CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Eighteen packs of shabu were found by a fisherman on the West Philippine Sea in Barangay Villamar, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday morning, June 26. The contraband was discovered two days after 24 packs of shabu were also found on the WPS in Barangay Solot-solot, San...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Ilocos Sur Gov. Jeremias Singson has ordered the preventive suspension for 60 days of the mayor of Santa Maria town in this province for gross negligence and dereliction of duty. SANTA Maria, Ilocos Sur municipal hall. Mayor Brigido C. Camarillo Jr.’s suspension stemmed...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Two suspects in the murder of businessman Jefferson Torricer in 2021 were arrested by the Police Regional Office-2 in Santa Maria, Bulacan, on Sunday, April 21. Police Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Birung, PRO-2 director, said suspects Jerry, a...
Troops discovered a New People’s Army camp and seized an arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Nagcanasan, Pilar, Abra, near the boundary of Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, on Tuesday, April 2. VARIOUS items were recovered by the military in a New People's Army camp in Pilar, Abra. According to...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Classes were suspended on Wednesday, April 3, in Pilar, Abra and the activities on Tuesday night, April 2, in the 2nd Balicucha Festival here were cancelled following an encounter between the 50th Infantry Battalion and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the boundary...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – The Balicucha Festival showcasing rich religious and cultural practices and products, specifically the Balicucha or sugarcane candy, here unwraps on Easter Sunday. SANTA Maria, Ilocos Sur municipal hall (Now Na Sta. Maria Ilocos Sur FB) Mayor Brigido “Boy” Camarillo...
A 20-year-old man drowned in a popular waterfall in Barangay Babalasioan, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, January 14. Police identified the victim as Jay-Mark C. Cuaresma, 20, of San Manuel, Pangasinan. PINSAL Falls in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur. (FB) Investigation disclosed that Cuaresma and...
SANTA MARIA, Isabela – Two New People’s Army supporters surrendered to authorities on January 11. SURRENDERRERS Lita (left) and Jon. The surrender of alias Jon, 47, and Lita, 67, residents of Barangay Bangad here was facilitated by the police and the Army. They said that they...
SANTA MARIA, Laguna – Police arrested an alleged member of a private armed group (PAG) for illegal possession of firearms in Barangay Macasipac here on Friday, July 21. Laguna police director Police Col. Harold Depositar identified the suspect as Roberto Banaag, also a gun-for-hire operating in...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A student died while one other was injured after the motorcycle they were riding in fell into a drainage canal in Barangay Nalvo in Sta. Maria town, this province, on Friday, May 12. Police said that Mark Lawrence Canezo, 18, a Grade 11 student, the...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Local officials and residents of this world’s heritage town due to its well-preserved Our Lady of Assumption baroque church have formally opened on Easter Sunday morning, April 9, their week-long Balikutsa Festival. THIS attractive balikutsa and other...
Roman Catholics celebrate Friday, July 22, the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (Santa Maria Magdalena), the sister of Saints Martha and Lazarus, who, according to the Holy Bible, were close friends of Jesus. St. Mary Magdalene (CATHOLIC ONLINE) Commemorative masses in her honor will be offered at the...
