Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (center) (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Administration senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson suspects that "substandard" or weak materials may have been used on the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela. Lacson...
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 2 is investigating the collapse of the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela on Thursday night, Feb. 27. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/27/newly-opened-bridge-in-isabela-collapses The agency has requested the Bureau of Design and...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Six persons were reportedly injured when a portion of the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge in Barangay Casibarag Norte, Cabagan, Isabela collapsed on Thursday night, Feb. 27. THE Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela collapsed on Thursday night, Feb. 27. Among those injured...
SANTA MARIA, Laguna – A man was shot dead while pacifying a commotion in Sitio Sulat, Barangay Parang ng Buho, this town, on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 6. SANTA Maria, Laguna municipal plaza. (Wikipedia) Police identified the victim as Vicente Kalalo. Investigation said the suspect Herson arrived...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan – The body of an unidentified man was found floating on the Lagasit River in Barangay Samon here on Saturday, Dec. 21. The body was discovered by 75-year-old resident Gaudencio Munar. Police said the cadaver is about 5’4’’ to 5’6,’’ medium-built, and wearing...
SANTA MARIA, Pangasinan – A 63-year-old farmer gunned down his alleged girlfriend before shooting himself in a farm in Barangay Pilar here on Friday, Dec. 13. Police identified the victim as Jovelyn, 43. Investigation said the victim and her co-workers were sorting eggplants for delivery...
SANTA MARIA, Ilocos Sur – Two minors were killed in a motorcycle crash on a bridge in Barangay Laslasong here on Monday. Police Major Macario Dulawan Jr., chief of police here, identified the victims as Junjun, motorcycle driver, and back rider Sonny, residents of Barangay Lingsat, this...
Davao tycoon Dennis A. Uy’s Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation has tapped former Philippine Airlines President Gilbert F. Santa Maria as the newest member of its board of directors as the firm tries to return to profitability. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
A 70-year-old woman died hours after rescuing a five-year-old boy from being rammed by a multicab in Barangay Poblacion Norte, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Susana Antolin Abarra. Investigation said Abarra had just finished attending Mass at 5 a.m....
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Eighteen packs of shabu were found by a fisherman on the West Philippine Sea in Barangay Villamar, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur on Wednesday morning, June 26. The contraband was discovered two days after 24 packs of shabu were also found on the WPS in Barangay Solot-solot, San...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Ilocos Sur Gov. Jeremias Singson has ordered the preventive suspension for 60 days of the mayor of Santa Maria town in this province for gross negligence and dereliction of duty. SANTA Maria, Ilocos Sur municipal hall. Mayor Brigido C. Camarillo Jr.’s suspension stemmed...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Two suspects in the murder of businessman Jefferson Torricer in 2021 were arrested by the Police Regional Office-2 in Santa Maria, Bulacan, on Sunday, April 21. Police Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Birung, PRO-2 director, said suspects Jerry, a...
