CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police said the nine-day Misa de Gallo throughout Region 2 or the Cagayan Valley region from Dec. 16 to 24 was generally peaceful. POLICE secure a church where a Misa del Gallo or dawn Mass is being celebrated in Cagayan Valley. (PRO-2 FB) Police...
GONZAGA, Cagayan – The military recovered New People’s Army Improvised Explosive Devices in Sitio Tagkar, Barangay Isca, this town, on Wednesday, Dec. 18. AUTHORITIES discovered IEDs in Cagayan. The 95th Infantry Battalion led by Lt. Col. Vladimir Gracilla received information from...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has declared this province as “insurgency-free and in a state of stable internal peace and security” during its 117th regular session last week. DOWNTOWN Tuguegarao City (Wikipedia) Gov. Manuel Mamba, chairperson of the Provincial...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Three persons were injured when a man ran amuck in Barangay Linao West here on Friday, Dec. 6. Police said the suspect allegedly suffering from mental illness chased five people with bolo and injured three of them. Lawmen tried to pacify the suspect and fired a...
The Cagayan Provincial Health Office said on Friday, Dec. 6, that 21 individuals have suffered from melioidosis in the province. Eleven victims died and 10 recovered, it said. The victims were from Camalaniugan, Santa Ana, Alcala, Baggao, Buguey, Claveria, Gattaran, Gonzaga, Piat, Santo...
TUMAUINI, Isabela – Three children drowned while swimming on the Cagayan River in Barangay Annafunan here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3. The victims were identified as Jhon Philip J. Pazzibugan, 8; Lawrence L. Bacani, 9, and Jerome Bacani, 10, residents of Barangay Annafunan and pupils...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police seized hot logs worth nearly P8 million in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley from January to November this year. Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police Regional Office-2 chief, said that he would intensify the campaign against illegal...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – The Police Regional Office-2 seized 4,400 loose firearms in the Cagayan Valley region from 2019 to 2024. LOOSE firearms seized in the Cagayan Valley region are presented in a press briefing in Camp Adduru, Tuguegarao City on Wednesday....
SANTA ANA, Cagayan – A Grade 5 pupil was electrocuted to death in Barangay Visitacion here on Saturday, Nov. 23. Police said the victim Jun was catching fish with friends in a rice field at 11:50 a.m. when a live electric cable suddenly fell on the water and electrocuted him. Jun was...
PAMPLONA, Cagayan – Twelve houses and a chapel were damaged by a tornado here on Sunday morning, Nov. 17. THIS house was among those damaged by a tornado in Pamplona, Cagayan on Nov. 17. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said the tornado started in Sitio Limittung,...
The Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is on alert as super typhoon “Ofel” is expected to make landfall in this province or Isabela on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 14. Also on alert for Ofel is the Ilocos Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council....
The center of Typhoon Nika is estimated to be in the vicinity of Lagawe, Ifugao as of 2 p.m. of Nov. 11, 2024. (Courtesy of PAGASA) More than 8,000 people were pre-emptively evacuated in Luzon as Typhoon “Nika” unleashed strong rains and winds, officials disclosed on Monday, Nov. 11. The Office...