CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A senior citizen died after the motorcycle she was driving rammed a car on the national highway in Barangay Guimod, Bantay, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Wilfreda Pio Guzman, 63, a resident of Barangay San Julian, Magsingal, Ilocos...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Two fishermen from Barangay Apatot, San Esteban, this province, were reported missing on Tuesday, September 5, after they failed to return home from a fishing trip to the West Philippines Sea (WPS) on Sunday, September 3. Police identified the missing...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Twenty-one houses were partially damaged by a tornado that struck San Vicente and San Ildefonso, this province, on Thursday. Reygee Rocero, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of San Vicente, said 18 houses were partially damaged in...
The San Juan City local government on Tuesday, August 8 provided financial assistance to residents of Ilocos Sur who were adversely affected by Typhoon Egay and the enhanced habagat that caused billions of pesos of damage to agriculture and infrastructure. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Two police officers were found dead inside the Narvacan Municipal Police Station in this province on Thursday, July 20. The fatalities were identified as Police Corporal Jeric Ace Abaoag and Police Patrolman Joe Mendoza. Initial investigation said...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A farmer was killed in a lightning strike in Barangay Bahet, San Ildefonso, this province, on Thursday, July 13. Newly installed provincial police chief Police Col. Judgith del Prado identified the victim as Jessie Palapala, 55. Investigation said Palapala...
TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur – A 45-year-old man was killed and another was injured in a collision between two motorcycles on the national highway in Barangay Las-ud here on Wednesday, July 5. Police identified the fatality as Eddie Law-law Pascua, a resident of Barangay Suyo Proper, Suyo, this...
SAN ESTEBAN, Ilocos Sur – Two fishermen drifting on the West Philippine Sea were rescued on Sunday morning, July 2. COUNCILOR Marvin Ong (right) with rescued fishermen Armando Mostoles (left) and grandson Melvin Allagao. (Freddie Lazaro) Councilor Marvin Ong here identified them as Armando...
VIGAN CITY – A moderately strong tectonic earthquake with a strength of 5.6 magnitude rocked the provinces in extreme Northern Luzon on Saturday night, but no damage initially reported here. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported that the quake occurred at...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – Officials and residents of this city remembered the “Ikkis ti Candon” (Cry of Candon) uprising during the 125th anniversary of the Philippine Independence on Monday, June 12. SINGSON Mayor Eric D. Singson led the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the foot of the...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – Two persons died in separate road accidents in this city and Cervantes, this province, on Sunday, June 11. Police identified the first victim as Dennis Dacumos, 57, of Barangay Rosario, Cervantes. Investigation said Dacumos jumped out of the jeepney he was riding...
SANTA, Ilocos Sur - - The incumbent president of the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College (ISPSC) died and six others were injured in a collision between a bus and a pickup truck on the national highway in Barangay Mabilbila Norte here at noon on Saturday, June 3. ARCE Police identified the victim...