LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Seven drug personalities were arrested and P2,506,000 worth of marijuana plants were destroyed during a weeklong operation conducted from July 31 to August 6 in Cordillera Region. Based on the records of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera’s Regional Operations Division...
The Philippines is home to a wide variety of crops and livestock, many of them disappearing from cultivation due to modernization. A handful of them are listed in the Ark of Taste, the Slow Food Movement’s catalog of endangered foods from across the globe. There are currently 65 Filipino food...
BAGUIO CITY -- The Benguet Corporation has allocated funds for the immediate construction of a bridge near its abandoned mining patented claim area near an open pit in Sitio Luneta, Loacan-Antamok, Itogon. Residents walk to the proposed site of a one-lane bridge to be constructed by Benguet...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Benguet generated the second highest revenue out of ten provinces identified by the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) as having significant earnings for fiscal year 2020-2021. Benguet is known as the top producer of highland vegetables and has the most mining...
A NEW People’s Army rebel got tired of dodging soldiers in the Cordillera and surrendered to the government last month in Benguet for a better life. LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A member of the Kilusang Makabayan under the New People's Army (NPA) surrendered to the government last July 18 after more...
SABLAN, Benguet – A student died while three others were injured including the driver of a concrete mixer truck that fell into a ravine on Monday afternoon, August 1, near the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) in Sitio Payda, Barangay Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet. Photo via Zaldy...
BAGUIO CITY – Four school buildings with eight classrooms each have been donated by the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Inc. (FFCCII) in its ‘Operation Barrio Schools’ project in La Trinidad, Benguet and Baguio City. Photo by Zaldy Comanda First to receive a...
JOHN Lantungan, president of the Luneta Miner's Association Inc. in Itogon, Benguet, points to the area where a concrete retaining wall must be built. ITOGON, Benguet – Residents of this town, mostly pocket miners, have asked the government for help in repairing and constructing concrete...
At least four people died while more than 60 others were injured when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the northern parts of Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said. Quoting reports from the local...
The aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Northern Philippines in the morning of Wednesday, July 27, left several national and local roads impassable in the province, Benguet Rep. Eric Go Yap said on Wednesday, July 27. Big rocks block the road in Benguet after a 7.0-magnitude...
At least five persons were killed after a magnitude-7 earthquake struck Abra and nearby areas in Luzon on Wednesday, July 27. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Chairperson and Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. (left) monitors...
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners were rescued from a tunnel that collapsed in Sitio Pukis, Barangay Ampucao here Friday, July 22. The Itogon Municipal Police Station identified the survivors as Benedict Palen Abuan, 44, married, private miner; Frederick Palen Abuan, 35, also a private miner,...
