Another suspected rapist was collared in Itogon when the victim sought the help of Benguet Congressman – elect Eric Go Yap who vowed to rid the province of sexual abusers. The suspect, considered as one of the 10 most wanted person in Benguet, was arrested on May 15 in Kias, Baguio City by virtue of […]
Fort del Pilar, Baguio City (May 15, 2”2022) – President Rodrigo R. Duterte called on the graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) class of 2022 to “be many things at the same time” especially as instruments of change while ensuring they remain true to their oath as soldiers of the land. Speaking during the […]
FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY (May 14, 2022)— Defense chief Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, speaking before the 214-strong graduating class of the Philippine Military Academy and the rest of the Corps of Cadets of the Armed Forces stresses being responsible to each other, especially in the field. Lorenzana, as a guest of honor and speaker during […]
BAGUIO CITY (May 14, 2022) – Two did not reach the hospital alive after the car they were riding rammed into an Acacia tree at around 4:53 AM Saturday along the National Highway in Barangay Gongogong, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur. The two fatalities were identified as: Floresto Daynos Tulali, 40, from Barangay Magnuang, Batac, Ilocos […]
BAGUIO CITY (May 11, 2022)—Incumbent Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc won his re-election bid by landslide and will serve his second term for the next three years. At the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall, Marcos Manotoc was proclaimed winner with 261,885 votes, compared to only 94,372 votes for his rival, former Congressman Rodolfo “Rudy” Fariñas. “Gusto […]
The local political dynasty of the Someras in Pilar town, Abra had crumbled after a virtually “unknown” Tyron Beroña got votes in a highly-contested mayoralty race Monday. Beroña garnered 6,210 nods as against a mere 291 votes by incumbent Mayor Maro Somera, son of the late longtime town mayor and former Governor Rolando Somera who […]
BAGUIO CITY (May 11, 2022)—- Second district lawmaker Sandra Eriguel suffered a huge political upset Monday in what political observers see, would nail her future electoral dreams to naught. This aside from the lawmaker’s daughter Steph, who also suffered the same fate as her mother in a heart-pounding end at the mayoralty race in Agoo town, […]
BAGUIO CITY (May 11, 2022)—- The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) through its Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco thanked the men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP) “for their invaluable contribution to the peaceful conduct of the national and local elections and for ensuring the safety of journalists.” Egco said, […]
BAGUIO CITY (May 11, 2022) – ReP. Eric Go Yap heads back to the Lower House, this time as a full-time law maker for Benguet after dominating the 2022 Congressional race. Yap, who was appointed as the province’ caretaker in 2020, garnered 123,801 votes winning in 11 municipalities against his closest rival Victor Palangdan […]
Agoo, La Union — Former Tubao town mayor Dante Sotelo Garcia has overtaken incumbent second district congresswoman Sandra Eriguel in an independent survey taken a week before Monday’s polls. Independent polster Societas Studis found out that Garcia, a veteran public servant since his younger years as a Sangguniang Kabataan leader, had garnered overwhelming support largely […]