BUTUAN CITY – Police seized two kilos of suspected shabu valued at P13.6 million in a buy-bust operation in Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday, Dec. 13. A suspected drug pusher was arrested in the operation. The contraband recovered from the 41-year-old high-value individual was hidden inside a...
Motorists are advised to expect heavy traffic along Buntun Bridge in Cagayan Valley on Dec. 15 as buses ferry beneficiaries for the government’s land ownership distribution, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Saturday, Dec. 13. The agency said congestion is likely on both...
Police arrested a 62-year-old man wanted for the killing of Barangay Kagawad Alfred Alvarez of Rizal town, Cagayan province in 2018. The suspect, Simon, the sixth most wanted person in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley and allegedly a member of the Labang Crime Group linked to gun-for-hire, robbery,...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — Police arrested a 27-year-old fake dentist in an entrapment operation on Dec. 3 here. The operation was conducted after police discovered that the female suspect was offering dental services online by messaging potential clients. The Philippine Dental Association (PDA)...
Police arrested 70 wanted persons in the Cagayan Valley region from Nov. 20 to 26. Four were most wanted persons and 66 were other wanted individuals. “These consecutive arrests highlight our strengthened campaign on manhunt operations,” Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two maintenance section personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay San Juan, Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan province, on Friday morning, Nov. 28. Wilzon Valdez, DPWH-Ilocos information officer, identified the...
A total of 13,135 individuals were affected by the massive flooding in Cagayan triggered by incessant rains, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Thursday. The PDRRMO said affected residents were from 50 barangays in nine towns in the province. As of Thursday...
The Piggatan Detour Bridge in Alcala, Cagayan, is expected to open by December as engineers work round-the-clock to restore access after last month’s bridge collapse, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported Thursday, Nov. 20. Construction has now reached 84 percent...
ALCALA, Cagayan – A floating room here saved important learning materials from destruction during typhoon “Uwan.” Rosalyn Guieb, principal of Damurog Elementary School, adopted the idea from residents who decided to store and protect their belongings in such a building 13 years ago in 2012....
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources announced Friday, Nov. 14, that it will officially lift the 45-day Ludong (President’s Fish) fishing ban on Nov. 15 in Cagayan province. The move follows the conclusion of the closed fishing season established under BFAR Administrative Circular No....
The municipality of Gonzaga in Cagayan province mourned the death of former Sen. and chief presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile on Thursday afternoon. In a Facebook statement, the LGU said: “With profound sorrow, the people of Gonzaga, Cagayan mourn the passing of our Former Senate...
The Department of Public Works and Highways has reopened the Buntun Bridge in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan hours after it was closed to traffic on Tuesday due to rising water on the mighty Cagayan River caused by typhoon “Tino.” But the DPWH said the load limit of 15 tons and restriction on heavy...
