October 16, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 16, 2021) – The City Government of Baguio is eyeing the dredging of the Balili River and other waterways to thwart flooding in low-lying areas. Aside from the proposed dredging of the Balili River, one of the major river systems in Baguio and Benguet, the local government is also embarking on the […]
October 16, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 16, 2021) – New Peoples Army (NPA) leaders and their members surrendered en masse in Ilagan City and Nueva Vizcaya in Cagayan Valley on Thursday and Friday. Squad leader “Ka Nethan, 29; vice squad leader “Ka Gerber, 26; logistics officer “Ka Jazzel”, 27; all of Squad Uno and Squad Dos team leader “Ka […]
October 15, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 15, 2021)— Members of the Tabuk City Council are backing up the demand of Barangay Balong, Tabuk City villagers to ban the burial of COVID-19 victims at the Balong Public Cemetery. In a resolution, the City Councilors endorsed to the Committee on Rules the request of the Balong residents to stop the […]
October 14, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 14, 2021) – An AWOL cop, even dreaming to become a Mt. Province town mayor, was caught with four others including a government hospital employee early Wednesday morning, when they tried to sneak out over P2.2 million worth of marijuana bricks in Sadanga, Mt. Province. Sonny Kidit Kalaw, 36, a former Manila […]
October 14, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 14, 2021)— Benguet legislative caretaker Eric Go Yap prodded members of the Senate to fast track passing the bill creating the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR). Rep. Yap made the plea after Tropical Cyclone ‘Maring’ lashed Northern Luzon, leaving Benguet with at least seven dead, causing several landslides in the province and […]
October 13, 2021
BAGUIO CITY(October 13, 2021)—The Ilocos Norte provincial government through the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office (INTO) has been recording an increasing number of tourists and visitors in the province since it officially opened its tourism once again on September 24. As of Wednesday, a total of 229 tourists arrived in the province, recording its biggest single-day arrival […]
October 13, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 13, 2021) – Cousins, four year old Thalia Caside Ocampo and twelve year old Judy Rose Tulipas were dug up dead at Wednesday morning from the mud and debris of the landslide that buried their home with their grandparents at the height of the typhoon Monday night along Marosan Alley in Mirador, […]
October 13, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 12, 2021)— Death toll due to typhoon Maring (Kompasu) in the highland Cordillera region has risen to 6. All landslide-related, 3 children were dug out from a landslide that buried their family’s home in Ambiong, La Trinidad, Benguet Tuesday morning. Another villager in Tuding, Itogon, Benguet was also reported buried alive only to […]
October 13, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 12, 2021) – Three children were buried alive when their house was hit by a landslide in Central Purok Bubbog, Ambiong, La Trinidad, Benguet 8:00 PM Tuesday. Three kids were reportedly eating dinner with their parents when a landslide buried their house. Responders were able to rush them to the hospital but […]
October 11, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 11, 2021)— Two Cordillera provinces advised residents to prepare for the coming of storm “Maring” (international name Kumasu). Abra Governor Ma. Jocelyn Valera-Bernos Monday morning suspended of both public and private school classes and work in government offices. Abra, together with Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Apayao of the Cordillera Region and also […]