TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur – Police destroyed marijuana valued at P5.3 million in a two-day eradication operation in the boundary of this province and Benguet. The Drug Enforcement Unit uprooted 10,350 fully grown marijuana plants and found 800 seedlings worth a total of P2.1 million...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Authorities discovered fully grown marijuana plants valued at P2 million during an eradication operation in Sitio Manggahan, Barangay Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet on Saturday, Nov. 23. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Joel Plaza said...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police seized marijuana worth P14.4 million in eradication operations in Benguet and Kalinga on Friday, Nov. 22. POLICE seized and destroyed marijuana valued at P14.4 million in Benguet and Kalinga on Nov. 22. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional...
CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Authorities uprooted marijuana plants valued at P2.6 million in six plantations during an eradication operation in Sitio Manggahan, Barangay Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet from Nov. 21 to 22. The area is reportedly near the tri-boundary of Ilocos Sur, La Union, and...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Nine families composed of 28 people lost their homes in a fire sparked by a fuel tanker that crashed into a warehouse in Barangay Puguis here before dawn on Sunday, Nov. 10. A FUEL tanker crashed in Barangay Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet, on Sunday, Nov. 10, triggering...
Benguet Corporation, a mining firm controlled by the Romualdez family, reported that the Red Earth Mineral Resources Corporation is infusing P440 million into the company through a subscription of new shares. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Benguet said its Board of Directors had...
Benguet Corp., the mining company of the Romualdez family, reported that it has finally completed its P1.4 billion debt restructuring with 23 creditors after 30 years. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said that, on October 22, 2024, it has executed with the remaining...
Listed mining firm Benguet Corp. said on Tuesday, Oct. 15, it secured another 25 years of permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to operate and conduct mining activities in Balanga, Bataan. In a regulatory filing, Benguet Corp. said it received the approval of the...
ASTHRINE PIAS with a coffee grower in Atok The uphill jeepney ride to the coffee-growing town (1,700 meters above sea level), on rocky, dusty and unpaved roads could be daunting. The panorama of a mountain range partly veiled by clouds, with sun rays slicing through, is indeed a sight to...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Reelectionist Benguet Rep. Eric Yap filed his Certificate of Candidacy before the Commission on Elections-Benguet here on Friday, October 4. BENGUET Rep. Eric Go Yap files his COC for his second term. (Zaldy Comanda ) If given another mandate, Yap said he will finish...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Authorities destroyed fully grown marijuana plants valued at P18.1 million during an eradication operation in the boundaries of Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Kibungan, Benguet on Sunday, September 22. The operation dubbed Indica Bravo was conducted by the 1st Ilocos Sur...
SABLAN, Benguet – Hedcor, a renewable energy subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp., donated equipment and seedlings worth a total of P620,000 to this town called the fruit basket of this province. THE town of Sablan in Benguet received farm inputs from Hedcor representatives Geraldine Ronquillo...
