European Union (EU) to the Philippines Ambassador Luc Veron had his first batok tattoo when he met Apo Whang-Od in Kalinga. In his post on X, Veron shared about his experience when he met Whang-Od, a traditional tattoo artists of the Butbut tribe, and when he witnessed the tradition of the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana worth P5.6 million in a two-day eradication operation in Benguet and Kalinga from January 17 to 18. A total of 27,170 marijuana plants, including three kilos of dried marijuana stalks, worth P5.674 million were uprooted and burned. The...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P2.5 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Purok 6, Barangay Calanan, this city, on Wednesday afternoon, January 17. THE Kalinga police headquarters in Tabuk City. (FB) Police Capt. Ruff...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth P2.8 million in Benguet and Kalinga during an eradication operation from December 24 to 30. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Operations Division said 6,825 fully grown marijuana plants with a standard drug price of...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – A man who allegedly killed a police officer in a hit-and-run incident in Purok 6, Barangay Bulanao, here on December 1 surrendered to the police on December 5. The suspect, a 47-year-old resident of Enrile, Cagayan, surrendered to Police Col. Freddie Lazona, Kalinga police...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – A New People’s Army stash was recovered in Sitio Butol, Barangay Apatan, this town, on December 6. A COMMUNIST weapons stash was found in Pinukpuk, Kalinga on December 6. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) Lt. Col. Joel Lucas, commanding officer of the 103rd Infantry Mabalasik...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police seized dried marijuana bricks and leaves worth P19.9 million in a checkpoint in Barangay Calanan, here, on Monday, October 23. Lawmen in this city received a report from the Lubuagan, Kalinga police station that a Toyota Hiace van evaded a Commission on Elections...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Authorities uprooted fully grown marijuana plants worth P14 million in Barangay Buscala, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Thursday, October 5. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1 Director Joel B. Plaza said these marijuana plants were captured from three plantation...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Government troops destroyed an estimated 32,585 fully grown marijuana plants worth P6.5 million in the provinces of Kalinga and Benguet, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said on Thursday, September 21. Police Col. Carolina Lacuata, Public Information Office chief of the...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera uprooted marijuana worth P3.4 million in a three-day eradication operation in Barangay Butbut here from September 14 to 16 . PDEA-Cordillera Director Julius Paderes said they discovered two plantations with a total land...
The Po family's Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF), one of the leading food and beverage manufacturing companies in the Philippines, aims to deliver 12 million protein servings to its partner communities as part of its commitment towards a zero hunger Philippines. The firm said its commitment to...
BAGUIO CITY – Suspected shabu worth P80,512 was seized and three drug pushers were nabbed in buy-bust operations here and the province of Kalinga on August 17. Police identified the suspects as Alvin Abena Orbase, 28, a street-level individual (SLI); Ronald Fortin Quinto, 32, also an SLI;...