LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Strawberry Festival here gets underway on Monday, March 4. The event kicks off with an ecumenical prayer and opening of Strawberry Lane at the municipal park. A strawberry vegetable-salad making contest will be held at the King College of the Philippines at the same...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Cordillera logged 63 forest fires which destroyed 322 hectares of forests here and the province of Benguet from January 1 to February 23. An estimated 20 hectares of forest were affected by a fire in the Philippine Military Academy area in...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency officially declared the La Trinidad Municipal Police Station in Benguet as drug-free workplace in a ceremony at the Mabikas Hall of the La Trinidad MPS. LA TRINIDAD, Benguet Mayor Salda (second from right) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority Regional...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Benguet Provincial Police Office has a new leader. NEWLY installed Benguet police chief Police Col. Joseph Bayongasan (right) receives the command flag from Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. during the change of...
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-eight illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies have been convicted for illegal bet collection in the province of Benguet. The Regional Trial Court of Benguet said 27 illegal bet collectors were sentenced from August to December 2023. The 28th was convicted on January 26,...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) performs water drops using a bambi bucket onboard a Super Huey helicopter to suppress a wildfire in Brgy. Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet on Jan. 29, 2024. (Photo by PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) deployed personnel equipped with firefighting skills to suppress a...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday, Jan. 29, said the temperature in La Trinidad, Benguet has dropped to 9.7°C, the lowest record since the "amihan" season started in the country. Unsplash This surpassed the record on Jan. 27 when...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) destroyed P6-million worth of marijuana plants in a two-day eradication operation in Mount Leteban, Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Sitio Les-eng, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet province...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana worth P5.6 million in a two-day eradication operation in Benguet and Kalinga from January 17 to 18. A total of 27,170 marijuana plants, including three kilos of dried marijuana stalks, worth P5.674 million were uprooted and burned. The...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed 15,600 fully grown marijuana plants and 5,000 seedlings worth P3.3 million in Kibungan, Benguet on Thursday, January 11. These were discovered in three plantations with a total land area of...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – A drone helped the National Bureau of Investigation (PDEA) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) discover 15 marijuana plantations in Sitio Bana, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet on Wednesday, January 10....
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth P2.8 million in Benguet and Kalinga during an eradication operation from December 24 to 30. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Operations Division said 6,825 fully grown marijuana plants with a standard drug price of...
