CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – Police nabbed a wanted New People’s Army rebel in Pinukpuk, Kalinga, on Tuesday, March 19. MIKO'S mugshot. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) The suspect, Miko, 56, of Benito Soliven, Isabela, was sought for murder and multiple attempted murder. Miko, a member of the...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police scored during the implementation of the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation in Kalinga from March 10 to 16. Police Col. Freddie Lazona, Kalinga police director, said P11,302,160 worth of illegal drugs was seized, eight wanted persons were arrested,...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police destroyed 25,250 fully-grown marijuana plants worth P5 million in four barangays in Tinglayan and Rizal, Kalinga on Thursday, March 14. Police said these were planted in a land area totaling 2,550-square meters in Barangays Loccong and Buscalan in Tinglayan and...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Two New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the police in Mountain Province and Kalinga. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said a 35-year-old team leader of Squad Dos, Unit Malliari of Ka SLY under the Lejo Cawilan...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police uprooted 27,500 fully grown marijuana worth P5.5 million from two plantations in a two-day eradication operation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 to 10. POLICE uproot fully grown marijuana plants in a 2,000-square...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Two laborers allegedly died due to gas poisoning in a nine-meter deep well in Barangay Balawag here on Wednesday afternoon, March 6. MAP of Kalinga with Tabuk City highlighted. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, Kalinga police spokesperson, identified the victims as Ernesto Banwa,...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Lawmen found a New People’s Army weapons stash in Sitio Uta, Barangay Gawaan, Balbalan, Kalinga on Tuesday, March 5. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, spokesperson of the Kalinga police provincial office, said they received information from rebel returnees that communist weapons...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Soldiers discovered war materials hidden in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, this town, on Saturday, March 2. TROOPS found communist war materials in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga last week. (Freddie G. Lazaro) Major Rigor...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized marijuana worth P4.3 million from three suspected drug pushers in a checkpoint in Sitio Dinakan, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga before dawn on Saturday, March 2. A POLICE officer conducts an inventory of marijuana worth P4.2 million seized in a...
LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – Police seized marijuana bricks worth P5 million from four suspected drug couriers in a checkpoint in Sitio Dinakan, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga, on Thursday, February 22. SUSPECTED marijuana worth P42 million was seized in Lubuagan, Kalinga, on February 22....
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? -- Revered tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od muses as she rides a Philippine Air Force Blackhawk helicopter from Buscalan, Kalinga to Manila on Feb. 14 to 15, 2024. (Photo by PAF) Revered tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od flew onboard a Philippine Air Force (PAF) Blackhawk helicopter from...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Isabela – Soldiers captured a New People’s Army arms cache in Sitio Dau, Barangay Balbalan Proper, Balbalan, Kalinga on Monday, February 5. MAP of Balbalan, Kalinga. Lt. Col. Joel V. Lucas, 103rd Infantry Battalion chief, said residents informed them of the location...