A leader of the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while a soldier was wounded in an encounter in Barangay Allaguia, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23. Lt. Col. Melvin Asuncion, officer–in–charge of the Division Public Affairs...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – A farmer was killed and his older brother was injured in a lightning strike in Sitio Colasan, Barangay Dugpa, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on Thursday, May 29. Police identified the fatality as Zaldy Borja, 22. Investigation said Zaldy and older brother Armando, 24, were cleaning their...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Two college students from Cagayan drowned on a river in Sitio Buntoc, Barangay Aciga, this town, Kalinga on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21. Police identified the victims as Renz Cherlxon T. Mangulad, 20, and Mark Denver Bunagan, 18. Investigation said the victims...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Three minors drowned on the Chico River in Sitio Collog, Barangay Junction, this town, on Sunday afternoon, July 7. The Kalinga Provincial Police Office identified the victims as Aico Mananeng Daluping, 6, male, of Barangay Pangol, Tanudan, Kalinga; Zia Wayaway Mananeng, 9,...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Two senior citizens were allegedly hacked to death by their 24-year-old neighbor in Sitio Magtanga, Barangay Wagod, Pinukpuk, Kalinga on May 16. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, Kalinga police spokesperson, identified the victims as Ruben Dangiwan, 65, and his wife,...
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...
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...
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...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga -- Armed with a search warrant, authorities raided the house of a farmer who yielded six grams of shabu, guns, and ammunition in Barangay Taggay here on Wednesday morning, June 7. Judge Jerson Angog of Branch 25, Regional Trial Court, Tabuk City, Kalinga, issued the search warrant...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – A former member of the New People’s Army received P65,000 assistance from the Enhanced Community Local Integration Program (ECLIP) here recently. Major Noel Laguiwed, Pinukpuk Municipal Police Station chief, said the rebel returnee also received an additional P20,000...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Over P500,000 worth of illegally cut narra lumber was intercepted by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office and Regional Intelligence Division of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera in Barangay Catabugan here Tuesday, July 26. Police said they received information from a...
