BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Government troops destroyed an estimated 32,585 fully grown marijuana plants worth P6.5 million in the provinces of Kalinga and Benguet, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said on Thursday, September 21. Police Col. Carolina Lacuata, Public Information Office chief of the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police seized suspected shabu worth a total of P248,717.48 from three drug pushers in Benguet on August 25. Suspects were identified as Myler Ballosong, 31; Dave Wag-e, 37, and Myra Bugtong, 27. The Benguet Provincial Police Office said Ballosong was arrested by the...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) has reported P8.7 million in damage to facilities from typhoon “Egay” that battered service areas on Tuesday, July 25. Beneco has restored power to 80.1 percent of member-consumers as of Saturday, July 29. Power has been restored to 190...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) has sustained P5 million in damage from typhoon “Egay.” Beneco is rebuilding damaged distribution structures and hopes to fully restore power in all service areas next week and expects cost of damage to increase as reports from remote...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez touches base with victims of Super Typhoon "Egay" in Baguio City. (Speaker’s office) True to his word, House Speaker Martin Romualdez personally joined on Friday, July 28 relief operations in the typhoon-stricken Baguio City in the province of Benguet. Romualdez...
BAGUIO CITY – Five people died and seven others were rescued in landslides triggered by typhoon “Egay” in this city and Benguet on Wednesday, July 26. A 16-year-old student was killed while his parents survived a landslide that buried their house in Barangay Bakakeng here. The Baguio City...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana worth P1.4 million and three persons were arrested in separate anti-illegal drug operations in Benguet from July 2 to 8. The Benguet Police Provincial Office said four clandestine marijuana plantations with a total of 7,150 fully grown...
Tea (Tom Fisk/Pexels) On June 29, 2023, the Pandesal Forum on Philippine Tea took place at the Kamuning Bakery Cafe in Quezon City. The forum brought together leaders from various sectors, including academe, government, business communities, and diplomats from the China Embassy, to discuss the...
Government officials have sought support from the business community and diplomats of China Embassy for making the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as production hub for tea in the Northern Philippines. During the Pandesal Forum of Kamuning Bakery Cafe in Quezon City on Thursday, June 29, they...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) reported damage to its property, including poles and electrical lines, due to heavy rains and strong wind brought by severe tropical storm “Betty” reaching P1.4 million. The electric cooperative also saw its 37-year-old substation power...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Authorities discovered – and destroyed – P30,000,000 worth of marijuana plants in two separate plantations in Kalinga and Benguet on Wednesday, May 31. Joint personnel of the Provincial Drug Enforcement and Intelligence Unit of the Kalinga Provincial...
TUBLAY, Benguet – Police seized undocumented lumber worth more than P100,000 here on Thursday, May 11. Police Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said lawmen conducting a checkpoint flagged down an Elf truck for inspection but it turned around. Lawmen chased the truck until it was cornered in...
