022 (OCTA RESEARCH FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The positivity rate of Covid-19 in Kalinga province rose to 57.9 percent—way beyond the 5 percent threshold set by the World Health Organization (WHO), based on the...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – A New People’s Army arms cache was discovered by the Army 50th Infantry Battalion and Kalinga police in an abandoned encampment in Sitio Kalakatan, Barangay Mabaca, Balbalan, Kalinga on Friday, Dec. 9. Found were one colt M16A1 rifle with four...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Two men were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition in Purok 6, Bulanao Centro in this city on Friday, Dec. 9. The Tabuk City Police Station reported that the two suspects were arrested as the operating troops went to Barangay Bulanao Centro here at around...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Authorities discovered five sacks containing 108 marijuana bricks worth P12.9 million in Tulgao East here on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Kalinga Provincial Police Office and Philippine Drug Enforcement...
PASIL, Kalinga – A 35-year-old miner died after the cave he was mining collapsed in Sitio Magadgad, Barangay Galdang, Pasil, Kalinga on Sunday, Dec. 4. The Pasil Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Milnar Wa-il Bag-ayan, 35, single, a resident of Barangay Galdang, Pasil. Police said...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Four former New People’s Army rebels received livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Kalinga on Nov. 29 as part of the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) for rebel returnees. The awarding...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly transporting suspected marijuana worth over P5 million in Pasil, Kalinga on Thursday, Dec. 1. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera director, identified the suspect as Albert Borway Dugwawi, a...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- One of the suspects in a robbery in band that occurred in Cagayan was arrested in Bulanao Norte in this city on Thursday, Nov. 24. The arrested suspect was identified as Shad Lugay Dimara alias ‘Chad,’ 36, a resident of Bulanao Norte, Tabuk City and a drug personality...
RIZAL, Kalinga – Police arrested three suspects in the rape of a minor in 2011 in Barangay Liwan West here on Saturday, Nov. 19. The suspects – John Ray Baggas Balunggay, 24, miner; Justin Salabao Wandaga, 24, WiFi installer, and Jonel Baggas Balunggay, 23, miner, all residents of...