BAGUIO CITY (April 11, 2022)— Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc said the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) secured nearly Php 1 billion in funding for critical projects from various national government offices. The provincila government’s critical projects for agriculture, health, infrastructure, and transportation include the establishment of a centralized trading center or “bagsakan” for […]
As Baguio City prepares for this year’s lenten commemoration, the Diocese of Baguio in partnership with the 21Air Force Group Reserve, Philippine Air Force, conducts a clean up drive at the Our Lady of Atonement Parish Church (more famous as Baguio Cathedral) compound, pilgrims stairwell, and church parking area.
BAGUIO CITY (April 4, 2022) – Abra policemen are hunting down a villager who shot his drinking buddy at Sitio Lipit, Barangay Ubbog, Bangued, Abra’s capital Sunday evening. Felix Buenavista Lomibao, from sitio Lipit, Lipcan, and Jocel Catalan Bolo alias “Negro” from Barangay Cabuloan, also in Bangued was drinking at around 11:30 PM when the […]
BAGUIO CITY – A village official was shot dead by an unidentified assassin while sleeping inside his residence in Barangay Bolbolo, Pilar, Abra. The victim was identified by the police as Marlon Tanurio, 56 and current Barangay Kagawad of Barangay Bulbulo, Pilar. The Abra police said it received information about the incident at around 5 […]
BAGUIO CITY (April 2, 2022)— Bodies of the two elementary school children who fell into the irrigation canal in Purok 6, Bulanao, Tabuk City, Kalinga were retrieved by rescue teams after more than three hours Friday afternoon. According to the Kalinga Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), Jessa Mae Palactao, 9, and David […]
Should he return to the Senate, former Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he will investigate reports of agricultural smuggling and other anomalies surrounding the importation of agricultural goods. “Di natin mapapataas ang lokal na sektor ng agrikultura kung patuloy ang pagpasok at pang-angkat at pag-import ng mga produkto, whether smuggled or not,” he said […]
BAGUIO CITY (March 31, 2022) – A dozen soldiers gave up and more than a dozen more firearms were seized Wednesday ending the standoff at the compound of Pilar town Abra vice mayor Josefina Somera-Disono where her supposed bodyguards sought refuge after breaching a checkpoint and firing at policemen Tuesday morning. Twelve former military men who served […]
BAGUIO CITY (March 30, 2022)—- The Third Branch of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTC), First Judicial Region here slapped two fake dentists fines and possible imprisonment after they were found guilty of violating Republic Act 9484 or the Philippine Dental Act of 2007. RA 9484 or An act to regulate the practice of dentistry, […]
BAGUIO CITY (March 30, 2022)— The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines on the eve of the New People’s Army 53rd anniversary on Tuesday ordered its armed wing to “train to use their rifles, and develop or acquire weapons against enemy aircraft.” The CPP said, “the NPA must draw “lessons and inspiration” from […]
BAGUIO CITY (March 29, 2022)— Tension has begun in Pilar town in Abra Tuesday morning after policemen pursued a group of armed men, who earlier rammed into a police checkpoint, at the house of that town’s vice mayor. Abra police initially reported that a group of suspected armed men aboard a Toyota HiAce van refused […]