Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on Wednesday ordered the start of summary dismissal proceedings against a police corporal tagged in the killing of a barangay kagawad (councilor) and his partner in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. Nartatez said that...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A barangay councilor and his live-in partner were gunned down in Barangay 21, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, on Sunday. Police identified the victims as barangay councilor Joshua Madamba, 26, and live-in partner, Eloisa Jane Pagaduan, 30, an online accounting staff....
Filipino and American marines demonstrated their growing interoperability and maritime defense capabilities through a joint maritime strike event exercise held on Friday, Oct. 17, at the headquarters of the 4th Marine “Makusug” Brigade (4MBDE) in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. The activity formed part...
Two moderate earthquakes jolted Ilocos Norte on Friday afternoon, Oct. 17, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the first tremor, with a magnitude of 5.2, occurred at 4:15 p.m. and was traced 11 kilometers northwest of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, at a...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested a 24-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan chairman wanted for rape in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. The suspect tagged as the Ilocos region 's eighth most wanted person was arrested on Monday by the Batac City Police Station. The suspect was arrested on a warrant issued...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Currimao, Ilocos Norte Mayor Edward “Boyet” Quilala has directed the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) to monitor coastal areas in the municipality to ensure the safety of residents and assess any possible damage following the...
DAVAO CITY – A P47-million flood control project on the Padsan River in Barangay Gabuin in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte built a Davao del Oro-based contractor collapsed months after its reported completion. On-site photos showed the dike with fractured and dislodged sections, with chunks of concrete...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A pack of suspected floating shabu was discovered in the sea of Barangay Masintoc, Paoay, this province, on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24. Police Brig. Gen. Dindo R. Reyes, Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) chief, said a 37-year-old resident found the contraband in a...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A lady project engineer was gunned down on Friday night in Sitio Nagmarcaan, Barangay San Marcelino, Dingras, this province. Police Major Norman Pentang, Dingras police chief, said a resident discovered the victim Daisy with bullet wounds in her van that fell in a canal...
LAOAG CITY – A total of 677 families composed of 1,257 individuals in Ilocos Norte were affected by super typhoon "Nando," the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Tuesday. Of the total number, 419 families or 589 individuals are temporarily housed in evacuation...
LAOAG CITY – Malacañang has declared Sept. 11 as a special non-working day in Ilocos Norte to mark the 108th birth anniversary of the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, in signing Proclamation No. 1010 on Sept. 3, said this is to give the people of...
A juvenile Brahminy Kite was rescued after it was found weak while searching for food in Barangay Burayoc, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday. Resident Edison Aguete spotted the bird, approximately weighing half a kilo, in his property and surrendered it to the Municipal Environment and Natural...
