CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Two farmers died of suffocation inside a deep well in Barangay Amguid, Candon City, Ilocos Sur on Tuesday, May 30. Police identified the victims as Elmer Javillo, 42, and Jomar Galinato, 37, residents of Barangay Amguid. Investigation said Javillo went...
Toyota Motor Philippines has opened its 74th outlet in the country in Candon City to serve the mobility needs in the Ilocos Region. Toyota Ilocos Sur will be a ‘3S’ Facility that provides sales, service, and spare parts. Situated in a 2-hectare lot, the dealership will have a total floor area...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A student died while one other was injured after the motorcycle they were riding in fell into a drainage canal in Barangay Nalvo in Sta. Maria town, this province, on Friday, May 12. Police said that Mark Lawrence Canezo, 18, a Grade 11 student, the...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – Four farm-to-market roads and a barangay health center under the 2022 Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) projects of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) were formally opened on May 5,...
SUGPON, Ilocos Sur – Joint operatives from the police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have destroyed P6.928-million worth of fully grown marijuana plants in the mountainous area of Sitio Sawangan, Barangay Danac, here, according to Police Capt. Rovic R. Nelmida. The plantation...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – A barangay chairman was killed while his wife was wounded in a gun attack before midnight on Thursday, April 20, in Barangay Conconig East here. Police identified the fatality as Romeo Rabang Sr., 63, barangay captain of Barangay Conconig East. Investigation said...
Narvacan in Ilocos Sur may not ring a bell or be part of your travel itinerary, but soon, it would be especially as a seven-hectare property owned by Luis "Chavit" Singson called "Sulvec Greece" will have attractions available to tourists and the public in the future. Aerial views of the Sulvec...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Local officials and residents of this world’s heritage town due to its well-preserved Our Lady of Assumption baroque church have formally opened on Easter Sunday morning, April 9, their week-long Balikutsa Festival. THIS attractive balikutsa and other...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Authorities arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader wanted for murder and frustrated murder in Barangay Macabiag, Sinait, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, March 26. Col. Marlo A. Castillo, Ilocos Sur police director, identified the communist guerrilla as Casimiro...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – A magnitude-4.6 earthquake rocked three provinces in Northern Luzon on Sunday morning, March 26. The moderately strong earthquake which occurred at 5:35 a.m. was tectonic in origin and caused by the movement of a fault line in the area. Its epicenter was located two...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – This city on Saturday, March 25, marked the 125th anniversary of the “Ikkis ti Candon” (Cry of Candon) as a continuing tribute to the heroism of Don Isabelo Abaya to achieve the country’s independence from Spain. This event is one of the significant highlights of...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A 54-year-old businessman was gunned down in broad daylight in Barangay Bayubay Sur, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur on Thursday, March 23.  Police identified the victim as  Agustin Pajarillo of Barangay Mira, Bantay, Ilocos Sur.  Investigation...