THE two suspects have their picture taken after their arrest. LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Benguet Provincial Police Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera arrested a Grab driver and a coffee shop manager in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Puguis here Tuesday, July 19. The...
Siblings Reps. Edvic Yap (ACT-CIS Party-list), Eric Yap (Benguet); and Quezon City 4th district Councilor Egay Yap are firming up their roles in the country’s political scene, winning all their respective races during the May 2022 elections. From left to right: Egay, Edvic, and Eric Yap Even as...
BAGUIO CITY -- Two victims of a vehicular accident along Kennon Road refused to be brought to the hospital despite sustaining injuries on Sunday, July 3. Photo via Zaldy Comanda As it turned out, the two victims -- Jimmsie Galang Salazar, 40, resident of 13IR Maliksi II, Bacoor Cavite, and driver...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – The mandatory wearing of high visibility vest in Benguet has been suspended pending amendments to the ordinance. Gov. Melchor Diclas, in Executive Order (EO) 2022-011, a copy of which circulated Sunday, June 26, deferred Ordinance 2022-302 passed by the Sangguniang...
BOKOD, Benguet – A nine-year-old boy drowned in a river at a quarry site in Sitio Adonot, Ambuklao, here Tuesday, June 14. The Bokod Municipal Police Station said the incident happened at 6:30 a.m. and was reported to them at 12:15 p.m. The victim’s father, Orlando Tamilan Victor, 49, backhoe...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Two students were reported killed, while another was seriously injured after the vehicle they were riding on fell into a ravine on Wednesday morning, June 8, in Barangay Bahong, La Trinidad, Benguet. The fatalities were identified as Cedric Batil Wasit, 25, driver, and Rolly...
TUBA, Benguet -- Two laborers were killed while two others were injured after they were electrocuted while installing an internet pole at Proper Camp 3, Kennon Road, Tuba, Benguet, on Wednesday afternoon. The dead victims were identified as Joseph Panoy Vallejos, 55, resident of 52A Interior C,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Former Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) party-list Representative Eric Yap has been formally proclaimed congressman in Benguet province, after securing a landslide victory in the election on May 9. Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda Yap was...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Some 6,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Benguet province are set to receive at least P29,342,000 worth of cash assistance and fuel discount from the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR). Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda The assistance is part of...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Joint personnel from La Trinidad Municipal Police Station and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on Friday, April 29, arrested a man who allegedly raped his three neighbors who are all minors on three separate occasions. Col. Reynaldo Pasiwen, provincial...
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...
