CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Fifty members of the Communist Terrorist Group have surrendered to the government, with the latest addition being a 30-year-old man in the province of Abra who voluntarily surrendered to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, La Trinidad, Benguet, on August 1....
Calille, Celeste, and Paul Engler, the family of three who want to save the native trees. (Out of Danger Project) By Jazz Quiambao Here’s a quick question: what Philippine native tree is currently vulnerable, endangered, and with only a few thousand left existing in the whole world? Here’s a...
WOMEN AT WORK Atok's coffee farms are dominated by women who plant their coffee alongside vegetables and flowers (Photo: Apo ni Bayosa) People who grow food should never have to go hungry, yet many of our farmers are—sadly—part of the most underprivileged sectors in the country. It’s a sad...
(UNSPLASH) The municipality of La Trinidad in Benguet registered on Friday, Feb. 10 the country’s coldest temperature so far this 2022-2023 northeast monsoon or “amihan” season at 9.9 degrees Celsius (°C), according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
BOKOD, Benguet - Eleven passengers were injured after the vehicle they were riding on turned upside down at Sitio Taal, Bangao, Barangay Ambuklao in Bokod town here on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Police personnel of Bokod Municipal Police Station immediately responded to the area and brought the victims to...
A man listed as the Muntinlupa police’s No. 8 most wanted person was arrested by authorities in Benguet province on Feb. 5. The arrested person was identified by the police as Arjay Daguio, 31. The suspect (Photo from Muntinlupa police / SPD) At about 5:45 a.m. on Feb. 5, elements from the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a 37-year-old vegetable packer and seized suspected shabu worth almost P48,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balili here on Wednesday night, Feb. 1. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, identified the suspect as Rolando Caranto. Caranto, a...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Marijuana totaling P27.2 million were destroyed and 45 wanted persons were arrested during the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office from Jan. 15 to 31. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested three delivery riders while having a pot session in Sitio Bayabas, Barangay Pico, here on Sunday night, Jan. 29. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and La Trinidad Municipal Police Station received...
Dehydrated tamarillo candies sold in zip pouches (Jomarie Mangeg) Benguet has a lot more to offer than highland vegetable crops. Jomarie Mangeg believes that the local fruit tamarillo has a lot of potential for the local industry, and to help local farmers. She wants the tamarillo to gain...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a 60-year-old pastor wanted for murder in Benguet in Sitio Balantog, Barangay Poblacion, Luba, Abra on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, identified the suspect as Melchor Langbayan Balance, a resident of Barangay Ol-olingen,...
SABLAN, Benguet – A 21-year-old miner drowned in a waterfall in Poblacion, Sablan, Benguet on Monday, Jan. 2. The Sablan Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Leoncio Joe Balag-ey Lang-ay, a resident of Sitio Naiba, Tuding, Itogon, Benguet. The victim and his two friends went...
