ITOGON, Benguet – Over 200 families in this mining town fled their homes due to landslides caused by incessant rains. Cyril Batcagan, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), asked miners to temporarily stop any mining activities while bad weather continues....
Search and rescue (SAR) operations were conducted amid heavy rain for a missing 35-year-old man in Barangay Kias, Baguio City, on July 30. The man was reported missing after he allegedly slipped and swept away in a river on Tuesday, July 29. Rescuers expanded their search area from Barangay Kias to...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Two employees of the Benguet Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) were killed after the loader they were riding plunged into a ravine approximately 100 meters deep in Lower Kesbeng, Poblacion, this town, on Tuesday afternoon, July 29. Police identified the victims as La...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The search continues for an individual missing in a landslide during the onslaught of typhoon "Emong" here on Friday morning. The search entered its fourth straight day on Monday amid heavy rain. Mayor Roderick Awingan is leading coordinated search and retrieval operations....
A newly-built rock shed in Tuba, Benguet, collapsed due to tropical cyclone ‘’Emong." Baguio City Mayor and Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan Tuba-Tublay chairman Benjamin Magalong visited and lamented the condition of the infrastructure in Millsite, Camp 4, Kennon Road. The Department of...
BAGUIO CITY – Aboitiz Power has donated 4,400 liters of fuel to local governments in Benguet and Mountain Province to support disaster response efforts following recent weather disturbances that caused widespread flooding, landslides, and power outages across Northern Luzon. The fuel assistance,...
BOKOD, Benguet – Two people died after a pickup truck with five people onboard plunged into a 300-meter ravine in Sitio Jappas, Barangay Bobok-Bisal, this town, on June 30. The Bokod Municipal Police Station said the pickup truck was on its way to Baguio City from Tabuk City, Kalinga and...
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners died after a landslide buried their makeshift hut in Camp 5, Sitio Acupan, Barangay Virac, this town, on Sunday night, June 22. Authorities withheld the identities of the victims pending notification of their families. The landslide, which occurred around 6:29...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Benguet Rep. Eric Go Yap is eyeing cases against those involved in the multi-disqualification charges filed before the Commission on Elections against him. Seven disqualification cases have been filed against Yap. These were lodged by Cresencio Akia, Danny S. Montes,...
Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar’s office) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar sees Benguet as a potential crown jewel of tourism in the...
KIBUNGAN, Benguet – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police destroyed 90,000 fully grown marijuana plants valued at P18 million in an eradication operation in Kibungan, Benguet from April 1 to 2. Authorities discovered marijuana planted in two lots with a...
Romualdez-led miner Benguet Corp. (BC) is looking at better earnings this year due to rising gold prices while planning to diversify its business after shedding off debt. “As gold prices continued to soar, breaching the $3,000-per-ounce level this year, Benguet is positive that 2025 will surpass...
