VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Several old houses, churches, and vehicles here were damaged or destroyed in the magnitude-7 earthquake Wednesday, July 27. THE Quema ancestral house in Vigan City sustains damage from the earthquake. (Contributed photo by Police Col. Manuel Bringas) “May mga old houses...
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake roused people from sleep in different parts of Luzon and damaged various infrastructures on Wednesday morning, July 27. The Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur is damaged by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Abra on July 27, 2022. (Screenshot from Facebook video of Ceasar...
TAGUDIN, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced Tuesday, July 26, the completion of a P25-million 274.2-meter concrete revetment flood control structure in Barangay Libtong here. This project will benefit the residents as they will be less susceptible to floods....
BAGUIO CITY – Ilocos Sur governor Jerry Singson has called on local government units, individuals, even barangays and residents to enter entrepreneurship in tourism to help the province’s economic recovery program. Ilocos Sur Gov. Jerry Singson, together with provincial board members, made a...
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Ilocos Sur Second District Engineering Office has completed two asphalt overlay projects on Sulvec Port Road here. TRAVEL will now be more convenient as the Department of Public Works and Highways has completed two asphalt...
Cleanfuel, purveyor of Quality Fuel for Less, continues to strengthen its retail presence in the Northern Province of Ilocos Sur with the inauguration of Cleanfuel Sta. Lucia branch last June 11, 2022. Strategically located along McArthur Highway in Barangay Catayagan in Ilocos Sur, Cleanfuel...
CAMP Marcelo A. Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – A man wanted for rape in Ilocos Sur was arrested in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya Friday, July 1. Police identified the suspect as Novel Tindaan Buenafe, 38, of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. Buenafe was arrested by joint tracker teams of the...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 5.3 struck Ilocos Sur on Thursday, June 16, around 2:08 p.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. (Phivolcs) The quake’s epicenter was traced 53 kilometers (km) southwest of Candon, Ilocos Sur. It was tectonic in origin,...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Incumbent Narvacan Mayor Luis Chavit C. Singson opted not to run anymore in the last national and local elections, but his siblings and relatives dominated the political battles in Ilocos Sur. Chavit said he decided not to run for any elective post in the May 9 polls so...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO -- Brigadier General Westrimundo D Obinque, Regional Director of Police Regional Office 1, has ordered the immediate investigation of the alleged firefight between supporters of two mayoral candidates in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur where four were killed and another wounded on...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur -- Four people who were reportedly supporters of two mayoral candidates died while four others were wounded in a shooting incident on Saturday morning in Barangay Labut, Magsingal, Ilocos Sur. Police Executive Master Sergeant Archie C. Anipot, the duty...
ILOCOS SUR – Ilocos Sur was recently named as one of the Top Performing Local Government Units for systematically carrying out the vaccination effort among its constituents. While everyone can get vaccinated, the national government created a priority system to simplify the job. The award was...
