LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The National Irrigation Administration-Cordillera turned over a total of nine irrigation projects worth P36 million to different beneficiary irrigators/associations during a simple ceremony on Thursday (April 21) at the Benguet Sports Complex in Wangal, La Trinidad....
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A weeklong anti-illegal drug operation paid off as operatives destroyed marijuana plantation valued at P14,854,000 and arrested 15 people engaged in illegal drugs trading in separate buy-bust operations in Cordillera. Records from the Benguet Provincial Police Office...
MANKAYAN, Benguet -- A drug courier died after a shootout with police in an encounter that took place early morning of Saturday, April 16, in Pas-adan, Colalo, Mankayan. (Photo courtesy of Mankayan MPS/via Zaldy Comanda) Maj. Wiltz Konrad Sally, chief of police of the Mankayan Municipal Police...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap on Tuesday, April 12 said he is staking his life for the sake of the 130,000 Benguet farmers whose livelihood is being threatened by unabated agricultural smuggling. Yap said this in his virtual appearance before the Senate Committee of the Whole hybrid hearing...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Eric Go Yap achieved a milestone in his budding political career as he became a recipient of Nation Builders and Mosliv Award. Go, who has been party-list representative for ACT-CIS since 2019, was awarded Congressman of the Year by the NBMA last March 19 in Parañaque...
BAGUIO CITY – A drug pusher listed in the Regional Top Drug Personality was arrested by the police during a buy-bust operation in this city on Friday, March 25. (Photo from Zaldy Comanda) Col. Glenn Lonogan, city director of the Baguio City Police Office, identified the suspect as Rodel...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Twenty nine Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Benguet Provincial Jail received livelihood skills training in bread making and pastry production through the assistance of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Cordillera and in coordination...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Personnel of the Benguet Provincial Police Office and Commission on Elections (Comelec) initiated a unity walk for a Secure, Accurate, Free, and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2022 as May 9 National and Local Elections draw near. (Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN)...
LA TRINIDAD,Benguet – The provincial government, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), has allocated P3.5 million for the development of a vegetable processing facility at the Benguet Cold Chain in Wangal, Benguet. Vegetable Trading Post in La Trinidad,Benguet....
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two persons were arrested for transporting mineral ores in Benguet on Monday, March 7. Col. Reynaldo Pasiwen, Benguet Provincial Police Office director, identified the arrested suspects as Mariel Poyoc Piglay, 34,a resident of La Trinidad, Benguet, and Layson Jay...
Something to look forward to on your next trip up north Apart from the ube craze , strawberries are among the past years’ dining breakout stars with loads of quarantreats serving the red fruit in different forms, from cakes and lattes to the truly mouthwatering doughnut sandwiches. If you’re...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Two individuals pretending to be local tourists are now in jail and facing charges for violation of Republic Act A 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, after they were arrested at a police checkpoint while trying to transport marijuana bricks in...